- HikeType Urban Walk
- HikeIcon https://hikes.brucetrail.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/7/marker_urban-walks.png
- PaceTypes Moderate (3-4 km/hr)
- TerrainTypes ,Flat,Level 1 (Easy - mostly on flat, well maintained trails with hard-packed surface)
- PaidOuting No
Hosting Club: Toronto
Category: Urban Walk
Location (Google Maps): Meet me at Kipling Terminal by 9:15 for a 9:25 departure on MiWay bus #11. We will change to bus #42, leaving Goreway Dr North of Derry Rd at 10:01. Coming directly to the hike, park at Credit Valley Conservation Authority Parking, 1255 Old Derry Road, Mississauga. Please arrive by 10:50.
Hike Leader(s): Andrew Proczek Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Moderate (3-4 km/hr)
Terrain: Flat, Level 1 (Easy - mostly on flat, well maintained trails with hard-packed surface)
Distance (km): 10-11 km
Description
Join me for a pleasant Spring Flowers Hike taking in the Bloodroot, and other Spring ephemerals. Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) grows in moist to dry woods and thickets, often on floodplains and near shores or streams. It is one of the earliest spring flowers and the white blooms last barely a week. The red juice from the underground stem was used by Native Americans as a dye for baskets, clothing, and war paint, as well as for insect repellent. The generic name, from the Latin sanguinarius, means "bleeding".
We will visit Terry Wilson and "Rosemary's Garden" but this event will not include a Meadowvale Village Tour. The focus will be on hiking and spotting ephemerals. The hike will take us to Churchville in Brampton and we will return to Meadowvale by way of Levi Creek Valley, a tributary of the Credit River.