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Photo: Stacie Beute
Participation fee $0
Expenses $30
Spend the time outdoors
Location North Mountain Park, 10600 N. 7th St. Arizona United States 85020
Children no
Primary school no
Secondary school no
Teaching materials yes


Required Gear:

Potential citizen botanists will need to undergo a two-day budding botanist training before participating.
Once trained, we provide citizen botanists with all the field tools necessary to participate, but you must bring your own backpack.
The project has several volunteer positions, but field researcher may require rugged, long-distance hiking in the desert. Participants must provide their own food, water, and appropriate dress for field work.


North Mountain Plant Inventory Project


The North Mountain Plant Inventory Project is a collaboration between the Conservation Alliance, the Plant Atlas Project of Arizona, the Phoenix Mountains Preservation Council, and the City of Phoenix. Our goals are to:
1)improve our scientific knowledge of North Mountain Park flora for land management, scientific, conservation, and educational purposes. 2)to train, engage and educate members of the public as plant stewards and 3)to provide a databased plant atlas located on the Southwest Environmental Information Network (SEINET).