OPAS Program: “Plant Life of the Olympic Peninsula—The Beautiful and the Strange”
Organizer: Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society
Organizer Website: https://olympicpeninsulaaudubon.org/
OPAS Program: “Plant Life of the Olympic Peninsula—The Beautiful and the Strange”
Presenter: Patrick Loafman, Field Biologist
Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 7:00 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.
Dungeness River Nature Center
Free to attend
Botanizing—it’s like birding, but without the birds. Trade in your binoculars for a hand lens and join the thrill of a botanist’s quest to find all the native plant species on the Olympic Peninsula—climbing mountains, trudging through bogs, and even scrutinizing weedy city lots. Patrick Loafman will share close-up photos of the rare and the strange, as well as the common, the beautiful, and the minuscule.
Patrick earned a B.S. in Wildlife Biology from Auburn University and has worked as a field biologist since 1988. He’s studied a wide range of species—from owls and frogs to elk and songbirds—and has served as a seasonal biologist with Olympic National Park since 1994.
Piper’s bellflower—Courtesy of NPS