The nonprofit Texas Conservation Alliance (TCA) will join the North Central Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas on December 7 for a Plant ID Hike at Marion Sansom Park to learn how to identify different grasses, forbs, shrubs and trees, focusing on species native to North Central Texas.

The park comprises 11 miles of hiking and biking trails that traverse forest, riparian, aquatic and prairie habitat. To keep the trails and waterways clean, materials will be available to remove litter along the hike.

TCA and the Dallas County Parks and Open Space Program will remove litter from Post Oak Preserve the same day at one of the last large strands of Post Oak Savannah in Dallas County, where native grasses and plants provide food and cover for many wildlife species. Removing litter from their preserves the same day to restore natural habitats by preventing harmful materials from polluting ecosystems and from wildlife ingesting it.

Texas Conservation Alliance is a Texan by Nature Conservation Partner. For more information, visit tcatexas.org.