On Nature's Trail was a television show produced by the Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting in Owings Mills, Maryland in 1978. The show featured Elmer and Jean Worthley observing and discussing plants growing at different locations in Baltimore County, Maryland. Observations were made at the same locations during the Spring, Summer and Fall.
A pamphlet titled "On Natures Trail" was designed and illustrated by Stephen Doyle (A Program Service of the Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting, Owings Mills, Maryland 21117). Sketches of some of the plants seen on these weekly walks are included in this booklet, and the following information comes from this publication.
- 1. Swamp in Spring
- 2. Serpentine Barren in Spring
- 3. Stream in Spring
- 4. Woods in Spring
- 5. Woodsy Stream in Spring
- 6. Pasture Field in Spring
- 7. Railroad Track in Spring
- 8. Roadside in Spring
- 9. Pond in Summer
- 10. Hedgerow in Summer, black sweet cherry, black wild raspberry, flowering dogwood, greenbrier, Japanese honeysuckle, multiflora rose, pignut hickory, pin oak, red sweet cherry, sassafras, slippery elm, staghorn sumac, wax cherry, white mulberry, yellow sweet cherry, yellow wild raspberry ]
- 11. Old Field in Summer
- 12. Swamp in Summer
- 13. Serpentine Barren in Summer
- 14. Fire Ecology
- 15. Woods in Summer
- 16. Multiflora Rose Hedge
- 17. Vacant Lot
- 18. Pond in Fall
- 19. Serpentine Barren in Fall
- 20. Old Orchard
- 21. Swamp in Fall
- 22. Stream in Fall
- 23. Railroad in Fall
- 24. Roadside in Fall
- 25. Woods in Fall
- 26. Stone Wall
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