Atlantic White Cedar Swamp
Douglas State Forest
2/3/08
In the instructions for getting to the
swamp they say you will pass a "Nature Center". When I first saw it, I
thought it was a 8x10 tool shed, but the sign on it said "Nature Center" :o)
I entered the swamp through the exit.
It was easier to find based on my memory of the last time I was there.
They removed the sign that they have there during the summer. I guess they
do not want to shovel the boardwalk. Here is a portion of the snowy/icy
boardwalk.
Some of the cedars had their bark peeled off at the base of the trunk.
Some critter that eats the bark?
This U shaped bench, on the side of the
boardwalk, makes me smile every time I see it. I think - mosquito feeding
station :o)
Here is one clump that looked like Reindeer
Lichen.
Here is a shot of the lower dead branches
of a large cedar (about 25' up) taken with a zoom lens. This is one way to
check the base of the branches for Ballou's mushroom. This cedar was about
15" in diameter.