ENTS- Visited a couple of sites today in Portage County, Ohio--one a fen, the other a glacial kettle bog, located within a few miles of each other, and with native tamarack as the unifying feature. Herrick Fen, in Streetsboro, has a population of tamarack, and also shrubby cinquefoil and northern bayberry; a couple of photos: . Kent Bog, a glacial kettle bog, was for me the more interesting area, with a much greater number of tamaracks, plus northern species such as leahterleaf, grey birch, and mountain-holly. Highbush blueberry was the dominant shrub layer at Kent Bog., with cranberry also present. Kent Bog is listed as the most southern significant population of tamaracks(3,500). The tamaracks in both areas topped out at only around 40'(48' max in Kent). .
More photos of the area are here: http://picasaweb.google.com/srgalehouse/HerrickFenAndKentBogPortageCountyOhio# Steve --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
