Ed, Barry- I added captions to the photos in the Picasa album.
Steve On 5/4/09, Barry Caselli <[email protected]> wrote: > Steve, > New Jersey is supposed to have Tamarack/Spruce bogs in the north, but I've > not yet been able to visit any of these bogs. I tried once, and couldn't > find the one I was looking for. Instead I found a wetland (at the wrong > place) that had filled in with the dreaded Phragmites, that horrible > invasive that is taking over wetlands all over New Jersey, and I presume, > the entire east coast. > I live near plenty of Atlantic White Cedar swamps, so am anxious to see > Tamarack/Spruce bogs, since they do exist in this state. > I find it fascinating that you have Tamarack bogs in Ohio. Unfortunately > your embedded photos didn't work. I will have to visit your link. > Barry > > --- On Sun, 5/3/09, Steve Galehouse <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Steve Galehouse <[email protected]> > Subject: [ENTS] Tamarack bogs & fens, Ohio > To: "ENTS" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, May 3, 2009, 8:14 PM > > > 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
