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Mostly ferns
May. 18th, 2004 12:51 pmHere are some more photos from yesterday's walk through the woods across the river. Hopefully you enjoy ferns. Here you'll find a lot of them, especially in the moist riverine soil closest to the Eramosa.
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Dead trees are essential to the ecology of a forest, serving as host to a wide variety of organisms like these large bracket fungi. Insects live in the wood, as evidenced by the woodpecker holes. Birds and other vertebrates depend on dead wood as a source of food and nest sites.
The rich bottomland is separated from the upper woods by a limestone cliff about 6 metres high, cut by the prehistoric action of the river. Ferns grow here too, in pockets of limestone that catch runoff water. It's a natural rock garden.
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The dry woods on top of the cliff has a different texture. It consists mostly of sugar maple (Acer saccharum), contrasting with the riparian trees below: silver and red maple (A. saccharinum and A. rubrum).
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Dead trees are essential to the ecology of a forest, serving as host to a wide variety of organisms like these large bracket fungi. Insects live in the wood, as evidenced by the woodpecker holes. Birds and other vertebrates depend on dead wood as a source of food and nest sites.
The rich bottomland is separated from the upper woods by a limestone cliff about 6 metres high, cut by the prehistoric action of the river. Ferns grow here too, in pockets of limestone that catch runoff water. It's a natural rock garden.
( See behind the cut )
The dry woods on top of the cliff has a different texture. It consists mostly of sugar maple (Acer saccharum), contrasting with the riparian trees below: silver and red maple (A. saccharinum and A. rubrum).
