Our leaders; Dan and Ila
Background and history
explanation
Painted Trillium fruit
Getting ready to hike
Hannah joined us
Ila brought yummy snacks
Little Santetlah Creek
Little Santetlah Creek
Big rock in Little Santetlah
Up we go
Yellow Birch Tree
Dan's photo with the Old Chestnut Tree....more to come about this from Dan from the past.
Here they are:
Downed & decaying chestnut at site likely described by E. Lucy Braun's 1950 book as 70% chestnut cove hardwood forest
Clair Newell's plot view uphill just below wildflower burn Nov 1999
Clair Newell's second growth plot before fire; diverse ground seedlings likely product of birds roosting in trees and dropping seeds, in June 1995
Denton footpath above wildfire burn Nov 1996
Large downed chestnut just below Denton footpath 1995
Chestnut log in 1999 with dendrology class
- Rich Cove site above plaque where groups split for bushwacking or Poplar Cove
Tsuga canadensis in 1996; died 2000 and topped soon afterward by USFS fearing injury to visitors