Paul Smiths Visitor Interpretive Center (VIC) -- Moss and Pine Cone on the Boreal Life Trail (28 July 2012)

Explore the Adirondacks:
Nature Walk
28 July 2012

Adirondack Wildflowers: Whorled Wood Aster from the Boreal Life boardwalk Adirondack Wildflowers: Indian Pipe from the Boreal Life boardwalk Adirondack Shrubs: Alder from the Boreal Life boardwalk Adirondack Wildflowers: White-fringed Orchid from the Boreal Life boardwalk Trees of the Adirondacks: Black Spruce from the Boreal Life boardwalk Adirondack Wildflowers: Grass Pink from the Boreal Life Boardwalk Adirondack Wildflowers: Sundew from the Boreal Life boardwalk Adirondack Wildflowers: Pitcher Plant from the Boreal Life Boardwalk Adirondack Wildflowers: Pitcher Plant from the Boreal Life Boardwalk at the Paul Smiths VIC
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On 28 July, VIC naturalist Diane Minutilli led a nature walk on the Boreal Life Trail, examining the plant life on an Adirondack bog, which is one of several different types of Adirondack wetlands. We discussed the definition of a bog and how it differs from a fen, and examined the following plants, which can be viewed from the boardwalk through Barnum Bog:

Cotton Grass Marsh Cinquefoil
Pitcher Plant Pickerelweed
Grass Pink Yellow Pond Lily
Roundleaf Sundew Whorled Wood Aster
Bladderwort Black Spruce
Tamarack Alder

 











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