Have you come across a stunning array of blooms or berries? Nearly tripped over amazing alpine vegetation? Perhaps even enjoyed a meal of edible fungi? If your not sworn to secrecy, share your spots with other area botanists and mycologists.
Please include what you saw, where you saw it, and when the sighting (or sightings) occurred.
let us know what you've seen during your outdoor adventures
in the Mount Washington Valley
Check Out Our New Face and Focus!
If you've visited Tin Mountain Conservation Center's Blog in the past, you'll notice we've changed the focus and even name of our page. In an effort to better circulate the natural history of the area, we have modified our blog to be used as a resource for interesting and rare ecological sightings in the area.
We invite members of the community and visitors alike to share what exciting encounters you've had during your adventures in the area. Please post your comments in the most applicable category. In your comment, make sure to include what you saw, where you saw it, and when the sighting (or sightings) occurred. Good luck and happy spotting!
Tin Mountain Conservation Center is a non-profit environmental education center in the Mount Washington Valley. Visit our website for up-to-date information on programs and events.
We invite members of the community and visitors alike to share what exciting encounters you've had during your adventures in the area. Please post your comments in the most applicable category. In your comment, make sure to include what you saw, where you saw it, and when the sighting (or sightings) occurred. Good luck and happy spotting!
Tin Mountain Conservation Center is a non-profit environmental education center in the Mount Washington Valley. Visit our website for up-to-date information on programs and events.
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Copyright 2008 Chris Lewey
7 comments:
Hey, has anyone notice winterberry with fruit this year? I can't say that I have see a singleone.
Michael, there were fruits on the winterberries at our place in Madison earlier in the winter. They got eaten early by the birds. The bushes have been bear for a few months now.
We were into Humphrey's Ledge last week and the hepatica were just beginning to bloom. We have the first mayflowers blooming along the roadside on Bald Hill Road.
I noticed the bloodroot up and just starting to bloom today. It would be a good time to check the hedgerow behind the Teen Center in Center Conway (Tin Mountain's old home). There were always large amounts of bloodroot in the hedgerow on the easternmost field just noth of the railroad tracks.
Tin Mountain is leading a spring flower walk into Humphrey's Ledge on Wed., April 15th from 3-5 PM. Meet at the Diana's Bath parking lot if you are interested. We were in on Sunday, and the flowers are the best I've ever seen in there.
there are some huge, wonderful trees in our Valley
across from Black Mt ski area, Jackson, near the river is a huge old oak that is all broken and bashed, but the tree is thriving still - the trunk has got to be at least five feet wide, who knows the circumference. It is near a lady's house so she also knows about the tree and has tried to get attention for it
I just noticed a massive pine tree next to the Swan's Falls camping office in Fryeburg
who knows what these old trees think about in their long time on this earth? :)
Dean Bennett talks about the old hemlock that he saw in the Cold River wilderness in his new book -- what do these life forms witness in our puny human history ? :)
maybe a tree survey of our old trees?
they were thriving when the valley was settled, wars fought, and time marched on for humans :)
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