Monday, July 2, 2012

Finally this week we visited Eames Bog, a rare community protected by Natural Areas. Despite its name this site is actually a fen rather than a bog, the difference being that fens are high pH wetland whereas bogs are specifically low pH. Here's a shot of the new boardwalk made from locally harvested, naturally rot-resistant Robinia psuedoacacia - Black Locust.
Next we see some of the flora found on site including, but not limited to: the lemony tasting Oxalis montana or Wood Sorrel. This little plant gets its zigng from oxalic acid, which while harmless in small doses, can inhibit the bodies ability to uptake calcium in large amounts.
Here we agin see Lilium canadense except this time locally native plants in there habitat.
Poison Sumac - Toxicodendron vernix abounds in the wet soils of this fen. Luckily noone in our group seems to have been effected.
Although the ones we saw were spent here's a picture of the Cypripedium reginae - Showy Lady Slippers from this site last year!
Also at Eames I noticed many of this gorgeous species of damselfly Calopteryx maculata the Ebony Jewelwing. These mosquito eating beauties are difficult to get close to. I took these photos at another site a few years back but am using them because the shots I got at Eames were terrible!

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