Acadia National Park - FLOW: Watershed Plot 2


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Watershed Plots -- Plot 2

Plot 2, BOULDER Plot 2, canopy

Overview of Plot 2, 01-19-1999 Plot 2, canopy, 04-19-1999

Plot 2, snowcover Glacial erratic granite boulder

Plot 2, 03-08-1999. Snow depth 18 cm. Detail 2-1, 02-01-1999. Lichen-covered boulder.

Pincushion moss Red maple (Acer rubrum) leaves

Detail 2-2, 02-01-1999. Moss. Detail 2-3, 02-01-1999. Fallen leaves.

Stipes of silvery glade fern (Athyrium thelypterioides) Last year's bracken (Pteridium aquilinum)

Detail 2-4, 02-01-1999. Fern stipes. Detail 2-5, 02-01-1999. Dry fern blades.

Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens)

Detail 2-6, 02-01-1999. Low evergreen plant with white-veined leaves found in cool, moist, acid woods. Detail 2-7, 05-02-1999. Another view of the plant shown in Detail 2-6.

Canada mayflower(Maianthemum canadense) Red squirrel

Detail 2-8, 05-02-1999. New leaf of a common low plant found in cool woods. Detail 2-9, 05-02-1999. Who stripped the cone of its scales, leaving only the core?

Spruce seedling among haircap moss Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens)

Detail 2-10, 05-02-1999. Can that be a tree shorter than those stalky things with green tops? Detail 2-11, 05-15-1999. Trailing evergreen herb with red berry.

Fiddlehead or crozier of silvery glade fern (Athyrium thelypterioides) Starflower (Trientalis borealis)

Detail 2-12, 05-15-1999. Fern. Detail 2-13, 05-22-1999. Cool woodland plant with whorled leaves.

Bunchberry dogwood (Cornus canadensis) Red oak (Quercus rubra)

Detail 2-14, 05-22-1999. Low plant of cool, moist, acid woods. Detail 2-15, 05-22-1999. What kind of tree?

Silvery glade fern (Athyrium thelypterioides) Beetle on silvery glade fern blade

Detail 2-16, 05-22-1999. Fern. Detail 2-17, 05-22-1999. Fern blade.

New York fern (Thelypteris noveboracensis)

Detail 2-18, 05-22-1999. Fern. Detail 2-19, 05-22-1999. Fern blade.

Starflower (Trientalis borealis)

Detail 2-20, 05-22-1999. Flowering plant of cool woods. Detail 2-21, 05-28-1999. Small fern.

Detail 2-22, 05-28-1999. Flowering plant of cool woods. Detail 2-23, 05-28-1999. Flowering plant of cool woods.

Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) Plot 5 canopy, June

Detail 2-24, 05-28-1999. Flowering plant of cool woods. Detail 2-25, 06-05-1999. Canopy of plot 5 in June.

Silvery glade fern (Athyrium thelypteroides)

Detail 2-26, 06-05-1999. Two ferns. Detail 2-27, 06-05-1999. Two ferns.

Maple keys (seeds), perhaps of the red maple. Blueberry (Vaccinium spp.)

Detail 2-28, 06-05-1999. What has fallen on the fern frond? Detail 2-29, 06-05-1999. Low shrub, a member of the heath family.

Bunchberry dogwood (Cornus canadensis) Eastern white pine cone (Pinus strobus)

Detail 2-30, 06-05-1999. Low plant of cool, moist, acid woods. Detail 2-31, 06-05-1999, 5 cm north of Plot 2. Cone.

Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)

Detail 2-32, 06-05-1999, 25 cm. south of Plot 2. Fern with 3 horizontal fronds. Detail 2-33, 06-05-1999, near Plot 2. Flowering plant of moist, shaded woods.

Canada Mayflower berries Starflower (Trientalis borealis) after flowering

Detail 2-34, 06-21-1999. Berries on low woodland plant. Detail 2-35, 06-21-1999. Low fruiting plant.

Pincushion moss Pit dug by red squirrel to retrieve stash of seeds.

Detail 2-36, 06-21-1999, 1 meter southeast of Plot 2. Moss. Detail 2-37, 07-05-1999. Who dug that small hole?

Shinleaf Pyrola in bloom. red spruce cone scales left by red squirrel

Detail 2-38, 07-05-1999, near Plot 2. Flowering plant with white, nodding blossoms. Detail 2-39, 08-16-1999. Who has been on that boulder?

Red maple (Acer rubrum) Destroying angel mushroom (Amanita species)

Detail 2-40, 08-16-1999. Seedling with opposite leaves. Detail 2-41, near Plot 2, 08-23-1999. Mushroom.

Only one New York fern blade left Stalks of silvery glade fern (Athyrium thelypterioides)

Detail 2-42, 10-04-1999. Plot 2 overview. Detail 2-43, 10-04-1999. Fern stalks.

Plot 2 overview, 11-01-1999 Perhaps a red squirrel digging up cones

Detail 2-44, 11-01-1999. Plot 2 overview. Detail 2-45, 12-24-1999. Who scraped the divot away from the rock?

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Overview of Plot 2, 01-19-1999	Plot 2, canopy, 04-19-1999

Plot 2, 03-08-1999. Snow depth 18 cm.	Detail 2-1, 02-01-1999. Lichen-covered boulder.

Detail 2-2, 02-01-1999. Moss.	Detail 2-3, 02-01-1999. Fallen leaves.

Detail 2-4, 02-01-1999. Fern stipes.	Detail 2-5, 02-01-1999. Dry fern blades.

Detail 2-6, 02-01-1999. Low evergreen plant with white-veined leaves found in cool, moist, acid woods.	Detail 2-7, 05-02-1999. Another view of the plant shown in Detail 2-6.

Detail 2-8, 05-02-1999. New leaf of a common low plant found in cool woods.	Detail 2-9, 05-02-1999. Who stripped the cone of its scales, leaving only the core?

Detail 2-10, 05-02-1999. Can that be a tree shorter than those stalky things with green tops?	Detail 2-11, 05-15-1999. Trailing evergreen herb with red berry.

Detail 2-12, 05-15-1999. Fern.	Detail 2-13, 05-22-1999. Cool woodland plant with whorled leaves.

Detail 2-14, 05-22-1999. Low plant of cool, moist, acid woods.	Detail 2-15, 05-22-1999. What kind of tree?

Detail 2-16, 05-22-1999. Fern.	Detail 2-17, 05-22-1999. Fern blade.

Detail 2-18, 05-22-1999. Fern.	Detail 2-19, 05-22-1999. Fern blade.

Detail 2-20, 05-22-1999. Flowering plant of cool woods.	Detail 2-21, 05-28-1999. Small fern.

Detail 2-22, 05-28-1999. Flowering plant of cool woods.	Detail 2-23, 05-28-1999. Flowering plant of cool woods.

Detail 2-24, 05-28-1999. Flowering plant of cool woods.	Detail 2-25, 06-05-1999. Canopy of plot 5 in June.

Detail 2-26, 06-05-1999. Two ferns.	Detail 2-27, 06-05-1999. Two ferns.

Detail 2-28, 06-05-1999. What has fallen on the fern frond?	Detail 2-29, 06-05-1999. Low shrub, a member of the heath family.

Detail 2-30, 06-05-1999. Low plant of cool, moist, acid woods.	Detail 2-31, 06-05-1999, 5 cm north of Plot 2. Cone.

Detail 2-32, 06-05-1999, 25 cm. south of Plot 2. Fern with 3 horizontal fronds.	Detail 2-33, 06-05-1999, near Plot 2. Flowering plant of moist, shaded woods.

Detail 2-34, 06-21-1999. Berries on low woodland plant.	Detail 2-35, 06-21-1999. Low fruiting plant.

Detail 2-36, 06-21-1999, 1 meter southeast of Plot 2. Moss.	Detail 2-37, 07-05-1999. Who dug that small hole?

Detail 2-38, 07-05-1999, near Plot 2. Flowering plant with white, nodding blossoms.	Detail 2-39, 08-16-1999. Who has been on that boulder?

Detail 2-40, 08-16-1999. Seedling with opposite leaves.	Detail 2-41, near Plot 2, 08-23-1999. Mushroom.

Detail 2-42, 10-04-1999. Plot 2 overview.	Detail 2-43, 10-04-1999. Fern stalks.

Detail 2-44, 11-01-1999. Plot 2 overview.	Detail 2-45, 12-24-1999. Who scraped the divot away from the rock?