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Mount Watatic

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 An 1800 foot mountain on the border of Massachusetts and New Hampshire. 

 

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A plate of grey rock with two conifers rising among low leafed foliage. A smaller forested mound beyond is almost perfectly hemispherical.

Mount Watatic, Wapack / Midstate Loop - View to the South

This outlook shows a beautiful view toward southern Massachusetts. The nearby hill is probably Fisher Hill, about two miles away.

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6/1/2002

A nearly perfect bright yellow green wooded hemisphere rising above closer forested ridges.

Mount Watatic, Wapack / Midstate Loop - Closeup of Fisher Hill

This view toward Fisher Hill on the south shows the band of conifers between us and that hill about a mile away.

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6/1/2002

A bluish distant mountain with streaks of green, beyond ridges and foreground foliage.

Mount Watatic, Wapack / Midstate Loop - View of Mount Wachusett

This view reveals the north side ski trails that clearly mark Mount Wachusett, about thirteen miles away.

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6/1/2002

A grey rock platform with some tan sand that supports brilliant green grass stalks.

Mount Watatic, Wapack / Midstate Loop - Grasses (possibly Deer's Hair Sedge)

These thin,stalky grasses may be the alpine Deer's Hair Sedge. Though the site is not itself alpine, the harsh rock and sandy soil, coupled with exposure, is harsh enough to prevent all but the hardiest plants from surviving.

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6/1/2002

A set of three leaved plants, with each leaf broad and oval, deeply lined down the center. The foreground plant has a stalk with two buds, and there is a fly sitting on one leaf, looking toward a fly on the other plant.

Mount Watatic, Wapack / Midstate Loop - Possible Bluebead Lily With Fly

These plants may be Clintonia borealis, a common species in the Northeast, and a member of the Lily family, but usually noticed for its stalk with several bright blue (and poisonous) berries. Interestingly, or perhaps coincidentally, there are two flies on these plants, and they appear to be looking toward each other.

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6/1/2002

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