Anomalies
Strange stuff on the trail.
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Harts Pond / Fall - Trees Pulled Over These trees have been pulled into this odd shape by the action of a fallen tree that shared a complex enmeshing of grape vines. If they stay in this position long enough, it may either kill them or affect their growth so that they take on a strange curved shape for the rest of their lives. See also… 10/29/2005 |
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Applachian Trail / Maine Wilderness - Close-up Of The Northern Pitcher Plant Flower This close up of the Norther Pitcher Plant flower shows the strangely formed stem and the rich color of the blossom, even in shadow. See also… 6/22/2005 |
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Applachian Trail / Maine Wilderness - Northern Pitcher Plant Flowers Insectivorous plants are common to areas, usually swampy, whose soil is poor in nutrients. The Northern Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea) is no exception - it lives in bogs. Its vase-like "pitcher" (which may be just below the rightmost flower) has liquid in the bottom. Insects slip down the smooth inside of the "pitcher" and the recurved hairs prevent it from escaping until it drowns. The leaves then absorb the nutrients from the decaying insect. This flower is seen from a plank bridge that traverses the bog at Fourth Mountain, home to a variety of rare high altitude swamp flora. See also… 6/22/2005 |
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Airline and Israel Ridge Trail - Unidentified Tree Fungus This unidentified tree fungus is on a tree that has fallen across the trail. It has either not formed into a mushroom complex, or an old mushroom complex that has decayed. See also… 5/20/2005 |
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Airline and Israel Ridge Trail - Leaf Through a Leaf We saw several of these - new leaves of ground plants growing up through holes in fallen and dried tree leaves. See also… 5/20/2005 |
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