Some Pictures from Maribel Caves STate Park and Point Beach State Park in Northern 'Sconsin.
Thuja occidentalis hanging over limestone.
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Thuja occ...
From Thuja occidentalis Northern Sconsin
From Thuja occidentalis Northern Sconsin
Growing in a floodplain, the roots get undercut...
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Plenty of seedlings:
From Thuja occidentalis Northern Sconsin
From Thuja occidentalis Northern Sconsin
From Thuja occidentalis Northern Sconsin
Point Beach State Park...
Picea mariana?
From Thuja occidentalis Northern Sconsin
From Thuja occidentalis Northern Sconsin
From Thuja occidentalis Northern Sconsin
Juniperus communis and Juniperus horizontalis growing together with poison ivy on a sand berm. Lake Michigan lies 80 yards beyond.
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Juniperus horizontalis...
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Juniperus communis.
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Juniperus communis with Pinus strobus in background.
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From Thuja occidentalis Northern Sconsin
I was amazed at how pristine this beach was. I didn't think it was possible to get this type of untarnished wilderness anywhere in the midwest. This is a mere three hour drive from Chicago. No buckthorn, no litter, no wal-marts.
From Thuja occidentalis Northern Sconsin
From Thuja occidentalis Northern Sconsin
From Thuja occidentalis Northern Sconsin
Tsuga growing in a very swampy area. Some very interesting Lycophytes and Selaginella growing here, as well, along with Larix and Thuja.
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Equisetum
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From Thuja occidentalis Northern Sconsin
From Thuja occidentalis Northern Sconsin
From Thuja occidentalis Northern Sconsin
Tsuga seedling growing on an old stump.
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Stumbled upon this squirrel-cache of Tsuga cones.
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More selaginella..
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Larix seedling.
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Thuja forest.
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From Thuja occidentalis Northern Sconsin
Juniperus horizontalis on Lake Michigan shoreline.
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Arctostaphylos uva-ursi growing with Juniperus horizontalis
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Thuja occidentalis and Pinus Strobus on Lake Michigan shoreline.
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Arctostaphlyos uva-ursi
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Beyond the tree-line, farther away from the beach, the shoreline turns into a very boggy, berm-and-sink type of environment. It alternates betweens berms and sink for about half a mile or so and then turns into flatland. Pretty interesting geologic feature created by the Lake.
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From Thuja occidentalis Northern Sconsin
Thuja occidentalis which germinated 80 feet from Lake Michigan shore.
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Ground mat of Juniperus and Arctostaphylos.
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More Thuja above limestone caves...
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From Thuja occidentalis Northern Sconsin
From Thuja occidentalis Northern Sconsin
From Thuja occidentalis Northern Sconsin
From Thuja occidentalis Northern Sconsin
Rabid, Hungry Raccoon which followed us for 45 minutes demanding food.
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From Thuja occidentalis Northern Sconsin
From Thuja occidentalis Northern Sconsin
From Thuja occidentalis Northern Sconsin
From Thuja occidentalis Northern Sconsin
From Thuja occidentalis Northern Sconsin
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