Thursday, July 19, 2007

Two trees in the bog

Dead shore pine, Richmond bog.

Live birch, ditto.

Update: Hugh Griffith added a comment that deserves to be read as a part of this post. Therefore, I am reproducing it here:

In two pictures you have told the story of the bog. The shore pines are declining (along with the bog as a whole) and the birches (a genetic mish-mash of native paper birch and European species) are taking over.

Poor bog.
Thanks, Hugh.

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2 comments:

Hugh Griffith said...

In two pictures you have told the story of the bog. The shore pines are declining (along with the bog as a whole) and the birches (a genetic mish-mash of native paper birch and European species) are taking over.

Poor bog.

Wanderin' Weeta said...

Hugh;

Your comment was so appropriate that I reproduced it in the post proper. Thanks.