August 17th
– The team trekked into the wilderness of HJ Andrew’s Experimental forest with
Mark Schultze. During our tour, we were shown two research stations, a second
growth forest, and an old growth forest.
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| Hiking to the first monitoring station |
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| The machine at the bottom of the stairs/end of the bridge is used to monitor multiple factors (weather, carbon, respiration) in order to help track carbon sequestering in the area. |
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| Mark Schultze describes the purpose of the research station |
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| The same research station from a different angle |
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| Again, the same research station from a different angle |
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| Researchers tend to leave various items in the forest. Sometimes they forgot to remove them from the area once their project is complete. |
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| This was a 30 year old experiment using soda lime to measure the respiration of a cut log. This was the second research area. |
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| A view of the second growth forest: this area had been clear-cut in the 1960's |
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| Another view of the second growth forest. |
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| Next, we entered an old growth forest. |
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Mark had to leave us before the long hike, so we took a quick group photo.
Left to right: Gideon, Dave, Mark, Anna, Vladimir, and Mikhail |
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| Aralia |
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| Sapling on a nurse log |
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| A very common site in this area. |
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| Vladimir |
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| "Russian bears in American forest" - said Mikhail as he and Anna ate some blueberries. :) |
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| View of the second growth forest |
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| Cornus canadensis leaves |
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| Cornus canadensis flower |
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| Cornus canadensis fruit: we were so lucky to see all three |
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| Clintonia |
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| Monotropa uniflora - another saprophytic plant |
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| Anna |
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| A bridge: everyone made it across successfully. :) |
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| Cladonia species of lichen |
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| Possibly Parmelia |
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| Mosses hanging from branches |
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| Spirit of the forest? Mother of the forest? What do you see? |
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