MPG North Field Note - Summer 2021

A boxelder’s canopy spreads fleshy leaves near Home Pond.

A winter storm snapped this Douglas-fir just above a dwarf mistletoe infestation.

This fresh cone is the first I’ve seen on a planted white pine at MPG North

Sunlight bakes the planted exclosure near Old Camp, and competitive grasses gulp spring moisture.

Rich, spongy soil from Entrance Marsh has alleviated some of the harshness of this site.

Inside the pink circle, dense grasses have so far excluded weeds

Non-native Deptford-pink abounds this year.

I noticed a bowl-and-doily spider hanging upside down in its dome shaped web, waiting for prey

I’ve noticed goldenrod in all restoration areas this year, its sudden abundance surprising me.