HUCKLEBERRY BOG: Thursday, May 30, 2024
Meet on Bean Station Road, Prattsburg at 10 AM
A great time of year to see: Gaywings, Tupelo tree, Mayapples, Pink Lady Slippers, Indian Cucumber root, star flower, Solomon seal, jack in the pulpit, Squawroot, wild geranium, Canada Mayflower, ferns, moss, trillium, club moss, Sarsaparilla and MORE!
This field trip is not a gentle walk, but HUCKLEBERRY BOG is well worth the time and effort of hiking almost 5 miles. There is a "good 1/2 mile hill" which we will go up to the bog then back down again to finish.
Huckleberry Bog is part of the Finger Lakes Trail system. We will enter from Bean Station Road just about three miles east of route
53, which is over ten miles south from the village of Naples (just past
Prattsburg). Parking is available on the north side of Bean Station Road just past the entrance of the trail on the south side of the road. (see carpool note below)
There are new editions of the Nature Trail Guidebook for us to borrow as we walk around the bog. Feel free to acquaint yourself with one here: 2023 Nature Trail Guidebook
Please bring plenty of water and food. Hiking poles and insect repellent might also be appreciated on this hike.
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We did not see the Fringed polygala (too late) but we did spot a dark eyed junko nest and an oven bird nest thanks to Fred's down close inspections and Steve's knowledge of birds.
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partridge berry
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browncup fungus
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red eft
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outhouse near Evangeline shelter
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Evangeline shelter
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mapleleaf viburnum
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| violets |
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bracken fern
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Jewel weed, touch me not,
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Canada mayflower
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| dark eyed junco |
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dark eyed junco nest with eggs
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crown-tipped coral fungus
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North kiosk
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star flower
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| duskywing |
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lady fern
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| Squawroot, cancer root, bear corn |
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running pine (lycopodium complanatum)
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tree clubmoss
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| sarsaparilla |
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Indian cucumber root
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cinnamon fern
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arum lilies
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blue flag iris
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ghost pipe from last year
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horse nettle
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azalea mayapple
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the pinkster azalea was past bloom but we did spend some time discovering more about the azalea may apples
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vernal pool
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Hugging trees!
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Red oak and Hemlock trees
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pink lady slipper / moccasin plant
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more sarsaparella
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hemlock varnish polypore
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ovenbird nest (between the size of a cantaloupe and bowling ball)
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| squawroot |
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Indian cucumber root
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mouse eared chickweed?
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jack in the pulpit
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more pink lady slipper
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May apple blossom
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white baneberry
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false Solomon seal
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pin cushion moss
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Three lady slippers
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