Photo Album Pack Monadnock Mountain
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A small mountain in southern New Hampshire, in Miller Park. I hiked up to the top of it, then partway down the other side before coming back.
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On my way up the trail, I ran across a patch of these little blue bulb-shaped flowers, the bluebead lily (Clintonia borealis) |
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| I also ran across a patch of these little plants with bright red berries, the bunchberry (Cornus canadensis) |
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The biggest wildlife I saw was this little toad who was kind enough to sit still to have his picture taken. |
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| This is the view from the top of Pack Monadnock, looking northeast if I remember correctly. |
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This is the view from the top of Pack Monadnock looking southeast. |
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| A little spider had spun itself a nice web right in a sunbeam next to the trail. |
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Here lies the future of the forest--little evergreen seedlings of some sort. They're only a couple of inches tall. |
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| There was an opening in the trees at a particularly rocky spot in the ground, and this lone rose was enjoying the sunshine. |
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All throughout the shady parts of the forest, ferns seem to have taken over the bare spots that nobody else is using. |
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| I ran across patches of these little white flowers in some semi-shady areas. They like to grow right next to the trail. |
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Most of the forest in this part of New England was farm land at some time in the past. There are lots of places where you can be hiking along through the middle of nowhere, and suddenly come across the remains of a rock wall that extends as far into the forest as you can see on either side of the trail. It makes me think that the pioneers had nothing better to do with their time than carry big heavy rocks all over the place. |
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