If you ain't been, then go!

New growth is showing - click

  The Orono/Bangor Bog Walk is always an interesting place to visit, each time we have gone it's more than been worth the trip.  Going in early Spring, as we did last week, and after a day of rain it's easy to spot the differences between regular (see above) forest land and the bog.  The photo above was taken on the way to the entrance of the board walk.
  Once you reach the board walk it's evident that it's a bog, and the further you progress it's abundantly clear!  The Ombrotrophic Zone that makes up much of the board walks circle is like entering a different planet.  I will show you a photo of a "Tamarack" or Larch tree that could be 70 or 80 years old, I don't know for sure.  The moss and pitcher plants, along with the cotton grass make it obvious that you are in a much different place, it always amazes me.
  Now, I'm easily impressed so just remember "one mans trash is another mans treasure".

Undetermined age, but old.  The new needles (leaves)
are growing out.

The first part of the board walk you'll see a mixture of forest and bog.
These "fiddleheads" will soon be ferns.

A patch of Partridge Berries on the way in - click