Note on the pictures

I only use pictures I've taken myself on this blog. And these pictures are all exactly how I found things, nothing is ever moved or arranged.



Friday, May 28, 2010

Vernal Pools

It's been a while since I posted, life tends to happen! But I took the time to walk to the vernal pools yesterday evening. It had just been pouring, and slowed down to a soft drizzle. The rain clears out all the mosquitoes, so that's one less thing to deal with while trying to take pictures.
                  The stream becomes a dirty brown in even the lightest rain, but it quickly clears up.

                            Moss covers everything by the stream, its thick and feels great on bare feet
           The grass quickly soaked my shorts, the seed heads hold water for a long time.

Small fungi thrive in the moist enviorment near the vernal pool


                                      Skunk cabbage make a sea of green on both sides of the stream

False Hellebore (which is still poisonous) grows among the Skunk Cabbage


The moss is ankle deep, and it looks just like small trees up close

Ferns grow waist high, some almost reached my shoulders!

Blueberry bushes are almost hidden amongst the ferns

Ferns as the toads see them.

This is a single pine, I couldn't reach ever half way across the massive trunk

I'm definitely not someone you'd cal squeamish, but wading through this, I just didn't think about what could quite possibly be in that muck under my bare feet.



The vernal pools have a....almost jungle like look to them, right here in Jersey we do have places that can be truly beautiful.

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