If you’ve hiked the Red Maple Swamp Trail at Fort Hill in the past couple of years, you have probably noticed the clearings of vegetation along the way. These were cleared to give the area needed light and room for the Red Maple seedlings to grow.
As you can see in the photograph, each seedling has a pink flag to identify it. Wow! There sure are a lot of Red Maple seedlings growing in each clearing. Kudos to the national park workers in making this happen! It will be fun to watch them grow.
“Porcelain-berry is a deciduous, perennial, woody vine from Asia that can grow 10 to 15 feet a year. A relative of our native grapes, porcelain-berry produces distinctive fruits in late summer and early fall that change from lilac or green to bright blue.”
The weather this week has been unbelievable here on the Cape with sunny skies and temperatures in the high 60s and low 70s. Unbelievable! (Click on blog link for more photos.)
The vibrant fall colors have been so pretty, especially along the Red Maple Swamp Trail at Fort Hill.
I love an early morning walk before anyone else is around. It doesn’t get much prettier!
