Photos from two Old Growth Forest stands
in the Five Bridge Lakes Wilderness Area
Page 1 (Red Spruce) | Page 2 (Red Oak)| Click on an image to bring up the original image (2-4 MP). Then right click and save to your computer. Execpt as stated, photos were taken by David Patriquin and may be copied and used under the conditions of a Creative Commons License. |
For a brief description of these stands, see http://versicolor.ca/forest/index.html Investigation of these stands by David Patriquin (Professor of Biology, Dalhousie University; Co-chair of WRWEO) and Nick Hill (Fern Hill Institute for Plant Conservation) was suggested by Beth McGee of the Five Bridges Wilderness Heritage Trust and Ralph Wheadon (retired forester). Some support for the initial visit was provided by the Five Bridges Wilderness Heritage Trust. |
Photos below were taken in mixed forest on a drumlin immediately southeast of Lower Trout Pond, Five Bridge Lakes Wilderness Area
August 11 & 12, 2009.
Red Spruce  Red Spruce  Red Spruce  Moss covered forest floor. Mounds are boulders, not tree stumps in most cases. 
Lichen covered outcrops or erratics 
Lichen covered outcrops or erratics 
Cyanolichen on red maple  Recent widfall. 
View of Lower Trout Pond from the drumlin (up a tree). Photo by Nick Hill.
 Mixed forest on north side of Lower Trout Pond. Red maple dominated, not old growth. Black Spruce close to the lake. |
 Red Spruce  Red Spruce  Red Spruce  Moss covered forest floor. Mounds are boulders, not tree stumps in most cases.  Site of old bear scat: dead moss & 3 Witherod seedlings  Fallen dead 
Mt. Holly in a moist, open area.  Lower Trout Pond  Panorama from well up "The Climbing Tree, Aug. 12." That's Lower Trout Lake in the distance. Trees that tower above the rest are Red Spruce. Photos by Nick Hill. |