Vernal Pool and White Pine Forest

Most of the trees on this walk would not have existed in Thoreau's time.

All farmland,

White pine forest (succession of trees!!). Starts with smaller pine trees!!
Tall straight!!

Wolf trees, branchy pine, probably the first one in a field.
Vernal pool, never seen dry!!

Definition: cannot have fish
Ferry shrimp

100 foot setback for Vernal pools

Others have 200 or 300 foot setback

Red Ruschala mushroom sp?
Turns into a vase as it dies!