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Higley Flow State Park Skiing

Posted by Luke Harvey,
North Country explorer from Castleton, Vermont
January 21, 2015

This landscape picture was taken at Higley Flow State Park on a cross country skiing lab field trip. The habitat surrounding this picture was interesting because there were many tall pine trees but at ground level there were many smaller hemlock trees that looked only a few years old. The reason I took this picture was because it looked like there was two totally distinct habitats within this small region. Animals along the lines of birds might use the taller trees on a daily basis, but small rodents or rabbits might inhabit the lower coverage for food and shelter. I also find this picture interesting because it illustrates the point how smaller trees are often times blocked from receiving an efficient amount of sunlight by larger trees having a significant impact on photosynthesis production.