Hiking the ROW Part 2

Wild Cherry Nipple Gall caused by eriophyid mites on chokecherry leaves.

In this post, I continue the photographic essay on hiking up the right of way on our land up Barton Mountain. An introduction is here and part one is here.

White Cohosh (Actaea pachypoda)
also called White Baneberry

Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides)
Also called squaw root or papoose root.

A colony of Artist's Fungi (Ganoderma applanatum)

Under an Artist's Fungus.

A quarry cut block of granite far from any quarry and now buried,
over a century later, by the forest.
See more Barton Mountain granite quarry history here.

Hickory Tussock Moth larva (Lophocampa caryae)

To view the other photos:
Introduction: Strangers on the mountain
Hiking the ROW: Part 1
Hiking the ROW: Part 2
Hiking the ROW: Part 3

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Scenes from a Summer’s Hike in Lyndonville

The sign showing the beginning of the trail behind Lyndon Institute

The pond at the beginning of the hike

An invasive snail in the pond

Invasive Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)

A pond scene

White water lily

Spotted Joe-Pye Weed (Eutrochium maculatum)

White Cohosh (Actaea alba)

A squirrel or chipmunk midden

Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora)

Another midden

Squirrels and/or chipmunks vertically potted dozens of pine cones along the trail and in the woods.

A third midden

Marsh Bellflower (Campanula aparinoides) (Campanula uliginosa)

A view of Burke Mountain

Trail sign in fern forest

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The Cohosh Grove

White Cohosh

When you walk up the slope of Barton Mountain behind the house, you will eventually come to a large grove of cohosh below the cliffs to the summit. The grove is full of white and red cohosh and Solomon’s Seal. The berries are plentiful in July. Don't eat them. Even though cohosh has been used for centuries as an herbal remedy, you need to know how to use it properly to avoid poisoning and bad reactions.

White Cohosh berries

Solomon's Seal is plentiful in the same grove.

Solomon's Seal berries

Red Cohosh berries and leaves

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