Aspens are frontrunners in the race to return an old field to forest.
The fence around the base of this winterberry keeps it from being eaten alive.
The lively red berries of winterberry shrubs show to best effect after leaf fall.
This meadow is being overtaken by highbush blueberry and other shrubs.
Highbush blueberries turn scarlet in fall.
Interrupted Fern (Osmunda intermedia)
Blueberry bushes loaded with ripe berries invite bears as well as people.
The wild raisin in this field has been carefully pruned by deer. Fortunately it is tall enough to survive and produce berries.
Many insects are attracted to our native Spiraea alba var. latifolia.
Older blueberry bushes often display attractive gnarled and twisting branches.
Elderberry, Sambucus canadensis
Arrowwood, Viburnum dentatum
Chokecherry, Prunus virginiana
Arrowwoods and chokecherries are blooming in this field.
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