Hemlock Ravine

Rhododendron maximum

The Hemlock Ravine comprises a large portion of the nature preserve.  The hemlocks are endangered by an exotic insect, the hemlock wooly adelgid (HWA). Looking down into the hemlock ravine Mitchella repens, partridgeberry, rooted in a bed of moss. New York ferns, Thelypteris novaboracensis, unfurling in the Hemlock Ravine. This Indian cucumber is still blooming, […]