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Cedar Swamp Photo Shoot

Looking Up at Cedars
Reflections in the Bog

Green moss carpet

Cedar Swamp provides a large and important wildlife habitat in an increasingly urbanized area. State-listed rare species occur in the area, as well as the uncommon Atlantic White Cedar swamp for which the area is named.
A swamp of cedar. Choked with oil of cedar
And scurf of plants, and weary and over-heated,
And sorry I ever left the road I knew,
I paused and rested on a sort of hook
That had me by the coat as good as seated,
And since there was no other way to look,
Looked up toward heaven, and there against the blue,

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Hike along Skit Branch

Red Tea berry plants photo

Continuing my search in the Pinelands for interesting flora to create some fine art work.

The Pine Barrens, also known as the Pinelands or simply the Pines, is a heavily forested area of coastal plain stretching across more than seven counties of New Jersey. The name “pine barrens” refers to the area’s sandy, acidic, nutrient-poor soil. Although European settlers could not cultivate their familiar crops there, the unique ecology of the Pine Barrens supports a diverse spectrum of plant life, including orchids and carnivorous plants. The area is also notable for its populations of rare pygmy pitch pines and other plant species that depend on the frequent fires of the Pine Barrens to reproduce. The sand that composes much of the area’s soil is referred to by the locals as sugar sand.
Showing the beautiful Pinelands of New Jersey Fine Art Prints

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Deep Woods – Cedar Swamp

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2017 – I love Cedar Swamps… This was shot last year on a hike down Hampton Road, toward Hampton Furnace Ruins. #pinelands #landscape

The way in

No way in or out of here?

A panoramic shot from the air.