The image shows a board walk through a Northern White Cedar Swamp at the Adirondack Interpretive Center in Newcomb, New York, which is in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. A Northern White Cedar Swamp is a conifer or mixed swamp found on organic soils in poorly drained depressions or along lakes and streams in the northern half of New York State. As the name implies, the dominant tree in this kind of forest is the Northern White Cedar. Characteristic wildflowers found on hummocks in Northern White Cedar Swamps include Goldthread, Starflower, Bunchberry, Canada Mayflower, Clintonia, Creeping Snowberry, and Partridgeberry. In the hollows between hummocks, you might find Cinnamon Fern and Royal Fern. Characteristic birds in Northern White Cedar Swamps include Northern Waterthrush, Winter Wren, White-throated Sparrow, and Golden-crowned Kinglet.
Northern White Cedar Swamp at the Adirondack Interpretive Center in Newcomb, New York. wildadirondacks.org/trees-of-the...
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