2-6-2022 Turnipseed Nature Preserve

Old field / meadow restoration over shallow rock sub-grade.
Some of our group looking out over the wetlands
Chickasaw plum thicket (Prunus angustifolia)
River birch clump (Betula nigra) in the Gin Branch Creek floodplain
Shaggy river birch bark!
Wetlands and beaver impoundments along Gin Branch Creek
Big boulders supporting resurrection ferns
Resurrection ferns closer up
Boulder island in beaver impoundment / wetlands along Gin Branch Creek
Running cedar colony (Diphasiastrum digitatum – formerly known as Lycopodium digitatum.)
View showing more of the Running Cedar colony
Boulder splitting off from larger outcrop
Large granite outcrop overlooking Gin Branch Creek wetlands