2021-12-7 Confluence of the Eno River Informal Hike

Sentinel eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) and outdoor classroom
Rock outcrops on ridge above creek
Puttyroot orchid (Aplectrum hyemale) – an orchid with leaves in winter and flowers in summer
Beech forest (and other hardwoods)
River view
Foamflower leaves (Tiarella cordifolia)
American beech (Fagus grandifolia) on rock outcrop
Rocky section of river
Rock outcrops above former dam site
Stream channel through swampy area that was formerly a millpond
View of creek and late fall foliage on an oak
Large oak (Swamp white oak?) in the floodplain
Hepatica and Pepsissewa (Hepatica americana and Chimaphila maculata). Other common names – Round-lobed liverleaf and Spotted/Striped Wintergreen.