8/26/2018 Ponkapoag Pond Bog, Blue Hills Reservation, Canton, MA
ID: 7 ENTRY DATE: 20180825 TIME ARRIVED: 7:30:00 AM TIME LEFT: 9:00:00 AM
DATE COMMENT: Second trip to Ponkapoag Pond, walked on bog trail to end.
PLACE: Ponkapoag Pond Bog, Blue Hills Reservation, Canton, MA
SUMMARY: Nice morning to enjoy the flora and fauna on the bog.
WEATHER COMMENT: Mostly cloudy, 80s temperature, calm, haze.
WEATHER SKY - BLUE SKY PERCENTAGE: 75 WEATHER: SKY CLARITY: 75
WEATHER STATION REPORT: http://www.bluehill.org/Data/2018/august/aug26.txt
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PICTURE POST: 0 iNaturalist: 1 OTHER: 0
ROUTE TAKEN: Parked off Exit at I-93, walked south to bog trail, then bog trail to end. Back in reverse.
TERRAIN: Path from I-93 goes down a gentle grade to pond - flat from there.
PHENOLOGY: Green vegetation from there.
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Observations
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
ceaustinDescription
Saw this mushroom along the path from Rte 128 to Ponkapoag Dam. It looks like it was a chunk of bark.
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Amanita Mushrooms (Genus Amanita)Observer
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The classification chosen was based on the most similar looking one in a list of mushrooms.
Found along a path from Rte 128 to Ponkapoag Pond within Blue Hills Reservation
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Chicken Fat Mushroom (Suillus americanus)Observer
ceaustinDescription
Found along the path from Rte 128 to Ponkapoag Pond within Blue Hills Reservation.
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White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)Observer
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Found near the YMCA camp within Blue Hills Reservation. I only got one shot before it moved around the tree, then moved on.
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Virginia Chainfern (Woodwardia virginica)Observer
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Found at the beginning of the Ponkapoag Bog Trail within Blue Hills Reservation.
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Narrow-winged Tree Cricket (Oecanthus niveus)Observer
ceaustinDescription
Saw this cricket while flipping the leaf of a fern along the Ponkapoag Pond Bog Trail. It remained in place while I took pictures.
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
ceaustinDescription
Found this pair along the Ponkapoag Bog Trail within Blue Hills Reservation. There is sphagnam moss. The area is wet around it.
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Eastern White Cedar (Thuja occidentalis)Observer
ceaustinDescription
I found a stand of these trees at the beginning of the Ponkapoag Pond Bog Trail There is standing water at the base, but it is still pretty close to the higher ground.
These could be the same tree as the smaller ones out in the bog mat, but the needles are a little different and the bark is ridged and darker than the silvery bark of the cedars on the mat. Plus, a checklist identified white cedar as being in the area.
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Spiders (Order Araneae)Observer
ceaustinDescription
Found this tiny spider while looking at plants along the Ponkapoag Pond Bog Trail. The spider was located well out in the floating mat part, but it likely doesn't matter to it.
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Atlantic White Cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides)Observer
ceaustinDescription
Found at the edge of the mat in the pond. These appear different than the other cedars at the beginning of the Ponkapoag Pond Bog Trail, but it may just be that the trees at the beginning are more mature.
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Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea)Observer
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Found along the Ponkapoag Pond Bog Trail near the far end.
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Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)Observer
ceaustinDescription
This dragon fly decided to pause on the wood plank for a while, then flew to a branch for a while, then moved on.
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Autumn Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum)Observer
ceaustinDescription
Saw this dragonfly right after I saw the other, bluish one. It, too landed on a branch to rest for a bit, then flew on.
Found along the Ponkapoag Pond Bog Trail.
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Slime Molds (Phylum Mycetozoa)Observer
ceaustinDescription
I'm not at all sure of this. What is it? Found along the Ponkapoag Pond Bog Trail within Blue Hills Reservation. it is about 2 inches wide.
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Tawny Cotton-Grass (Eriophorum virginicum)Observer
ceaustinDescription
Found along the Ponkapoag Pond Bog Trail within Blue Hills Reservation, out on the bog mat in the open. My first visit was at dusk. The pictures taken with a flash made it look like it was raining cotton balls!.
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Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)Observer
ceaustinDescription
Not sure what plant this is. I haven't been able to match the flower to an ID. Found along the Ponkapoag Pond Bog Trail within Blue Hills Reservation. Flowers don't look like
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Swamp Loosestrife (Decodon verticillatus)Observer
ceaustinDescription
Saw along the Ponkapoag Pond Bog Walk within Blue Hills Reservation.
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