Niquette Bay State Park encompasses 553 acres and is owned by the state of Vermont. The area was farmed and pastured through the 1800s but is currently predominantly forested. There are two long ridges with summits that rise to over 400ft in elevation. A sandy but shallow beach lies along the eastern half of the park's shore line. The soil is very rich with many spring ephemerals which are plant species with short life cycles and thrive in the neutral, slightly alkaline landscape with a pH of 8.
This is a picture of a hepatica wildflower which was found frequently through out our hike.
This cute little slug was making his home in a little mushroom!
This ginger plant was growing close to the ground
Big tooth aspen
Striped maple was very prevalent through out Niquette Bay understory, it is very shade tolerant. It has beautiful blue, green and grey stripes on the bark. I have only seen this tree at Niquette Bay.
This was a case of beech bark disease on a very large beech tree.
We eventually reached the lake.
There was a rare point during our trip where we find the 3 native pine trees to Vermont. Pitch pine, white pine and red pine. this picture is a Pitch pine.
Red Pine
White pine
Red pine bark up close.
We do not come across the pitch pine very often. here is the tear drop shaped cone of the pitch pine.
The different pine cones in the small area where the three pines are found.
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