K & P Flora - SILVER MAPLE Traditional Cache
K & P Flora - SILVER MAPLE
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A small vitamin bottle.
We so enjoyed putting out the K & P Ticket and Fauna series, that we thought we would continue along the trail. This time, the theme is the FLORA. If you see any of the trees or flowers mentioned, please feel free to take pictures and post them at the appropriate cache – but please, NO PHOTOS OF EACH CACHE (sure, the log if you have to).
BIKING is possible for the whole trail. This trail is NOT recommended for thin tires! Puddles may need to be crossed after wet weather.
If you don’t see any flora, then you are caching way too fast and not seeing the trees for the forest! Enjoy the ride and enjoy the diverse plant life.
The silver maple grows in central and southern Ontario. It’s a large tree that can grow to be 35 metres tall with a trunk that’s more than 100 centimetres in diameter.
Its light green leaves are 15 to 20 centimetres long, with 5 or 7 lobes. The silver maple is very similar to the red maple – except that its leaves turn pale yellow or brown, not red, in the fall. Its seeds are found in ‘keys’ that fall down from the tree in the late spring.
Bark on the silver maple’s trunk is smooth and gray when the tree is young and then becomes dark reddish brown and breaks into strips that peel off at either end and make the trunk look ‘shaggy’. Sometimes, the trunks of silver maples are hollow, creating space for animals and birds to live in.
Did you know?
The silver maple grows quickly – it’s often planted to provide shade or to block unsightly views
PARKING: One or two cars can park where the trail intersects roads, but pay attention to NO parking signs so as to not block entrances. A nice place to leave your car in Calabogie is at the end of the trail (N45 17.916 W76 43.033) which is at the local beach and Tourist Information spot. You may want a quick swim?
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