K & P Flora - TAMARACK Traditional Cache
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This one is for the kids to find. Nice and easy.
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.
TAMARACK
The tamarack is found everywhere in Ontario but is most common in the north. Most conifer trees keep their needles year round but tamaracks are deciduous conifers – its needles fall off in the autumn and new ones grow in the spring.
Tamarack trees grow to be about 20 metres tall. Its bark starts out smooth and gray when the tree is young, and turns reddish brown and scaly as the tree grows. Its needles grow in tufts of 10 to 20 (sometimes many more) and are 2 to 3 centimetres long. They are soft and flexible bluish green except in the fall when they turn yellow before falling off.
The tamarack’s seeds grow inside light brown cones which are 1 to 2 centimetres long. Trees don’t produce seeds until they are 10 years old.
Did you know?
The tamarack is found in every province and territory in Canada.
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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