If you started at the alternate parking, be sure you stop at the sign
Then have a seat at GZ and apply the lesson learned while resting
When I placed the cache beards tongue was blooming profusely .
The week before wild geraniums and so it will go with others until autumn. Bugs Birds and Plants.
This land was among the first properties permanently preserved by D&R Greenway Land Trust in 1992. The Cedar Ridge Preserve is a large mosaic comprised of meadow, grassland, shrubland, young and mature forest, streams and floodplain that provides habitats for a special type of wildlife – “edge species.” The “edge effect” is an ecological concept of greater species diversity where the edges of two adjacent ecosystems overlap. At this “ecotone”, some species from both ecosystems occur, plus other species that are only found in that particular ecotone. As opposed to forest-interior species that shy away from edges, edge species benefit from having different habitats near one another, moving between them to obtain resources needed at different stages of their life cycle. Birds found near edges include red-tailed hawk, American woodcock, Baltimore oriole, northern flicker, eastern towhee, indigo bunting, and brown-headed cowbird. Butterflies such as the northern spicebush and tiger swallowtail nectar as adults in open fields and lay their eggs on certain trees along the forest edge where the caterpillars will feed and grow. Dragonflies and damselflies begin their lives as aquatic insects but require the vegetation of the adjacent floodplain to emerge and transform into winged adults. Mammals adapted to edges include white-tailed deer, raccoons, skunks, and red fox. Negative Effects of Edges Sharp edges caused by clearing or development create poor habitat. When there is no ecotone buffer, strong winds can cause damage to the forest edge. Increased sunlight and decreased moisture cause rapid climate changes, exotic plant invasions occur, and there is increased nest predation and parasitism of forest-interior birds. These negative effects are most severe when there is more edge than interior forest, thus a rectangular-shaped forest is more vulnerable than a circular-shaped forest.
Don't be in a rush.