October 15, 2013
Fall Fruit
The Reservation is currently laden with an abundance of fruit. Much of this bounty will become food for birds and other animals. This is by no means a loss for the plants; the seeds inside the fruit will pass through the digestive systems of the animals and be deposited, intact and ready to grow, wherever the animal defecates.
Shown here are Winterberry holly (Ilex verticillata), Black Gum, aka Tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica) and Eastern Red Cedar, (Juniperus virginiana.)