Start of Hike
Rouge River from Beare Landfill
Long Shadows on Pond
Down the stairs
Early snow
River ice
Little Rouge River
Black locust fruit
River ice
Sauriol Valley
Sauriol Creek
Bear Creek landfill road
Beare Wetlands and trail
Beare north trail
Evidence of poachers
Hemlock reishi fungus
Hemlock reishi, or Hemlock varnish shelf, is clearly being poached as the attached photo evidences. They are safe to eat but quite woody.
Poachers will often varnish these to preserve (to sell?).
Celandine flower
Yellow wood sorrel
Jewell weed
Teasel
Puffball mushroom decaying
Chicory, fading fast
Hikers beside Little Rouge
Little Rouge- raging
Himalayan Balsam
Flowering raspberry
May apple
Insect photography
Two science-fiction-looking insects
Close up
Monarch Butterfly
Woodland Rouge Urban National Park Sign
Queen Ann’s Lace
Beare Wetlands, Common Milkweed
Bladder Campion
Beare Wetlands Dogbane
Beare Wetlands Pond
Alfalfa
John’s Wort
Indian Hemp
Beare Wetlands Small Pond
Wild Rose, Beare Wetlands
Daisy
Dandelion & Dames Rocket
May Apple Blossom
Goat’s Beard
Snapping Turtle
Tiger Tail Butterfly
