Spring Ephemerals at Harris Center
Emilie Phillips
The biggest news is that my parents are in town and fully vaccinated. It’s the first time we have seen them in ages.
It’s mud season up north, so a good time to hike locally in southern NH. Here it is just the beginning of spring when all the little flowers and ephemeral plants pop up.
Trillium 
Vibernum starting to flower 
Rattlesnake plantain 
Canada mayflower leaves
We checked on the carvings near the Harris Center. The dragon and snake looked the same as last time. The salamander now has spots. And we found the start of a new carving off the side of the trail.
The dragon carving is still there 
Spotted salamader completely painted 
Adjacent snake 
The start of a new carving
We started at the Cadot trail, which is kind of the back way in to the area. The Cadot Trail starts on the old Whittmore Road and then veers off up the mountain. My research into old maps last time led me to think that the road was only a farm road. This time we explored around the area where the trail turns off the road. We found two dips that might have been cellar holes. One of them had a pile of bricks nearby that might have been a chimney, except the bricks had no mortar. The road disappears for a bit there, but we found where the parallel rock walls pick up farther along.
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- Funny growth on the tree -- Comments (0)
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- Stop for tree climbing -- Comments (0)
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- Isaac crossing the tree bridge -- Comments (0)
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- Trillium in the morning -- Comments (0)
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- Acorns starting to sprout -- Comments (0)
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- Isaac under a rock -- Comments (0)
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- First maple leaves -- Comments (0)
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- Open pine cone -- Comments (0)
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- hiking up the Cadot trail -- Comments (0)
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- Grandpa explaining the properties of rotted wood to Isaac -- Comments (0)
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- Tyson climbing a rock -- Comments (0)
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- Tyson and Isaac on the rock -- Comments (0)
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- Red maple flowers -- Comments (0)
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- First vibernum leaves -- Comments (0)
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- Oddly rippled beach tree -- Comments (0)
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- Grandma climbing a rock -- Comments (0)
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- The dragon carving is still there -- Comments (0)
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- Spotted salamader completely painted -- Comments (0)
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- Adjacent snake -- Comments (0)
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- Chipmunk -- Comments (0)
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- Canada mayflower leaves -- Comments (0)
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- The start of a new carving -- Comments (0)
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- Rattlesnake plantain -- Comments (0)
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- Vibernum starting to flower -- Comments (0)
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- Tyson looking for leaches -- Comments (0)
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- John -- Comments (0)
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- Trudy -- Comments (0)
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- A newt -- Comments (0)
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- The last patch of snow -- Comments (0)
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- Tyson found this snake -- Comments (0)
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- Looking at an old house site -- Comments (0)
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- brick rubble -- Comments (0)
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- Trillium -- Comments (0)
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- Trillium patch in the afternoon -- Comments (0)
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- Isaac on the bridge again -- Comments (0)
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- Trudy and John at the end of the hike -- Comments (0)
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