boardwalk

Cedar Bog Nature Preserve, near Urbana, Ohio. This is in the swamp forest portion of the site, a fairly common scene in Ohio; a wet flat with red maple and a few other seasonally wet-tolerant species. There's a small channelized stream a little off to the right and out of sight in this photo.

I stayed carefully on the boardwalk here, because 1) I had limited time, and 2) there was plenty of poison sumac in the understory, and I've only made the mistake of messing with that stuff once. I'd prefer not to do that again.

This image is intended to set the stage for what I'll write about next.