Whitehall Nature Preserve


Ruth and Joe (at the fence sign) in the group that Mike (front, in wading boots)
led November 18, 2006 on the Catawba Lands Conservancy
Wetland Water Beetles hike at the Whitehall Nature Preserve.

 

Mike stands beside submerged monitoring bucket #1 at the collecting fence. a collecting fence Joe holds the petri dish with two baby salamanders, an aquatic beetle larva, and a small, practically invisible, clam. Mike Kowalski, who has been observing and studying water beetles at Whitehall Nature Preserve for many years, holds a collecting net on the boardwalk
Whitehall Nature Preserve Upland Depressional Swamp (submerged from mid-autumn to around Memorial Day) Ruth in front of Mecklenburg County's largest overcap oak Catawba Land Conservency leader Mike, who has a degree in zoology and over 20 years experience teaching, with Joe. Resurrection ferns growing high up in the tree
a fungus growing on a living tree trunk Can anybody identify if this is “Hen of the Woods”? Thanks. top of the snag (a dead standing tree) bottom of the snag (a dead standing tree)

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Photos:  by Ruth and Joe

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