Atlantic white cedar #swamp, #Wellfleet, #CapeCod, #Massachusetts, USA
#AtlanticWhiteCedar (Juniper family, Chamaecyparis thyoides) grows in low areas on the US east coast. This swamp is probably in a kettle left by the #Pleistocene #glaciation, not interdune. These aren’t climax trees because the seedlings can’t grow in shade. These trees were harvested as rot-resistant timber by colonists, leading to extensive deforestation on the cape.
#photograph #woodland #landscape #fujifilm 12 mm

Atlantic white cedar #swamp, #Wellfleet, #CapeCod, #Massachusetts, USA
#AtlanticWhiteCedar (Juniper family, Chamaecyparis thyoides) grows in low areas on the US east coast. This swamp is growing is probably in a kettle left by the #Pleistocene #glaciation, not interdune. These aren’t climax trees because the seedlings can’t grow in shade. They were exploited as rot-resistant timber by colonists, leading to extensive deforestation on the cape.
#photograph #woodland #landscape #fujifilm 12 mm

Saw some dope #AtlanticWhiteCedar #Chamaecyparis_thyoides in #KingstonRI today. It’s nice seeing large specimens of this formerly heavily exploited #tree