Ironwood tree
Planned on hiking the loop at the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge only to find that the trail actually was a road used by visiting birdwatchers. An alternative, the friendly ranger at the Visitor Center told us, was to explore newly created Forest Discovery Tree Trail.
The 2.7-mile trail wandered through hardwood forest and vernal pools. Posts, as the one in the above photo marked a series of 19 native trees. Trail was not well marked and we ended up meandering until we finally turned back. Managed to locate about 12 trees.
