Summertime in the Commons

When walking through Fenderson Wildlife Commons in the summer, be sure to keep your eyes open for lots of different plant and animal life. The Commons contains seven different kinds of plant communities, including, Spruce-Larch Wooded Bogs, Oak-Pine Forests and Red Maple-Sensitive Fern Swamps. When wandering through an Oak-Pine Forest look for the small, pink flowers of the sheep laurel plant, and don’t forget to pick a few wild blueberries from the low-bush blueberry plants in the Spruce-Larch Wooded Bogs.

Fenderson Wildlife Commons is also home to many different kinds of animals. While there you may see a moose, fishers, bears, hares, bobcat, deer, coyote, turkeys, hawks, owls and many other types of birds. It is important to remember that these plant and animal species are wild and should be respected and undisturbed. For details about plant communities and animal species found in the wildlife commons, please view the management plan on the Fenderson Wildlife Commons page.

Photo Credits

Maple-fern swamp photo comes from the Fenderson Wildlife Commons Management Plan.

Moose photo from Free Clipart Now.