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In winter, the bog environment hibernates under a blanket of snow.
<-- Tamaracks covered in frost (click thumbnail image to view photograph.)
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Even in winter, the bog can be a colorful place.
<-- Winterberries add a splash of color in the winter bog (click thumbnail image to view photograph.)
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Tamaracks not only change color in the fall -- unlike other conifers, they loose their needles in winter.
<-- Tamarack needles will regrow each spring (click thumbnail image to view photograph.)
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The "Virtual Bog Walk" is made possible by a Lake Superior Coastal Wetland Conservation Education Grant from the Michigan Coastal Management Program, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Photographs ©Scot Stewart and ©MooseWood Nature Center
MooseWood Nature Center, P.O. Box 773, Marquette, MI 49855
info@moosewood.org (906) 228-6250
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