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Spruce Flats Bog (Forbes State Forest - Westmoreland Co.)

Part of Forbes State Forest, Spruce Flats Bog was created when logging and fires in the early 1900's "reset" natural succession, allowing the water level to rise and bog-like conditions to return to an area that was once densely forested.
Spruce Flats Bog
Spruce Flats Bog		 Spruce Flats Bog
Spruce Flats Bog		 Spruce Flats Bog
Spruce Flats Bog		 Spruce Flats Bog
Spruce Flats Bog
Tawny Cotton Grass (Eriophorum virginicum)
Tawny Cotton Grass (Eriophorum virginicum)		 Round-Leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)
Round-Leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) 		Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa)
Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa)		 Early Azalea (Rhododendron prinophyllum)
Early Azalea (Rhododendron prinophyllum)
Early Azalea (Rhododendron prinophyllum)
Early Azalea (Rhododendron prinophyllum)		 Yellow Clintonia (Clintonia borealis)
Yellow Clintonia (Clintonia borealis)		 Yellow Clintonia (Clintonia borealis)
Yellow Clintonia (Clintonia borealis)		 Swamp Dewberry (Rubus hispidus)
Swamp Dewberry (Rubus hispidus)
Northern Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea)
Northern Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea)

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