Tag: Atlantic white cedar
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Swaths of Atlantic white cedar forest totaling 10,000 acres to be restored
By Michele S. Byers Step into a mature stand of Atlantic white cedar trees on a hot day and you will instantly feel cooler. These towering native evergreens grow so dense that they shade out sunlight and create forest floor habitat for ferns, sphagnum moss, liverworts, insect-eating plants, rare orchids and swamp pinks. In turn,…