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The Taconic Crest Trail crosses Petersburg Pass.

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Kate Abbott
Young hemlock trees hold beads of water on a rainy day at the summit of Mount Greylock.
Photo by Kate Abbott
Outdoors

Hemlock trees warm the winter woods with evergreen color

December 6, 2018
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Here in New England, we know it by the name eastern hemlock or hemlock spruce. It is evergreen, but not a Christmas Tree — it will be a happier tree outside than inside, as its needles fall easily when they dry out. It is a common tree in cool woods with […]

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Winterberry turns red in the cold months.
Courtesy photo by Derek Ramsey
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Evergreens, ferns and berries give color in the winter woods

December 21, 2017
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What a difference a year makes. Thanksgiving morning, 2016, with camera in hand I hiked through the woods around Wahconah Falls, carefully avoiding the gorge and falls, as I was alone and the rocks were very slippery. It had snowed the previous day and night, and I was on a […]

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