Peabottom Cove Brasstown Wilderness Area, GA |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
December 2019 My friend Cliff and I spent the day exploring for old growth trees in the upper reaches of Peabottom Cove. |
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A big old American Chestnut trunk |
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Circular folding in a large rock/boulder. |
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Small waterfall cascades along a creek branch |
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Admiring a large Tulip Poplar (Photo by C. Shaw) |
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Peering through a crack between rocks at the base of a boulderfield. |
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Saw marks are still visible where this American Chestnut tree was cut 85-90 years ago... |
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Small waterfall |
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About to get a rough circumference estimate on another large tree. (Photo by C. Shaw) |
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More cascades along a creek branch |
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I didn't have a tripod with me, so these water shots aren't the greatest... |
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Witch's Butter (Tremella mesenterica), with Trichaptum biforme brackets at left. |