- Temp: Low 40’s
- Playlist: Best of Gordon Lightfoot Best of the 60’s (various artists)
- Round Pond Duxbury
- Miles: 4.8
- Total time: 2hours 9minutes
Round Pond Area in Duxbury consists of both unused and current bogs. Cranberries were one of three native fruits in America. Blueberries and Concord grapes the other two. Most of the site consist of the bogs but there are many wood trials connected allowing for a good day. Round Pond itself is a kettle pond common in the lower South Shore and on the Cape left over from glaciers 10k years ago.
Not sure where the name Nudd comes in, probably the previous owner
Left over cranberries from last falls harvest. Most animals will eat the leftovers but think they might be a bit tart. It can be a problem for the farmer prior to harvest when deer will eat both the foliage and berries
This bog is flooded providing food and a place to swim for ducks and geese. The bogs are flooded so sand may be spread on top of ice to later sink preventing roots from crowding.
This is a large deer scrape. The male deer’s antlers have a thin coating of “velvet” that has blood vessels and nerves helping in growth. The deer will want to rid itself of it come fall and find a tree to accomplish it. This looks to be a large deer from the size of the scrape but more from the height. The velvet is used as medicinal purposes.
Looking at my map while in the woods I was expecting a small pond but found what was a wet bog with no water. The bog was covered/filled with cattails. Cattails are native but are can be considered invasive. Unfortunately cattails will be pushed out by the European Common Reed, another very, very invasive species that will take over large domains of wetlands. Cattails use are many. The complete plant can be eaten. Roots roasted, lower leaves and even the seed head when young. https://www.mtpr.org/post/cattail-plant-thousand-uses Check it out!
Kinda hidden in the brush close to the water a set of Christmas lights. Weird thing is no one can see them to enjoy. But even weirder is that they still lighted by a battery pack. Well just maybe the person who sees them will enjoy them for a moment.