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Welcome to Ordway Grove. Located in Norway, Maine

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Each year my teaching team takes our students to an old growth forest in Norway, Maine to study some of the largest white pines in the northeast.

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Welcome to Ordway Grove. Located in Norway, Maine

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Old GrowthWhite Pine.Some of these trees have circumferences of over 13 feet, and heights of up to 150 feet tall.

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Some of the trees are more than 250 years old.

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Old trees die,allowing newtrees to grow.

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This forest has been preserved since 1789 and has trees of all sizes and species, from old growth to new growth.

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Tree-hugging is contagious. It spreads from person to person. This individual hugged over 50 trees while in the forest, and I caught most of the hugs on camera!

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Red Pine Bark with a puzzle piece design

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Sugar Maple Leaf on Granite

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Students fromthe city enjoythe tranquilityof the forest.

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Partridgeberry

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Maple Leavesand Birch Bark

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This hole might provide a potential home for animals.

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Lake Pennesseewassee lies at the western edge of the forest.

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Lake Pennesseewassee Reflections

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Lake Pennesseewassee

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Tranquility