The Herman F. Hammer Wald Nature Preserve is in various stages of forest succession. There’s a field that was cultivated and now has scattered ash, red maple, hawthorn, basswood, elm, black walnut and hop hornbeam — trees of early succession. There’s a mature forest of beech, hickory, sugar maple, tulip, cherry and oak trees. The variety of trees and stages of tree growth are matched by the variety of birds and wildflowers.
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Joe and Nancy Conrad
