Plants make up most of the Pine Barrens. For instance, pine trees such as the short needles, pitch pines, jack pines, long needles, yellow pines, and many others make up most of the pine forest in the Pinelands. Other trees include the pine oaks and the cedar trees. Due to the roots of these cedar trees, water in the Pine Barrens appears a brownish red color. This happens because the roots emit pigments of red color into the soil which then runs into the water. Even though the amount of red pigment
18 year old female, began to tell me her version of the story of the Jersey Devil, she first said that she did not know much about the legend. She then explained to me that the Jersey Devil is an animal-like creature that lives in the Pine Barrens (the Pine Barrens is a sparsely populated, wooded area of southern New Jersey). He has been seen by many different people who have camped in the area, and he has killed several campers over many years. She finished her story by saying that he is very
Imagine yourself camping in the Pine Barrens. You hear a noise and then see a strange creature lurking in the shadows. Could it be the Jersey Devil? The Legend of the Jersey Devil began in 1735, it was supposedly the thirteenth child of Mrs. Leeds. When she found out she was pregnant with her thirteenth child, she cursed it and said it better be a devil. When it was born, the midwife died of shock and the Devil ate its twelve sibilants, sparing its mother and flew out the chimney (Juliano 1)
children. There are a variety of settings that the story has; however, the most common location that is used when retelling the tale is Leeds Point, NJ, which is in the Pine Barrens region of the state. This tale of the Jersey Devil recounts the existence of a supernatural creature that is said to have terrorized the New Jersey Pine Barrens and surrounding areas for the last 260 years. The teller of this version of the legend is a Caucasian female who is eighteen years of age and attends the University
Atco Ghost of the Southern New Jersey Piney Barrens The sparsely populated towns and countryside of the Pine Barrens of Southern New Jersey have often been the ideal setting of various ghost stories, including the infamous tale of the Jersey Devil, that are told in the more heavily populated Northern New Jersey and Philadelphia metropolitan regions. One of those “Piney” towns is home to a lesser-known, but equally interesting, tale of a street that is haunted by the ghost of a young boy. The
Everglades contain a wide variety of plant life and vegetation. Another ecosystem that can be found in south Florida is the South Florida Pine Rocklands, which is a terrestrial ecosystem. The South Florida Slash Pine is the characteristic tress of this area. However, it contains more than 150 species of trees and shrubs, some of which are exclusive to that area. The Pine Rocklands also inhabit a variety of animal species including deer, the endangered Schaus butterfly, and mangrove
in the wetland sites sustains dense vegetation. Uncultivated fields in parts of the wetlands are revegetated by pitch pine and shortleaf pine. In the western margin, Virginia pine and red cedar are scattered. The Pine Barrens uplands are largely forested. The Pine Barrens shrubs, especially low bush blueberry and hog huckleberry can be found here and the ground beneath the pines is covered by fire sedge, orange broom sedge, switch grass or other grasses. Also, herbaceous plants are meager in the
interest and his years of research and investigation ultimately led to this book. The most commonly told story about the origin of the Jersey Devil is that it was born in 1735 in the backwater village of Leeds Point on the fringes of the New Jersey Pine Barrens. “Mother Leeds”, a Quaker who some whispered about dabbling in witchcraft, was pregnant with her thirteenth child. Exasperated at the prospect of another
that there is where The Devil himself walks at night. It is a perfectly round circle somewhere around forty feet in diameter in the extensive pine woods. In the past few hundred years nothing has grown within this circle, not a single tree, nor a flower, not even a blade of grass will grow within the circle’s limits. The area around the circle is full of pine trees and plenty of underbrush, yet within the circle nothing grows. And, what's potentially stranger is that any object left in the circle overnight
earth that was once inhabited by plants life. A wildfire is one example of secondary succession. When a disturbance in the environment occurs, such as a wildfire, either part or all of the community is destroyed. The aftermath of the wildfire leaves a barren landscape open to new growth, vegetation, and re-colonization of plant species (Gurevitch et al, 2002). Various studies have been undertaken and completed regarding the restoration and recovery of plant communities following wildfires. These studies
The climate region that I had chose to do my essay on is the Arid Dry climate region. This climate is a very plain and also very exciting climate to be in. You could do a tremendous amount of activities such as offroading and sports. This climate region is a very happy but boring place to be. The arid climate region has some cool spots that have a cool breeze come threw but most of it is just hot and humid. The State I chose to do this climate region on was Arizona. Arizona is one of the hottest
people often times make the blunder of only putting emphasis on the substance. Instead of regarding the substance and structure of a novel as two vastly different things, they should think of them as a Christmas tree. If the structure was the bare pine tree, then the substance would be all the ornaments used to decorate the tree, and together they are a Christmas tree. But without the tree itself, the Christmas tree would not exist, for there would be no place for the ornaments to hang on. (Terlaje)
Have you ever wondered how the beautiful Hawaiian Islands transformed from barren volcanic rocks to magnificent green islands filled with forests, animals, and insects? It all happened through a complex process called Ecological Succession, in which organisms gradually populate land that was just created or has undergone a change or , such as the volcanic Hawaiian Islands. Ecological Succession is one of the forces shaping the Hawaiian Islands, and allowing them to thrive. The Hawaiian Islands were
1 Samuel 2: 1-10, also known as The Song of Hannah, is a very significant passage that relays the strength and power of God and those who are faithful to him. It comes from a mother named Hannah who has been barren all of her life. However through God’s intercession, she bears a son and names him Samuel. To thank the Lord for her gift, she sings this song of praise . This display of thanksgiving is very important because it brings light to certain aspects about God’s existence that really encompass
of life. During the winter months, the apple tree is gray and lifeless. Having been stripped of all leaves, its limbs are barren and jagged. Frozen in place, they stiffly poke out into the air, and are reluctant to sway even for a harsh winter wind. The tree appears dry and brittle. The birds no longer favor it for shelter. They have abandoned their previous home for the pine trees on my neighbor’s property. The tree elicits a cold, and sad feeling. It is physically present, yet somehow absent at
Chris Pine once said, “The only thing you sometimes have control over is perspective. You don't have control over your situation. But you have a choice about how you view it.” This quote rings true in many situations, as it did for a young girl named Lizabeth. Lizabeth was raised in a shantytown during the Depression. Her mother had a domestic job while her father spent his days searching the area for work. Life was described as “dusty” and “formless” as she and the other neighborhood children found
This essay will encounter The Long Island Rail Road first years making. The rail road was developed because the rail roads planners wanted to expand a way to get to Boston. In order for this view to happen, the service needed to make rail-road through Long Island, so they made the LIRR with the help of legislature supplying the money with 1,500,000$. This caused for New York or Brooklyn to be linked to Boston. Even though the money was good start for making the rail road, it was still very difficult
the specific natural environments across the continent.15 In her book, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz writes of the Natives also adapting the environment to their needs, The plots, blackberry rambles, pine barrens, and spacious groves of great eastern forest was an ecological kaleidoscope of garden chestnut, hickory, and oak…Early European explorers marveled at the trees that were spaced so that the forest “could be penetrated even by a large army”… English
the passenger side. I zip my flannel jacket up and grab the plastic flowers, the rosary from my visor, and a thermos full of black coffee. Opening the heavy door of Beb I step onto the crunchy ground. The cemetery is barren. No flowers, no visitors. A cat bird cries out from a pine tree and the wind causes the chain link fence to “click, click, click.” My feet crunch as I walk upon the fallen leaves to the headstone of my grandparents and sit down cross legged. Grass has grown back where my Grandma
the ‘Pleasantville Incorporated’ was given the contract to build two sites in The Bahamas. One was to be a main field called Oakes Field that had been developed by Sir Harry Oakes. The second site was the Satellite Field which was located in the Pine Barren near the western end of New Providence. These two fields were training bases for The American and British Soldiers who were preparing for World War II. This later became the Nassau International Airport. The operation called the ‘project’ employed