For #WoodlandWednesday an immersion in an ancient hardwood forest on the Black Swamp Trail at Pearson Metropark outside Toledo for a taste of the wild wet woodland that once blanketed more than 2,000 square miles of northwest Ohio.

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Remnant. Much of the region of Northwest Ohio was covered with “The Great Black Swamp.” Some patches can still be found, especially in the spring. #nature #swamp #greatblackswamp #ohio #hiking #blackandwhite

For #ThickTrunkTuesday one of the big maples basks in the glow of a remnant of the Great Black Swamp at Sawyer Quarry Preserve east of Perrysburg, OH.

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Wintergarden preserve includes a pond, seen here. I have a summer picture of it somewhere if I can find it. The difference is pretty dramatic!
Ohio, 2012.
📷: Canon EOS Rebel XS

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For #ForestFriday another perspective on the grandeur of the Great Black Swamp from one tiny patch of this once-mighty wooded wetland along Lake Erie from within Pearson Metropark, Toledo.

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Ooh, it's #ForestFriday
Summer at Gross Memorial Woods south of Wapakoneta, a well-preserved patch of what little remains of what was once a swamp forest as grand in scope as the Everglades, the Great Black Swamp in Ohio.

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A belated #ForestFriday from an amazing little slice of the nearly-forgotten Great Black Swamp that once blanketed NW Ohio and NE Indiana.

The tree canopy above the boardwalk at Gross Woods, south of Wapakoneta.

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A closeup of the swamp -- frozen over, textured, bubbled, grasses trapped within and beneath. Wintergarden preserve in Bowling Green, Ohio, in 2012.

📷: Canon EOS Rebel XS

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Bowling Green, Ohio again. This was at the local preserve (Wintergarden). Anyway, BG is built upon the drained Great Black Swamp, and this tiny park is all that's left of it. February 2012.
📷: Canon EOS Rebel XS

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Before Ohio had highways, it had a swamp—1,500 square miles of wild wetland: The Great Black Swamp. We drained it, destroyed ecosystems, and now we’re living with the consequences. Some parts are coming back—but slowly. The land remembers. 🌾💧 #BygoneEchoes #GreatBlackSwamp #EnvironmentalHistory