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Photographer: J. Makali Bruton
Taken: February 19, 2018
Caption: The additional, nearby Ravine Overlook Marker
Additional Description: This additional marker is some few hundred yards northwest of the Old Oak Tree Marker, along the northern portion of the Ravine Loop Trail. It reads:

Ravine Overlook
There are many varieties of wildflowers here which are locally protected and may not be picked or collected. One variety, the Liverleaf (Hepatica americana) blooms in late winter and grows in soil pockets among the rocks. In late spring, Shooting Star (Dodecatheon) may be seen blooming from the rocky slopes. The table rock type waterfall is typical of a piedmont terrain underlain by shallow rock strata. Groundwater seeps into the ground from rainfall and collects above the dense rock layers. The water collects above the rock and springs forth wherever the rock is exposed by erosion and geological processes. During periods of extended drought, this waterfall may slow to a trickle or may dry-up completely. During the wet weather periods, the waterfall may flow in a torrent.

To the Left is a Table Rock Waterfall.
To the Right is a Beech Forest Panorama
Stay on designated trails only
Do not pass beyond barricades
Submitted: February 24, 2018, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p417438
File Size: 5.043 Megabytes

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