Forest in Rittenhouse Park, Newark, DE

Forest in Rittenhouse Park, Newark, DE in album nature

Photo of a deciduous forest in May, showing straight gray treetrunks, bright green leaves, and leaf litter and some dead wood on the forest floor

May 26th, 2011, by Alex Zorach

This is a photo of some of the mature forested areas of Rittenhouse park in Newark, Delaware. This park looks relatively small on the map, but it contains a substantial tract of intact forest.

It may be hard to discern from this photo, but a patch of mayapple is evident on the floor here. The smooth tree trunks are American beech, making up a substantial portion of the forest in this hillier section of the park.