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Existing Cedar stumps Hint at  Meadowlands' ecological past

11/20/2017

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Low tides reveal enduring cedar stumps, reflecting Meadowlands' ecological past
James M. O'Neill,
Staff Writer, @JamesMONeill1
Published 8:00 a.m. ET Oct. 13, 2017
​NorthJersey.com

Atlantic white cedar trees were once ubiquitous in the Meadowlands, but were largely wiped out by the 1920s.

Twice each day, at low tide, the New Jersey Meadowlands pulls back its watery veil to reveal the dark, twisted remnants of its ecological past.

Someone scanning the barren, soggy mudflats when the tide is out can see the low stumps and fallen trunks of Atlantic white cedar trees, which once covered as much as a third of the Meadowlands.

Because cedar wood is so durable, those stumps have lasted, despite being covered with water for decades. They dot the mudflats today, in bizarre and elegant shapes, natural sculptures jutting out of the marshland.
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1/23/2020 10:27:05 am

I feel like these trees need to be hugged. I know that this is a silly take, but it is what I feel like. I am not a person who wants to go around and talk about things in a scientific manner, I just want to do what I feel. What I feel right now, is that these trees need a hug. Plants and trees are alive, and we need to treat them as things that are truly alive, man.

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