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Jun 6, 2009 1:38 pm US/Eastern

Rare Trees Found In Severna Park Bog

SEVERNA PARK, Md. (AP) ― While doing fieldwork for a potential stormwater restoration project in Severna Park, "Bogman" Keith Underwood discovered another rare stand of Atlantic white cedar long thought nearly extinct in these parts.

The surprise find gave him confidence conditions could be restored in the several-acre bottomland forming the headwaters of Yantz Creek.

In 1995 a survey of county waters found only 1,243 Atlantic white cedars left of the species that once dominated the bogs that lined riverbanks.

The best part of the find, aside from some 30 mature trees -- some of which are 200 years old or more -- is a small stand of 10 new, young cedars among them.

The county could develop a project to restore the bog by creating a stepped, sand-infused outfall to replace the nearby stormwater pipe.

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