Passadumkeag

 
 

Passadumkeag River

Passadumkeag, Maine


Passadumkeag River

Passadumkeag, Maine

I recently had the great fortune to visit the confluence of the Passadumkeag River, Cold Stream, and Ayers Brook - a National Natural Landmark found just east of the town in northern Penoboscot County…  One of thirteen Maine sites known to harbor the Tomah mayfly -  long thought extirpated, but rediscovered in the late 1970’s .  Also home of a rare bulrush, Scirpus steinmetzii...  Botanists have found the bulrush only along the Passadumkeag River and are uncertain whether it is a species evolving over time, or a hybrid of two other species. 
 

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