Hitchiti Forest

This week the class visited the Hitchiti Forest and went hiking on the trail that is located there. The forest occupies a total of over 4,000 acres of land north east of Macon. Information about the Forest can be found at the Georgia Forestry Commission website:

http://www.gatrees.org/forestmanagement/brender.cfm

One of the things that we discussed while on the trail was the presence of Wild Ginger in the forest. Wild Ginger grows in forests all over North America and has many uses, including for medicinal purposes.

This is a picture of the large Wild Ginger leaves growing in a dense forest.