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Saco Heath Boardwalk

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Saco Heath Boardwalk

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    Location: Saco, York County, Maine, United States

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    3. Old Orchard Beach – Old Orchard Pier loop from Old Orchard Beach

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    December 11, 2023

    The Saco Heath Preserve is a 1,223 acre protected site that features a mile-long trail that consists of a distinctive boardwalk. The preserve showcases a rare raised coalesced bog, the southernmost of its kind, that the boardwalk takes you right over. The unique environment nurtures a variety of plants adapted to nutrient-poor soils, including Labrador tea, leather-leaf, rhodora, cottongrass, and scattered pitch pine. It also hosts the only instance of Atlantic white cedar growing on a northern raised bog, with one of Maine's largest stands. This cedar itself supports a population of Hessel’s Hairstreak butterfly, whose caterpillars exclusively feed on it.

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      Location: Saco, York County, Maine, United States

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