White Cedar Preserve

White Cedar Preserve was acquired in partnership with the Buzzards Bay Coalition and the Town of Rochester Conservation Commission and was made possible by funding from the Buzzards Bay
National Estuary Program, the State of Massachusetts Conservation Partnership Program, and the North American Wetlands Conservation Act.
HABITATS: The 83 acre parcel is very diverse, varied terrain: upland to wetland, and home to a white cedar bog.
VISIT: Walk the trail in either direction from field to wooded
pathways, heading toward a large bog of white cedar. The trail
winds through white pine and deciduous trees, including swamp
birch, black tupelo, and red maple. There is a break in the trail
due to swampy conditions. However, on drier days you may reach
the often muddy, but beautiful terrain of the cedar swamp stands.
(Walking time 15-30 minutes.)
Watch: for the endangered Hessel’s Hairstreak butterfly, whose
larvae feed exclusively on Atlantic White Cedar .
You may find leatherleaf, waterwillow, sheep laurel, cranberry,
sundew, purple pitcher, sedge, hemlock, beech, as well as holly.
Be on the lookout for deer as well, as deer trails wind through the
parcel.