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Access Wayside: Distinctive Textures
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Along the Jesup Path, a railing defines a small deck that juts into the forest. Two wooden benches face each other. Between them, a wide, angled panel attached to the top of the railing displays a wayside exhibit entitled "Distinctive Textures."
The title appears above introductory text: "Close your eyes and gently feel the different textures of grass-like plants, the bark of various trees, and the intriguing shapes of shelf fungi growing on the sides of trees and logs."
An image shows a hand holding a red and gold oak leaf. "Touch softly to explore the patterns and textures of Acadia."
A close-up of a tree-trunk offers a view of rough white bark. "Feel - but don't peel - a white birch's curly, papery bark."
More close-ups show various plants:
-"Sedges have triangular edges."
-"Grasses are round and have joints."
-"Feel the round edges of rushes."
-"Run your fingers along a fern's delicate, leaf-like fronds."
The final image shows disk-shaped growths attached to a scaly tree-trunk. "Lightly touch the rippled surfaces of the shelf fungus. Look for ones that can be easily reached from the trail."
A quote: I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order." - John Burroughs
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Recorded audio description of an interpretive wayside, "Distinctive Textures"
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