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The woods in the park are a part of a natural Acadian forest with tree species like Red Spruce, Balsam Fir and Yellow Birch. From early spring to late fall the wildflowers and berries of an Acadian forest are plentiful. Look for coltsfoot and purple asters, wild blueberry, creeping snowberry and bunchberry in season. A great variety of birds and small forest animals like deer, porcupine, red squirrel and snowshoe hare make this Acadian forest their home. You will see some stands in the park where the forest looks crowded and has died. This is the way a natural forest grows. The natural cycle for some tree species like balsam fir means these trees all die at the same age, after about 20 years. Another cause for the dead stands near the Gorge rocks was a natural forest infestation of budworm in the 1970's.