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At a T-junction with a paved road, you turn right, following this road for about 150 yards and then bearing left onto a dirt-and-gravel road interrupted by stretches of broken pavement. The summit of Ring Mountain (602’) is in a grove of trees just left of the road, which dead-ends in a broad, gravelly area. From this dead end, a path heads south to a viewpoint. When you are ready, retrace your route to the junction of the Loop Trail and the Taylor Ridge Fire Road.

Survivor Tactics

Plants, being fixed in one place, use a variety of strategies to disperse their seeds. For example, birds eat berries and then deposit the seeds after digestion. Other animals that depend on seeds for food often drop some during transport. The wind also spreads the seeds of many plants. To survive, plants must develop defenses against being eaten by insects, birds, and other animals. These defenses can involve toxic chemical agents, like tannins, and physical barriers, like spines. Oaks are well defended, but their seeds, acorns, are eagerly consumed by mammals and birds.