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These are all over these woods, but this was by far the largest patch of them I came across

At Spectacle Pond Natural Area (also called Red Pine Natural Area) in Brighton State Park

On the Long Trail in the White Rocks National Recreation Area

Magnificent

Picture doesn’t do these trees justice. They are huge.

This was about the bee. I reported the plant separately

Dead, laying in vegetation ~5 feet deep

Small tree, perhaps 3" trunk. Some leaves were unusually large. No mature trees noted in the area. Deeply furrowed bark of mature trees is distinctive.