fiNaL pHenOlOgY

As my first year at UVM comes to an end, I part ways for the summer with my phenology spot. I first discovered this spot on a hike with some friends through Centennial Woods, and fell in love with its secluded peaceful energy it radiated. From there, I began visiting this place each week, before […]

Flowering?

Unfortunately, my phenology location had no “flowers” blooming. However, the spot had a great amount of beautiful soft moss, sprouts and ferns. Moss is one of my favorite things, I’m a texture person and moss has such a great texture. the ferns were ostrich ferns and they were bright green and beautiful. I’m hoping by […]

A New Environment

During my break I spent as much time as a could at the beach, despite the very much NOT beach weather. The beach is my happy place, my favorite place. I love the ocean, the waves crashing, and the sand in between my toes. I live a 5 minute walk from the bay, and a […]

Wetland, Woodland, Wildland

I would classify my spot in Centennial Woods as a Northern hardwood forest, with many wild land qualities. My spot, as well as Centennial Woods as a whole has a vast amount of hardwood species that dominate the area such as Sugar Maple and Birch. There is a lot of shade cover as well. The […]

Trees

Unfortunately I did not get any good pictures of buds, however I did write down the buds I saw around and Identified their characteristics. A very apparent bud I saw was the American Beech. A smooth twig with orange/brownish buds. The buds were lateral and divergent as well. Personally these are my favorite buds because […]

Returning to my Place

After a long break I made my way black to my spot in centennial Woods. I had come to my spot of two occasions in search of tracks. The first time I fell short, as there was only dog tracks and human footprints that I could find. When I later came back I seemed to […]

A History of Centennial Woods

The spot that I chose is now known as Centennial Woods. Indigenous people once occupied the land where it can be assumed they utilized the streams for water and other resources. However upon colonization, things changed. The land was most likely clear cut at one point like most areas in Vermont were, for agriculture, like […]

My visit on 11.13.18 after the snow!

Waiting for the sun to set :)

Some signs along the way