Spring!!!

New Places!!

While I had high hopes for my phenology spot last semester, it ended up being a pretty uneventful spot. For that reason, I chose a new spot, also in Centennial woods, but in a different area. To get to my new spot when you reach the first clearing in centennial woods, the white pine stand, instead of continuing straight, you turn right and walk down the bank to the brook, and that is my new site! My site is the edge of the brook and is full of much more excitement than last semester.

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What I found!

On my trip to my site, in addition to finding several species of native trees, I also found some white-tailed deer tracks. I had a hard time deciphering between animal tracks, and divets in the snow left by snow that had fallen off trees. However, I was able to confidently decipher white-tailed deer tracks and tracks of a domestic dog. I also found a rock covered in lichen.

Trees!

I was able to use buds to identify several species of trees:

Sugar Maple

Black Cherry

Box Elder

Green Ash

Pictures!!