October 16, 2022
360 view of Oakledge Park Waterfront
Introduction:
I chose Oakledge park as my phenology site because it is a beautiful location where there are wooded areas and also a waterfront that has a variety of vegetation and rock formations there as well. To get to this site I drove with my friends to the park from campus and we walked along the bike path into the park. From the park area where there is tennis courts and picnic tables you can walk farther to explore the waterfront where there is an amazing view of Lake Champlain.
Vegitation:
In Oakledge Park there was a variety of vegetation. I focused my visit on the waterfront area where I noticed that farther away from the land the vegetation started to look mostly like shrubs and smaller trees, a mix of both deciduous and coniferous, compared to inland where there were some larger white oak trees. Around the water areas there was lots of tall grasses growing in the more marshy area. I noticed that there was small tree saplings and shorter grasses growing in the cracks of the rocks which shows that the bedrock exposed in this area holds a small amount of nutrients, enough for a bit of vegetation to grow there.
Identifiable Tree Species:
- Eastern White Pine
- Red Oak
- White Oak
- Sugar Maple
- Striped Maple
- Green Ash




Google maps view of Oakledge Park