{"id":43,"date":"2022-11-25T21:45:14","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T02:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aehaas\/?p=43"},"modified":"2022-11-25T21:45:14","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T02:45:14","slug":"new-perspectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aehaas\/2022\/11\/25\/new-perspectives\/","title":{"rendered":"New Perspectives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I am home in South Jersey, specifically Haddonfield, a cute historic town in the Philly suburbs, for break. I decided to take a walk around one of my old favorite natural areas, one right behind my high school, Hopkins Pond in Cooper River Park. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The park has a manmade damned pond and is dominated by Red Maple, American Beech, Red Oak, and White Oak. It also has a lot of English Ivy and Norway Maples which are invasive species. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some major differences I notices from my phenology spot in Vermont were that here the leaves are still falling. It has not snowed yet and the leaves still crunched underfoot. There was also a difference in species composition with no Sugar Maples or Striped Maples to be seen. Instead of leaving a gift for my site while on my walk, I decide to pick up trash as an act of service instead. I live in a highly developed area and therefore the parks require constant maintenance to address invasive species, water pollution, and litter. It was lovely to view the nature in my hometown with newfound knowledge of species as well as newfound respect for urban ecosystems specifically. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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