Today I visited Redrock park which is a 100-acre land that is full of many different environments. This park has entrances to Lake Champlain and cliffs high above the water creating two very different ecosystems. This park is located in south Burlington.
As I walked through the park I noticed a drastic change in the environments from the lower levels to the higher level. In the lower levels of the park, the vegetation was mainly large overstory trees such as sugar maple, white birch, American beech, and white pine. There was very little ground coverage but many fallen logs, pine needles, leaf debris, and small shrubby plants. I also noticed some wildlife such as stripped salamanders and grey squirrel. Meanwhile as I continued to the higher levels of this park, I noticed a sudden change in the environment. The vegetation completely changed to alpine style shrubs and trees. Mainly northern white cedar, eastern hemlock. The terrain became rocky, with trees growing directly on the rocks. The ground coverage was mainly small woody shrubs and ferns.
