I re-visited the American Beech at my site to check on the phenological stage the tree is at. Unfortunately, my tree is still at the same step as last time. That being no bud bursts or flowers quite yet.

We were tasked with finding a tree at our phenology that was either a Northern red oak, American beech, red maple, or paper birch, and identifying them by their buds. Most of the trees in my phenology site are very tall and have inaccessible twigs, except for many young American beeches. Additionally, there were no …

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