So, I made a mistake. I had looked at the images of the different types buds before I went out into Centennial Woods and I thought that I had a good bud that was on a young Northern Red Oak. I thought that the bark looked similar and so did the shape of the bud. I went home shortly after I went out in Centennial and when I went to work on this post I realized that I was wrong. This is likely the bud of a sugar maple tree. I plan to go out in Centennial when I get back to Burlington and find a proper tree to chronical.
While I am at home I asked my dad, an ecologist who is currently teaching a plant ecophysiology class, to help me work on identifying different types of tree buds. I managed to find all four of the assignments speices on our property at home.
