Post One – Wait, where are we?
The place I have chosen is nestled in Centennial Woods. As with everyone else in my class, I got to visit Centennial woods at the start of the semester, during which we had time to dive into the forestry and explore. I immediately found a cozy spot to venture deeper into. It was a glowing orange and green area, with yellowed cushioning pine needles, and what seemed like hundreds of mushrooms and ferns covering the wood’s floor. But most impressive of all to me were the towering pines. I knew that this had to be my place for the year.
After bringing some friends on a nice weekend walk with me to visit the burrow again, I took a closer look at the moss-ridden logs at my feet. It was common to see fungi sprouting out of the ends, and see chips of the wet and rotting parts of these logs falling off. In fact, much of the pines in this area of the forest reflected this image: all seemed to be dying to a degree. The trees around here are large in size, but their bark is chipping or raked completely clean, leaving behind what I think the culprit might be, termites.
The pines and ferns were not the only plants, the most common to see here are actually:
- Sugar Maple
- Red Maple
- Northern White Pine
- Various mushrooms I don’t know the exact names of
- Ferns
- Moss and Lichen