On this warm, sunny May day, my site in Centennial Woods is the greenest I’ve seen since early last fall. The yellow birches, red maples, and small bushy plants like barberry are fully leafed out. The understory is beginning to come in as well, with all of the fiddleheads nearly unfurled. The wetlands as well …

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5/3/21 On Saturday, the second day of the BioBlitz, I logged species while walking around the Waterfront and up to the UVM campus. On Sunday, I spent a few hours tromping around Centennial Woods, and documenting small plants, one mammal, one insect, and one fungus. My most memorable observations were Pinewood Gingertail and a Dunning’s …

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