For this post, I unfortunately couldn’t make it back to my same phenology spot. As I discussed in my last post, the trail that leads to my tree is completely covered in ice and extremely hard to get to. I also traveled home to Pennsylvania to celebrate Easter with my family, so I didn’t have time to visit my tree. To make up for this, I found a paper birch tree in PA to analyze!
This paper birch I found was getting more sun than the one in Centennial. This tree has started to bud, but has no signs of any flowering just yet. I knew it was a paper birch because of the color of the bark and how the bark was peeling. Also, once I approached the tree I recognized then buds and confirmed it was a paper birch. I will insert below photos of the flowering buds I saw.
Here was my iNaturalist post. Hopefully, the centennial woods will began to melt so I can return to my old phenology site.
