Assignment #4– Home! – The Phenology of Salmon Hole

November 24th, 2024

I’m back in North Carolina for the first time since going to Vermont! I decided to use Cedar Falls, a park near my house, for my new site.

Link to new site

I think this place is special because it is an area where people can walk amongst the trees, but is relatively undisturbed in terms of logging. It seems to be a medium-age forest; the ground isn’t too lumpy, there are relatively few fallen trees, there isn’t much of an understory, and the trees don’t seem very old but are still a significant size. One of the main differences that I noticed between this spot and my Burlington spot was the lack of understory; there were few small plants and most of them were maple as opposed to invasives like buckthorn.

Another thing that I noticed is that most of the trees still had leaves as opposed to the bare branches in Vermont. One last difference is the abundance of American sweetgum, which I have noticed is everywhere in my neighborhood, and which is visible in the picture below.