I came back to visit the yellow birch! The weather was warmer and there was less snow on the ground. The bark looked more peely than it did at the beginning of the month. The buds were longer and the green hues were more noticable.

I went to Centennial Woods and found a yellow birch!! My siting of the yellow birch took place after the poison ivy sign and before the first wooden bridge. The sun was out and the lighting was nice, so I took a picture of the surrounding eastern white pines that the yellow birch is by. …

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I went to Richard B. Russell State Park in Elberton, Georgia over spring break. The park is located on the Savannah River and the Georgia/South Carolina border. The river bank was made of orange clay and had a gummy consistency. I researched why the clay was orange and it is because of iron oxidation. There …

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