This weekend I had time to explore around campus with the iNatualist app, mainly I identified species I could ID off sight, with the help of my field guide. I traversed the woods between redstone campus, athletic fields and the Burlington country club, this mixed deciduous forest includes a small pond with a gravel bank. The pond was hosting a wood frog, who evaded me taking a picture. I found some staghorn sumac by the bank, along with some eastern white pines in the area which i identified by their fallen cones.
Further down the path I found some violet toothed polypore growing on deciduous bark, along with a sugar maple Identified off bark and what I believe to be burning bush. Using the app allowed me to check the ID of species in the field, using my knowledge as a backbone, as well as sending in pictures for Identification that I have no guesses on. I had a great time Identifying and learning species in Burlington, I was shocked how many species coming from Cape Town, South Africa. It has been amazing seeing how much citizen science and data can add up!
