Month: October 2018

Week 2 10/22/2018 

I went back for my second visit today. It was very overcast and much colder than the last time I visited. I was much more prepared this time I brought my camera to take some photographs of the spot.

My spot has changed a lot since I last visited. To start the ground is much more wet than it was previously, most likely because of all the rain we’ve been having. The ferns and saplings are still very green, although I’m sure the saplings will most likely die as we further transition into fall and winter. Much of the maples still have their leaves, and are just transitioning to a nice yellow hue. There is still an abundance of pine needles covering the floor and the dead wood and fallen tress look much darker and decayed since the rain.

There seems to be seldom any wildlife using my plot as a habitat except for carpenter ants, and other insects boring in the deadwood. However, I did see a woodpecker on my way out of centennial woods.

I have attached the “Birds Eye View” drawing of my phenology plot to get a better idea of what it looks like from above.

Hello! Welcome to my phenology place blog. My place is inside centennial woods adjacent to Centennial Brook. The way to get there is from the trail head you take the trails down to the right and it is just before the brook. I chose this place because I wanted to be in a place without any human structure, and to be surrounded by nature. Centennial Woods is a perfect environment for this.

The vegetation is pretty dense in this area, and it is dominated by Eastern White Pines, and Norwegian Spruce trees. There are also some red maple, buckthorn, and American Beech trees.