Key: Pink – Eastern White Pines, Orange – Paper Birch, yellow – Norway Maple, red – White Oak, green – ferns, brown – dead/bare shrubs, blue – stream, white – outline of path, purple – center of phenology spot
When sitting down in my phenology spot (Centennial Woods), it was very quiet. The main noises I could detect were cars in the distance, people walking by, and small critters in the leaves. It was peaceful sitting there and doing nothing but looking around and noticing the changes in the season.
When walking along the path in Centennial Woods, I noticed how I couldn’t see the ground because of all the fallen leaves. The colors were mostly yellow and light brown from Norway Maples and Birches. When looking up into the trees, almost all have lost their leaves, making the forest look bare. When nearing my phenology spot, there were more pine needles on the ground that had freshly fallen since they were still green. When sitting down, I spotted a lot of big Norway Maple leaves and dark brown White Oak leaves. There was still some greenery because of the ferns, but on the other side of the path were dead and unidentifiable shrubs.