I chose my phenology spot in Centennial Woods. Although Centennial Woods is mostly forested now, it has seen a lot of human land use. From the 1800s into the early 1900s, the area that is now Centennial Woods was mostly farm land. This land was sold to The University of Vermont in 1904. The University used a portion of the land for ROTC training at one point, and some structures still remain from that. I believe the area of my site was likely cleared for farming at some point because some barb wire was wrapped around one of the trees. I didn’t see any other indications of past land use at my site.
Works Cited
Hall, Erin. (2015). Centennial Woods Land Use History. Centennial Woods and Brook. https://blog.uvm.edu/efhall/2015/12/09/centennial-woods-land-use-history/