The six organisms I recognized were eastern white\npine, yellow birch, white ash, paper birch, and sugar maple trees as well as\nhoneysuckle. I viewed a squirrel within my area and could hear birds but wasn\u2019t\nable to see them very well. I believe one organism stands out the most to me\nwith characterizing my site and that is the large eastern white pine tree to my\nnortheast when sitting and facing the moss rock. It has a powerful presence\nthat does not go unrecognized. When you see the tree, you know you are in the\nright area. The rest of the organisms do well to characterize the area as the\nhoneysuckle and sugar maple are behind the sitter. The paper birch tree is on\nthe outskirts of the site and is a marker that you are entering the site.\nLooking up from the rock you see the yellow birch and white ash tree. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The vegetation was fuller during my last trip. As fall\ncontinues, there are less leaves in the trees and the bushes I see are sparser.\nThere is a noticeable amount of pine needles mixed with the muddy soil\nunderneath the boardwalk. Similarly, the trees other than the eastern white\npine, such as paper birch, yellow birch, white ash, and sugar maple, have less\nleaves on them. This leads to the tree canopy looking less dense and letting\nmore light in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In previous visits, my spot in Centennial Woods was\nnot as muddy or wet. Due to Halloween night\u2019s flooding, the soil was pooling underneath\nthe boardwalk. This means the color was darker, the texture wasn\u2019t uniform, and\nthe smell was stronger. The rest of the path coming to and from the boardwalk\nspot had wet soil that was mixed with more pine needles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The act of mapping allowed me to view my spot with a\ndeeper perspective. This was true for the trail leading to my spot as well. Marking\nspecific figures along the way to help guide the reader was informative in the\nsense that I understood which figures were important enough to mark. Similarly,\nI took a slower walk to my spot and spent more time at my spot looking for landmarks\nas well. My sense of place at my spot was heightened through this experience as\nI took myself with more patience and allowed myself to view the different species.\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The six organisms I recognized were eastern white pine, yellow birch, white ash, paper birch, and sugar maple trees as well as honeysuckle. I viewed a squirrel within my area and could hear birds but wasn\u2019t able to see them very well. I believe one organism stands out the most to me with characterizing my … <\/p>\n