A UVM blog Phenology

Since last check up, most of the leaves have fallen from surrounding trees, though, the higher branches on the coniferous trees still have their needles. The understory seems to have disappeared as the sugar maples which covered most of the understory have lost all their leaves. The forest seems to be much more bare and you can see further through the trees as there are no longer leaves blocking the view. I noticed lots of little birds picking at the bark on the surrounding trees while sitting quietly at my spot along with a very curious squirrel.

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Rock Point seemed like a great place to be immersed in nature but unfortunately our lab group wasn’t able to go. That’s why for this assignment, I chose a small area off the marching grounds at rock point. If you follow the trails to the marching grounds and head to the right side, about halfway up and to the right is my spot.

The vegetation in the area consisted mostly of sugar maple and buckthorn in the under-story and a variety of oaks and pines in the over-story.

Over-story: Northern White Cedar, Eastern White Pine, Northern Red Oak, White Oak

Under-story: buckthorn, sugar maple

Most common Woody Plants: Sugar Maple, Northern White Cedar, Eastern White Pine