{"id":228,"date":"2023-03-08T16:58:14","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T21:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lehollow\/?p=228"},"modified":"2023-03-08T16:58:46","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T21:58:46","slug":"march-7th-overview-at-lone-rock-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lehollow\/2023\/03\/08\/march-7th-overview-at-lone-rock-point\/","title":{"rendered":"March 7th: Overlook at Lone Rock Point"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A gray and icy day at Lone Rock Point!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

What Tree Did I Identify?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I knew that there were going to be plenty of the listed tree species on the route to my phenology spot, but I decided to stop to look at the Paper Birch<\/em><\/strong> pictured below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Unlike its common winter lookalikes, I was able to identify this tree as a Paper Birch for the following reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. The bark was scaley and came off in paper-like strips<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. The bark did not have a dark brown or yellow undertone like a Yellow Birch.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. It does not have large potato chip flakes like a River Birch.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. The Gray Birch, which I struggled with the most, I was able to rule out by examining the twig and bud:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    Gray Birch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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    Paper Birch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    My twig photo was atrociously blurry, although I did include it below, so I resorted to google to find a better comparison photo of Gray vs. Paper Birch!<\/p>\n\n\n

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    I used this photo (which was the least blurry) to compare to the Gray vs. Paper Birch to confirm my suspicion that the tree was in fact, a Paper Birch!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    A few other angles!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    My iNaturalist Post and Location!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    Although it was a cold and dreary day, I enjoyed getting to visit Lone Rock Point, and I am excited to see the change in the Paper Birch tree as I go back throughout the rest of the seasons!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    \u201cWinter, a lingering season, is a time to gather golden moments, embark upon a sentimental journey, and enjoy every idle hour.\u201d<\/p>\nJohn Boswell<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    What Tree Did I Identify? I knew that there were going to be plenty of the listed tree species on the route to my phenology spot, but I decided to stop to look at the Paper Birch pictured below. Unlike its common winter lookalikes, I was able to identify this tree as a Paper Birch […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8331,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"lehollow","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lehollow\/author\/lehollow\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lehollow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lehollow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lehollow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lehollow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8331"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lehollow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lehollow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":256,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lehollow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228\/revisions\/256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lehollow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lehollow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lehollow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}