
My phenology spot is located on the backside of the back five on Trinity Campus. You can find it by going down the path past Mercy Hall to the very last building in the back five. There is a small fence that ends after a steep drop, just behind that is the center of my phenology location. My location consists of mainly red maples, paper birches, and eastern white pines. It has a large amount of young red maples on the understory and some ferns as well. There are a few very small eastern white pines in the understory, those will likely remain throughout the duration of the year, shedding some needles but gaining more before the rest of the forest sees new growth. You can spot a hefty amount of grey squirrels and chipmunks roaming the area, climbing the trees and burying foods they have discovered. Smaller birds sit at the very tops of the trees watching over the understory.