Using Wetlands, Woodlands, and Wildland as a reference, I would classify Centennial Woods as somewhere in between a woodland and wild land. A woodland is described as, “Sugar Maples. A walk in the autumn woods. Beech and black bear. A dark hemlock ravine. Wildfire on a pine knoll. Hobblebush and Spruce. Spring wildflowers.” Centennial has Sugar Maples, Beeches, spring wildfires, and is great for walking in the woods. A wild land is described as, “A natural place. Wind. Rain. Snow. Wildfire. Cliffs, gullies, and gorges. A calm, quiet, healing place.” Although Centennial does not have wildfires, cliffs, gullies, or gorges, it fits all the other criteria for a wild land. I’ve concluded this due to the wind, rain, snow, Sugar Maples, American Beeches, and wildflowers that can be found in Centennial Woods. Potentially, my phenology site has all of these species even though it is currently covered with bare trees and melting snow.
There have been many phenological changes since I first started visiting Centennial Woods. Throughout my blog posts, there have been many pictures to go along with each season at the brook. At the begging of the first semester, the trees were flourished with green leaves and the flowers were alive and vibrant. The brook was traveling fast due to the amount of rainfall we had gotten and the birds were chirping away. Once fall came around, the leaves started turning into different shades of yellow, orange, brown, and green. The flowers were still present and the brook seemed to have slowed down a little. I saw a couple squirrels and the birds were chirping loudly still. The winter came; Centennial was covered in snow and all the trees were bare except the coniferous ones. The brook was not frozen and it was traveling fast due to the snow melting.