Compared to the beginning of the semester, my site looks widely different. For starters it was the dead of winter when we started and the ground was covered by a thick blanket of snow. The trees were completely barren as well. Now the trees and other plants are full of buds that will soon become …
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Nr2 Phenology Post 5
There is no snow left at my site and the entire forest floor is now visible again. The ground is extremely muddy and wet with the newly melted ice and snow. My tree still is hanging on to a few dried out leaves left over from the fall. There is in general a lot more …
Nr2 Phenology Post 4
There haven’t been many changes to my red oak or my site. The snow has melted a lot more but not entirely yet. Around the base of tree there is almost no snow. I don’t have any photos from this visit unfortunately.
NR2 Phenology post 3
At my site in red stone woods I found a Northern Red Oak. I identified it based on its dark reddish gray brown bark with defined ridges running down it. Other oak trees look very similar in the winter, however white oaks have very different bark. Their bark has ridges, however it does not have …
Nr2 Phenology Post #2
As per the instructions I ventured else where in Burlington to explore for this post. I decided to visit north beach for a little walk along the beach and into the woods towards the cliff jumping point. I went the morning of Friday February 17th, arriving at the beach right 11 am. The beach was …
Nr2 Phenology post #1
My new site is inside the small section of woods between the edge of Redstone campus and the golf course behind it. To get there I walk out the front of the www complex and then to the right, walking straight until I reach the woods. Upon reaching the woods I go to the right …
November 7th
Yesterday, November 6th, I visited my site in Centennial Woods. Unlike the beautiful weather we had on Saturday, Sunday was dark, windy, and rapidly cooling off. After following the marked pin on google maps to my site, I found a spot that I feel marked the center close enough. I sat on a large fallen …
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Max Gunthert My site is within Centennial woods somewhat in the center off of the main trail. To get there, I first I walk to the side of the woods closest to red stone campus. Once I arrive at the trail head I put in walking directions to my pin in google maps and walk …