This spring break I took a break from a day of fantastic skiing at Stowe to make some observations in a secluded glade on Mt. Mansfield. This location is different from Cassavant in loads of ways. The alpine terrain means that my glade features a very different tree species composition. Cassavant was full of beeches […]
Time Marches On
I would identify Cassavant as a Silver Maple-Ostrich Fern Riverine Floodplain Forest, due especially to it’s proximity to the Winooski River and the abundance of silver maples. Cassavant is along a portion of the Winooski that moves at a moderate gradient, leading me to identify the natural community this was instead of as a Sensitive […]