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greetings loyal phenoloists! welcome to the final installation of my lovely phenology blog. try not to shed too many tears, salinated water is NOT good for the watershed. Though my site has definitely changed throughout the seasons, I am starting to see signs of the salmon hole which I first visited this fall. The spring…

Dearest and most beloved followers of my phenology blog. The paper birch individuals around trinity campus are making some big headway, in terms of bud break. Let’s check in! A table of all our beloved birch:

This visit, the majority of the tree branches, instead of being relatively bare, dotted with few centimeter-sized buds, were completely full of the long, protruding flower buds. The shorter and newer buds were straight and more stubby, whereas the older and longer buds were skinny, and curled up at the ends, which can be observed…

phenophases of woody plants Close to my phenology site, I documented the bud break of a paper birch individual, most of which had already swelled and were beginning to turn green at the tips. Near some of the leaf buds, scaly, protruding flower buds were forming, but none of them were in bloom yet. I…

good morning loyal followers of my phenology blog. This week at the salmon hole I took great care in observing the intricate crystallization patterns of the ice structures at the salmon hole, identifying several different mineral habits. While observing crystalline structures of ice is inarguably very pretty, it also gives one the opportunity to infer…

phenological changes Good afternoon loyal followers of my phenology blog. Since my last visit to the salmon hole, which occurred in early december, we have gotten significantly more snowfall, transitioning from scattered sections of still frozen snow, to a blanket at least a foot thick at any given point. This represents a further change in…

In the early days of december, the salmon hole, though the same rocky outcrop, appears vastly different from our first visit in the fall. No deciduous trees hold on to their leaves, though, without snow, there is still an abundance of decaying, gray-brown leaf litter covering the pants leading down to and around the shore.…

good evening loyal followers of my phenology blog. this thanksgiving break, I went home to the lovely lagooons of northfield illinois, (45 minutes outside of chicago, by the way) in order to observe some phenology of my own. and oh boy was i in for a treat. lets dive in. as seen in the areal…

from mid-october to early-november, one would observe major changes in the foliage of the salmon hole, on the Winooski River of Vermont. tree species previously present in the area, gray birch and various maples, are reduced to collections of bare branches, aside from cottonwood saplings, which still contain dwindling amounts of yellow-orange leaves. Other foliage…

introduction to place: directions to the salmon hole: I chose this location because I enjoyed getting to view the distinct lateral strata, moving from east to west along the outcrop. As I return to this place, I anticipate looking further into these exposed strata, and compiling my observations to create a cross section and rudimentary…