First post!!
For my phenology spot, I chose a spot in Centennial Woods. I knew I wanted to go to Centennial Woods because it’s close to campus (that will be nice in the winter), and it was so cool going there for our first lab. To get to my specific location, you would enter the woods on the main path and continue until you get to a fork, at which point you would take a left. Continue walking until you get to another fork in the path, this time you would take a right. After walking for a minute or two you should see a couple wooden bridges that are parallel to the brook. Keep going until you reach a clearing that has two pathways, one of which is a very steep hill. Instead of going up the hill, turn 180 degrees from it and walk down. You should see a portion of the brook, but don’t cross it. This is my spot!
The brook is what made me choose this specific spot because I thought it was really pretty and hidden away from the main pathway! It’s not filled completely with trees and plants but it is not a clear open cut area either. There is a good amount of fallen branches and trees on the ground. While looking around, I found a lot of different types of trees.
Common plants and trees:
- red maples
- eastern white pines
- yellow birch
- hemlock trees
- ferns
- white oak
- other small shrubs and tiny plants!
This is my location on Google Maps. My spot is the one marked with the heart.