We went back to Centennial Woods today to look how our tree has changed over the past few weeks. Spring is making an appearance this week! Right now it is sunny and 50 degrees. That also means all the snow in the forest has melted.
You can see the ground is covered in leaf litter and there are sticks everywhere but no snow. Once I made it to my tree I looked again at the buds on its branches and found nothing much had changed since I last visited. My beech tree is still kinda budding, definitely no flowers yet.
My friend and I looked around to see if any other trees were budding and we think we found a red maple. We also took a picture of the pretty moss you can now see on the ground since the snow is gone!
It’s hard to believe the semester is almost over! Soon we will go back to our original phenology spots to close out the semester! Maybe by then the trees in my spot will all be budding and perhaps flowering.