Snowballing Phenology
Well hello there! In case you wondering, yes I am doing all of this literally the day b4 it is due. I am certainly not proud and I am embarrassed that it took me so long to do this. Anywho, my phenology spot is this lovely trail behind Mercy hall. I chose this spot for several reasons, but the two biggest ones are that I have been there several times and because I really needed a spot quick. I got to my place by walking on the concrete sidewalk down to the back 5, and along this route, there is an offshoot into the woods. I walked down a bit until i saw the spot where I attempted to build a snow fort. By far the most common vegetation was the moss on the forrest floor. This moss covered everything that the ferns didn’t. In terms of trees, the most common was American Beech. There were a few Eastern White Pines and even fewer Red Oaks (there was one of them). The tree that stood out the most to me was the Eastern Hemlock that was there. There was one in the understory and one in the overstory and they both stood out to me. How did they get there?