The phenology spot that I chose is in Jericho, VT, about 30 minutes outside of Burlington. I’m a commuter student so this area is near my house which is why I chose it. This area is a natural area, but it is also impacted by humans because it is in between two neighborhoods. To get there, I drove through one of the neighborhoods, took the path back to the community tennis court, and then took the paths back and found a spot that I liked.
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Much of the vegetation in this area are large trees, with very few small woody plants only in areas with breaks in the tree canopy. The most common woody plant was northern dewberry, although I’m not sure how accurate my identifier is, I’ve uploaded an observation to iNaturalist so we’ll see what that comes back with.
I also found Partridgeberry scattered throughout the forest floor.
While I was there I also found a tick (not on me, although he did jump on my finger). Just a reminder to everyone to stay safe and do tick checks after venturing to heavily wooded areas.