my back-home spot is a little creek crossing in glover archbold park in dc
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ECOLOGY/PHENOLOGY
this spot has a couple glossy buckthorns, similar to my vermont spot, but is otherwise totally different: a bunch of white oaks, american beeches, and cottonwoods as opposed to the softwoods of my spot. using the buckthorns as an indicator, this spot seems to be about a month behind the vermont spot phenologically.