My site is in full bloom with the warming temperatures of Spring. All of the trees have a dazzling array of leaves, and many of groundcover plants, like sensitive fern, are beginning to spread out across the forest floor. My site is located in a less travelled region of Centennial Woods. The forested lands of Centennial Woods offer great hiking trails for the city of Burlington as well as habitats for an assortment of plants and animals. One way that nature and culture intertwine in my area is with the allowance of UVM students and the general public to utilize the lands.
I don’t consider myself a part of my phenology site because if I am being honest it wasn’t that interesting of a site, so finding the time to visit the area was pretty much the last thing I wanted to do. There are way more interesting plots of land in the Burlington area that weren’t accessible to me until I had my car at school, if I was to do this project over I would have found an area at Rock Point or the intervale to travel to.