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First Trip to the Quarry!

Hello everyone! I chose the Redstone Quarry because it is close to my dorm building and I think the rocks there are really interesting. To get there you walk on to South Prospect Street and turn onto Ledge Road. You will get about halfway down Ledge Road, then you can look across the street and will find a very small opening to a path. 

Redstone Quarry. Burlington, VT. Google Maps.
Opening to Path (Callaghan, S. 2020). Used with permission from photographer.

Once you follow along the path for a while you will eventually stand on top of a very large rock.

Redstone Quarry 1 (Callaghan, S. 2020). Used with permission from photographer
Redstone Quarry 2 (Callaghan, S. 2020). Used with permission from photographer

The vegetation next to the rock is a lot of brush. In the understory there is some longer grass, and a few woody plants that live on top of that. The woody plants seem to be barberry. Above the barberry there are a few trees growing and these trees appear to be Eastern Hemlock. There are also Sugar Maples and Honey Locust trees on the other side of the Redstone Quarry that are not pictured.

Woody Plants and Vegetation (Callaghan, S. 2020). Used with permission from photographer.

Sources:

Callaghan, S. (Photographer). (2020). Opening to Path [Photograph].

Callaghan, S. (Photographer). (2020). Redstone Quarry 1 [Photograph].

Callaghan, S. (Photographer). (2020). Redstone Quarry 2 [Photograph].

Callaghan, S. (Photographer). (2020). Woody Plants and Vegetation [Photograph].

Google Maps. (2020). [Redstone Quarry. Burlington, VT] [Street Map]. Retrieved October 11, 2020 from https://www.google.com/maps/place/Redstone+Quarry/@44.4613431,-73.2076696,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x4cca7bb205be9c89:0x66f33cb18d956e30!8m2!3d44.4613431!4d-73.2054809

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