NR1010 Phenology Project

Last time I visited my spot, it was winter and there were little signs of life. Now, hints as spring are visible with budding on the Norway Maple, American Beech, and Sugar Maple. These trees in my spot have become major landmarks I’m familiar with, along with the big log and Eastern Hemlocks towards the […]

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During the Bio-Blitz, I explored Centennial Woods and areas along the sidewalk leading to the woods. Normally I just pay attention to the nature in Centennial and don’t notice anything as I walk over, but this time I identified a couple of plants along the way to increase my knowledge. In total I encountered 11 […]

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Friday, April 11th I noticed that all of the trees had buds, but the overall trend was a lack of bud breakage. The only tree with bud breakage was the Sugar Maple. None of the trees had any flowers, but the Red Maple did have flower buds signaling blooming soon! The only tree with identifiable […]

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I went to Centennial, but instead of looking for tracks at my phenology spot I explored the rest of the woods and found some really cool stuff! Photos 1-2 (from left to right): The tracks may belong to a Gray Squirrel. The tracks stopped right in front of an Eastern Hemlock tree which leads me […]

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1/26/25 The snow is covering the whole ground of my spot now, last time I went the leaves were much more visible on the ground. The Eastern Hemlocks look the same, and the Intermediate Woody and Christmas ferns are still there but the leaves have definitely shriveled and have a darker color compared to December. […]

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The ground was the first thing I noticed when I visited my phenology spot for assignment #4, and looking at it for this assignment I noticed that there was less yellow leaf litter, and all the leaves seemed a bit more brown and wet. They weren’t decomposing necessarily, but they looked more absorbed into the […]

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Google Maps pin: https://maps.app.goo.gl/yq4T2qTquDw2Ub2u9 My new phenology place was in the woods behind my house in Massachusetts. This is an area I spent a lot of time in as a kid, and it’s right next to one of my favorite trees which I now know is a White Oak. I think it’s really cool how […]

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Comparison to my place: I visited my friend Eloise’s phenology spot which is also in Centennial Woods. It was in a similar area to mine, but you take a different trail to get to it. Standing in the spot, I noticed how it was on a slope whereas mine is in a flatter area. There […]

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I went to my spot after NR1010 in the midst of a pretty hard and stressful week. I didn’t want to walk down to Centennial Woods at all, but I forced myself to because I thought it would make me feel better and it definitely did! We talked a little bit about how going out […]

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Introduction to place: To get to my phenology location, you first enter Centennial Woods at the normal entrance. You walk along the path, and at the clearing you take the path moving towards the left (not the one going right that goes up a steep hill). You move down a small hill for only a […]

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