Located in Centennial Woods, Burlington Vermont
View from my seated location in Centennial Woods:
October 17th, 2022
About my phenology spot: For my phenology spot, I wanted to be in an area where I could find many different plants and mushrooms. I also wanted to pick a location with running water to observe the change in fish and natural dams created from fallen logs throughout the year. The spot that I chose was located in a part of Centennial Brook near a field within the woods. Rather than Centennial woods’ usual look, this area had fewer large overstory trees and more short plants. This stream had a multitude of different logs that had fallen affecting the stream discharge.
How to get to my phenology spot: After entering Centennial Woods from the main entrance you keep following the main trail. Once reaching a fork, take the trail that is lower of the two or the one to the left. Taking this path, proceeded downwards to reach the Brook and cross a log to get to the side of the stream that has the field.
Vegetation:
- Asters
- Goldenrods
- Joe-Pye Woods
- Red Maple
- Red Osier Dogwoods
- Mushrooms
- Dacrymycetaceae
- Agaricomycetes
- Omphalotaceae
- Amanita
- Ferns
- Eastern White Pine