{"id":123,"date":"2019-03-07T21:27:34","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T02:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tcschnei\/?p=123"},"modified":"2019-05-01T14:09:04","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T18:09:04","slug":"back-at-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tcschnei\/2019\/03\/07\/back-at-it\/","title":{"rendered":"A Natural Community Eager for Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tcschnei\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_2733-e1556587564700-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tcschnei\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_2733-e1556587564700-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tcschnei\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_2733-e1556587564700-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tcschnei\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_2733-e1556587564700-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>My pal Grace enjoying the sun in the freezing cold with me.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Although there is a meadow of sorts surrounding the solar panels adjacent to this site, I would classify it as a woodland. The area I focus on is dominated by trees, especially oaks and maples, and has a dense canopy. In all the times I have been there, even after rainfall, it has never once been flooded or even saturated at all, so it is definitely not a wetland. Vegetation is able to thrive here, as demonstrated by the surplus of trees and the fast-growing meadow grass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tcschnei\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_2750-e1556588117579-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tcschnei\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_2750-e1556588117579-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tcschnei\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_2750-e1556588117579-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tcschnei\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_2750-e1556588117579-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>The sun peaks through the trees.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> As the vernal equinox approaches, I am thinking a lot about the changes that are occurring (and will occur) here at my phenology spot. We may have gotten a taste of warm spring weather, but the freezing temperature and snow-covered ground remind me that winter will persist for as long as she wants. Small plants poke their way through the snow, begging for spring. The path I follow is very slushy, and while the ground is still frozen, I cannot help but get excited for mud season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although there is a meadow of sorts surrounding the solar panels adjacent to this site, I would classify it as a woodland. The area I focus on is dominated by trees, especially oaks and maples, and has a dense canopy. In all the times I have been there, even after rainfall, it has never once &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tcschnei\/2019\/03\/07\/back-at-it\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A Natural Community Eager for Spring&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5314,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tcschnei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tcschnei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tcschnei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tcschnei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5314"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tcschnei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tcschnei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tcschnei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions\/141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tcschnei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tcschnei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tcschnei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}