Throughout April, there have been periods with and without snow, but I visited just after we received a heavy dusting overnight. Because of this, Centennial Woods looked quite similar to how it has throughout the winter, with a blanket of snow covering the ground, and the canopy and branches of trees clinging onto the last …
Monthly Archives: May 2022
Spring Break in Virginia
Going home to Virginia for spring break, the new place I chose to visit was Potomac Overlook park, which is a local park near my house. At this time of year, the climates of Burlington, and Arlington, Va differ drastically, so it was a big change going from the still snow covered ground of Centennial …
City Nature Challenge
During the City Nature Challenge, I was only able to stay around campus to find different species. Because of this, many of the species I encountered were the focal species we’ve learned about this year. I saw many of the original twenty-one trees we learned last semester, along with some varying shrubs and squirrels. Of …
Centennial Woods in May
Since the last time I visited, the snow has melted, and now signs of spring are abundant throughout the woods. Ostrich, and other varieties of ferns have started to unfurl, along with some leafy ground plants, and many trees have started to bud out. As sun is filtering through the canopy, there are intermittent bright …