Today, 10/19/22, I visited my Phenology site officially for the first time. The site is inside the southeast “leaf” of cloverleaf interchange located in South Burlington. As I arrived on my bike I saw a large bird of prey leave on e of the tall pines. I was unable to take a photo, but I suspect it was a Cooper’s hawk or a Broad Tailed Hawk. This location appears to have occasional mowing, with some small spots avoided. This serves to keep the ground fairly clear of woody plants other than in locations too muddy to mow. The real diversity here is the tree species– on the northern side of the leaf, the canopy is dominated by Red and Eastern White Pines, while on the southern half the composition is more northern hardwoods, including Red Maple and White Oak. The ground also is sporadically covered with different fungi in the northwest of the leaf. I was able to identify the Shaggy Ink Cap, also known as a “lawyer’s wig”, and another as a Giant Puffball, but there was another species I was unable to identify, with a flatter glossy black cap and white stem.
The Location:
https://goo.gl/maps/n5bzcSJM1q6FaSZ39
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