{"id":1,"date":"2024-10-09T19:28:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T19:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/?p=1"},"modified":"2024-11-03T14:54:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T19:54:42","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/2024\/10\/09\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Centennial Brook Phenology Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Centennial Brook 10\/9\/24<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I chose a spot along Centennial Brook for this project. You can get to the exact spot by following the main trail, and once you reach the clearing, go slightly left and down the hill where you can see the brook perpendicular to you. You will know you reached the right spot when you see a large mossy fallen tree going down and across the brook, as pictured. I reached this spot while on a trip with the herping club and felt it would be interesting to come back and see how the vegetation and brook changed throughout the seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-unset-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"587\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"11\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_3477-1-587x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_3477-1-587x1024.jpeg 587w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_3477-1-172x300.jpeg 172w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_3477-1-768x1341.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_3477-1-880x1536.jpeg 880w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_3477-1.jpeg 1169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"10\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_3443-3-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_3443-3-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_3443-3-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_3443-3-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_3443-3-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_3443-3-1568x2091.jpeg 1568w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_3443-3-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, most of the vegetation in the area still seemed to be alive despite the cooler temperatures recently. Trees still had most of their leaves, though it was obvious the hardwoods were starting to drop some, and the conifers appeared healthy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the most common woody plants I saw in the area include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Norway Maple<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eastern Hemlock<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Northern Red Oak<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yellow Birch<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Barberry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Buckthorn<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Red Maple<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eastern White Pine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I also noticed a few new species that I had yet to ID like the Intermediate Wood Fern and Japanese Tree Lilac, which can be found on my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations?place_id=any&amp;user_id=victoria_ayala1&amp;verifiable=any\">iNaturalist page.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other things that caught my eye include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Most of the leaf litter is brown rather than bright colors (aside from red maple)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The fallen tree across the brook is rotting and is covered in moss<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There appears to be some stream bank erosion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sediments from erosion create a very obvious line of sedimentation in the brook (pictured below)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The higher water speed at the slight bend in the brook seems to be driving the erosion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations\/246521778\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"21\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_3445-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21\" 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src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_3471-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_3471-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_3471-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_3471-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_3471-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_3471-1568x2091.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_3471-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations\/246520764\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"31\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_3473-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31\" 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You can get to the exact spot by following the main trail, and once you reach the clearing, go slightly left and down the hill where you can see the brook perpendicular to you. You will know you reached the right spot &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/2024\/10\/09\/hello-world\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Centennial Brook Phenology Project<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9841,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"vayala","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/author\/vayala\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9841"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/vayala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}