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Brook Song in November

on December 15, 2019

Thanks to Nathaniel for taking this video while hunting on my land in November

Plant Progression: Sessile Bellwort

Sessile-leaved bellwort ( Uvularia sessilifolia ) June 15 edit: this one is in fruit! See the small pod?

Witchwood Biodiversity Update 2022

2021 and 2022 were relatively quiet years in terms of surveying at the Witchwood. I spent sadly little time there - surveying or otherwise, and I felt the loss deeply. But I did make several new plant and animal species discoveries I'd like to share, in addition to a number of changes and corrections to the Witchwood Biodiversity Report 2020 . I'm posting a summary here and a link to the full document here (5 pages of content). Witchwood Biodiversity Update 2022 - Summary This report further documents the biodiversity of the Witchwood, six beautiful acres of forest in Windsor, New Hampshire, USA with a four-seasons brook, forest seeps, vernal pools, and a wonderful diversity of plants, animals, fungi, and more. This is a short update/addendum to the much more extensive Witchwood Biodiversity Report 2020 , published Feb 9, 2021. This update focuses on changes to known plant taxa (Plantae), while the 2020 report is much broader in scope. Overall, a total of 203 plant taxa have

Spring Homecoming - April 23, 2022

It has been far too long since I posted. I'd meant to do some catching up, but that seems to be keeping me from posting at all, so let's just move forward! I visited the Witchwood this Saturday for the first time since fall 2021. It felt SO GOOD to be back! I'd forgotten how much I love this place. Spring is well underway! The golden saxifrage is blanketing the seeps and blooming its heart out: The arbutus and goldthread are budding: And the ferns and painted trillium are emerging The Joy of Rediscovery The big discovery of the visit was re-locating leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata) . I'd only seen it once - my very first spring here in 2019. Leatherleaf is a fairly low-key shrub found (as far as I know) only in the early successional area along the brook. It only really stands out to me in spring when it flowers with little blueberry-like flowers lined up charmingly along the stem: Looking Forward I'm thinking a lot about how to keep up my survey efforts th

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