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Progress of Spring - May 16

on May 17, 2020

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Witchwood Biodiversity Report 2020

I am very excited to present the second annual Witchwood Biodiversity Report. Last year's was an informal summary of what I learned in 2019. For 2020, I'm attempting a more scientific style as a step toward publishing some day in a scholarly journal. Scientific reports aren't everyone's cup of tea, so I'm posting a short summary here and a link to the full document here . As always, questions, comments, and corrections are eagerly welcomed. I'm an enthusiastic amateur, and I know I have an enormous amount to learn. Witchwood Biodiversity Report 2020 - Summary This report 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. In this survey, I opportunistically documented any macroorganism I encountered, but the main focus was plants. This report is the result of approximately 190 hours of active

Happy Holidays from the Witchwood - Dec 13

My last visit of the year had two purposes. First, I was hunting new lichen specimens, as I have been doing my last several visits. I finally re-located Tree Lungwort ( Lobaria pulmonaria ) so I could take a sample Lichen in genus Tuckermanopsis - I need to learn more chemical tests to determine species Second, I was collecting natural materials to decorate my solstice (Christmas?) tree. Most years, my annual Christmas Tree party is usually the most important social event I host. I provide ample treats and entice my friends to my home to decorate my tree. Since that wasn't possible in 2020, I went in a different direction. For the most part, I skipped Christmas this year, but I did get a tree and decorate it with a few special ornaments, plus ferns, lichens, pinecones, and other elements from the Witchwood. Tree catkins, clubmoss, two lichen species Wintergreen, clubmoss, fern fertile frond, lichen Clubmoss, white pine cone I thought hard about whether this was appropriate o

2019 Survey Results

Geographic distribution of observations (provided by iNaturalist ) I set out to survey the flowering plants of my recently-purchased land, which almost immediately expanded to an informal general life survey. I used the incredible tool iNaturalist to track observations. My iNat project is " A Land Like This One ". Thank you to Nathaniel for his contributions and company. Statistics This data was collected over approximately 20 visits from March through December, averaging perhaps 3 hours of active search/exploration time per visit. At the time of writing this... 653 observations 351 research grade* observations 238 taxa 140 research grade species 95 research grade plant species 80 research grade flowering plant species The numbers are strongly skewed by sampling bias and my areas of interest/knowledge: I am most familiar with herbaceous flowering plants. (63% of flowering plant observations are research-grade vs 33% of insects and 7% of fungi)

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