Winter Exploration

Going to Centennial woods, I wanted to classify my sites natural community, as done in Wetland, Woodland, Wildland.  When investigating my site, it was evident that it should be classified as a woodland. Though the site does have a brook running through the ecosystem, it is habitat to species that are more commonly found in woodland communities. A disticnt determination that lead to this conclusion was the implication that the water is running through the site, rather than pooling in one location. This makes the habitat not as suitable for many wetland species like ducks, frogs.

Since my last visit to the site, the hydrology of the site has changed. Primarily, the creek was almost completely frozen. Similarly, the site was downhill of a large incline. This lead an increase of dirty snow pooling at the plateau in the landscape. The site seemed much more settled into winter, on the chilly March morning.