Today we went out into the woods to go check up on our plot
for the first time since we marked it. I thought that the plot was going to be
the same as it was last time, and I was surprised to find out how wrong I was.
The plot looked much different, the leaves on the trees had all changed or
fallen off and there was much more ground cover. Many of the smaller trees
seemed to have disappeared. I assume they have either died from the cold or are
hidden under the excessive ground cover. The site was very damp due to the fact
that it had rained for the past two days. Being the arborist I measured all of
the trees again, and it seemed that some of the saplings that were still
visible had grown. I noticed on the corner of our plot that there were 3 types
of moss as well as many broken acorns and nuts showing that there are possibly
small mammals living in a tree. In the coming months I expect to see more
ground cover as trees continue to shed their leaves as well as more growth in saplings.
I wonder how the saplings will react as it gets colder as well as if we will
continue to see the broken acorns.
