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Watershed Plots -- Plot 3

Plot 3, BIRCH Plot 3, canopy
Overview of Plot 3, 01-19-1999 Plot 3, canopy, 04-19-1999
Plot 3, snow cover Birch bark
Plot 3, snow depth 27 cm, 03/08/1999 Detail 3-1, 02-01-1999. Bark.
Plot 3, red maple and bigtooth aspen leaves Plot 3, birch sprout nipped by snowshoe hare
Detail 3-2, 02-01-1999. Leaves. Detail 3-3, 02-01-1999. Who nipped that stem, and what kind of stem is it?
Plot 3, grass Plot 3, haircap moss and wood chips gouged by a woodpecker
Detail 3-4, 02-01-1999. What's that wiry stuff? Detail 3-5, 04-05-1999. Moss, and where did those two small wood chips (top and left) come from?
Paper Birch White birch and blueberry leaves
Detail 3-6, 05-15-1999. New leaves. Detail 3-7, 05-15-1999. Tree leaves and leaves of an associated low shrub.
Striped maple or moosewood (Acer pensylvanicum Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)
Detail 3-8, 05-15-1999. Tree with opposite leaves. Detail 3-9, 05-15-1999. Member of the lily family found in upland woods and clearings.
Grass Blueberry (Vaccinium spp.)
Detail 3-10, 05-22-1999. Slender plant. Detail 3-11, 05-22-1999. Common low shrub.
Grass Spore cases of hair-capped moss
Detail 3-12, 05-28-1999. Slender plant. Detail 3-13, 05-28-1999. What are those tall stalks?
White-tailed deer Canopy, Plot 3
Detail 3-14, 05-28-1999. Ten cm. south of Plot 3. Who dropped the pellets? Detail 3-15, 06-05-1999. Canopy
White birch leaves (left) and blueberry leaves (right) Grass
Detail 3-16, 06-05-1999. Leaves at base of tree. Detail 3-17, 06-05-1999. Slender plant.
Lance-leaved loosestrife (?) (Lysimachia hybrida) Northern red oak (Quercus rubra)
Detail 3-18, 06-05-1999. Low plant. Detail 3-19, 06-05-1999. Tree leaves.
Maple leaves American beech (Fagus grandifolia)
Detail 3-20, 06-05-1999. Leaves. Detail 3-21, 06-05-1999, 1.5 meters south of Plot 3. Tree leaves.
Grass White birch (Betula papyrifera)
Detail 3-22, 06-21-1999. Slender plant. Detail 3-23, 08-16-1999. Fallen sapling.
Striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum) Flat-topped aster (Doellingeria umbellata)
Detail 3-24, 08-16-1999. Seedling with opposite leaves. Detail 3-25, near Plot 3, 08-16-1999. Late summer flower.
Plot 3 overview, 10/04/1999 Plot 3 overview, 11/01/1999
Detail 3-26, 10-04-1999. Plot 3 overview. Detail 3-27, 11-01-1999. Plot 3 overview.
Only a few birch leaves left Three fallen birches
Detail 3-28, 11-01-1999. Plot 3 Canopy. Detail 3-29, 12-24-1999. Overview of Plot 4.
Ice and moss on a small cliff Icicles on a nearby cliff
Detail 3-30, near Plot 3, 12-24-1999. Water in a seasonal phase. Detail 3-31, near Plot 3, 12-24-1999. A sign of the season.

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