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Watershed Plots -- Plot 5

Plot 5, overview (with white tail-deer track crossing left corner of plot) Plot 5, canopy
Overview of Plot 5, 01-19-1999. Who walked through the left corner of the plot? Plot 5, canopy, 04-19-1999
Plot 5, snowcover Blueberry (?) twigs
Plot 5, snow depth 31.5 cm, 03-08-1999 Detail 5-1, 02-01-1999. Winter twigs.
Winger green (Gaultheria procumbens) Lambkill or sheep laurel (Kalmia angustifolia)
Detail 5-2, 02-01-1999. Fallen leaves, low evergreen plant found in cool, moist, acid woods. Detail 5-3, evergreen shrub, 02-01-1999
Bracken fern Tuft of winter coat shed by white-tail deer
Detail 5-4, 02-01-1999. Dry fern blade. Detail 5-5, 04-19-1999, 3 meters north of Plot 5. Whose hair is falling out?
Blueberry (?) Beetle on lambkill
Detail 5-6, 04-19-1999. Budding twig. Detail 5-7, 05-02-1999. Insect on plant.
Bird poop, a natural fertilizer Blueberry (?) flower buds
Detail 5-8, 05-15-1999. What's that white stuff on those leaves? Detail 5-9, 05-15-1999. Flower buds (see Detail 5-6).
Blueberry (?) flowers New growth on lambkill or sheep laurel (Kalmia angustifolia)
Detail 5-10, 05-22-1999. Blooming shrub. Detail 5-11, 05-28-1999. New leaves.
Acorn among oak leaves Flowers fallen from northern red oak (Quercus rubra)
Detail 5-12, 05-28-1999. Is that
a nut under those leaves?		 Detail 5-13, 05-28-1999. What's that stringy thing that fell from overhead?
Plot 5 canopy in late May New growth on Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)
Detail 5-14, 05-28-1999. Plot 5 canopy. Detail 5-15, 05-28-1999. Five m. east of Plot 5. New growth.
Blueberry blossoms (Vaccinium spp.) Red oak inflorescence (flower cluster)
Detail 5-16, 05-28-1999. Near Plot 5. Blossoming shrub. Detail 5-17, 06-05-1999. What's that stringy thing that fell on Plot 5?
Canopy, Plot 5, June Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum)
Detail 5-18, 06-05-1999. Canopy Detail 5-19, 06-05-1999. Fern 5 cm. north of Plot 5.
Lambkill or sheep laurel (Kalmia angustifolia) Lambkill or sheep laurel (Kalmia angustifolia)
Detail 5-20, 06-05-1999. New leaves. Detail 5-21, 06-05-1999. New leaves.
Blueberry (?) Blueberry (?)
Detail 5-22, 06-11-1999. Fruit-bearing shrub. Detail 5-23, 06-21-1999. Fruit-bearing shrub.
Overview of Plot 5 Ripening blueberries
Detail 5-24, 07-05-1999. Overview Plot 5. Detail 5-25, 07-17-1999. Ripening berries.
Berries of Canada mayflower Bracken after a dry summer
Detail 5-26, near Plot 5, 08-16-1999. Berries. Detail 5-27, 08-16-1999. Dry fern.
Fallen bracken Fallen red oak leaves among wintergreen leaves
Detail 5-28, 08-23-1999. Fern. Detail 5-29, 10-04-1999. Fallen leaves.
Blueberry leaves Red oak leaves fallen on wintergreen
Detail 5-30, 11-01-1999. Fall leaves. Detail 5-31, 12-24-1999. Southwest corner of Plot 5.

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