Over the weekend I did some field work at Huntley Meadows for my tree ID class, and I previewed conditions for the upcoming nest box season. There are still substantial patches of slush on the trails and boardwalk, and lots of downed tree limbs. The fast-growing trees suffered the most damage from winter storms. Lots of chunks of Red Maples and Viriginia Pines were on the ground; I clipped twigs from snapped boughs of Sassafras albidum (thanks, Elizabeth!) and Black Gum (Nyssa sylvatica). The most spectacular wreck was the top half of an Eastern Redcedar that you see, permanently separated from its bottom half.
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