What in the Woods is That?

What’s on these leaves?

Because different species and varieties of trees break bud at different times, there’s a big variance in the amount of new growth this time of year at Christmas tree farms. Using the new…

What is hiding beneath the leaves?

It’s the beginning of another mowing season, and green is only one of many colors found on most rural lawns. While yellow dandelions are seemingly everywhere, these small white and purple…

Found in a vernal pool in late April. What is it?

Great early spring bird food…what are they?

This polypore shelf fungus was found on a large aspen tree in Vermont. But what’s that living inside?

This substance was recently discovered beneath a hemlock that displayed multiple holes and oozing sap. What is it?

Back to the basics for this one: what in the woods is this?

We’re flipping the script a little this time. If you’ve ever spent time in a beaver flowage, you’ve probably seen unexplained (maybe unexplainable) beaver chewing like this. For some…

What’s protruding from this birch?

It looks a bit like a golf ball that’s been run over, but what really caused this growth?

Ken Kinder took this photo in late fall in northern Vermont. What was the purpose of the project?

Who hasn’t come back from a walk outdoors looking like this? But do you know the name of the plant these burrs came from?

Penelope Harris forwarded these photos of a friend’s cherry tree in Bakersfield, Vermont. She was curious: what had caused the gelatinous material seen on the tree?

We heard from someone who just brought home a balsam fir Christmas tree and noticed a few places where the needles had curled and twisted. The same distortion is seen in this photo from UMass…

What bird made this distinctive nest?

A flashback to when we had leaves. What is climbing this tree?

Rich Root sent us this shot of a mystery insect he spotted on a spruce in a woodlot in Weston, Vermont, in late October. “It was dead when I found it,” he said.

Who’s munching on this milkweed?