Lori Ann Trovato, a UConn College of Agriculture and Natural Resources student posted these great ideas for enjoying your next winter woodland walk.

An unseasonably warm winter day has boosted your energy level and a woodland walk is in the course of events for the day. Surely a hike is great for shaping up, but it can also be a fantastic opportunity for “shaping” up the awesome leaf laden ground. (see the link to my other blogs in this Winter Woodland Walk series for more great Plant ID ideas for your walk at the end of this post).
A few 50 degree days in January with a course of hard rain inspired this posting. The rain washed away most blankets of snowy woodlots giving way to blankets of rusts, caramel and tan fallen leaves underfoot. I ventured out to the woods and was inspired by the vast array of leaf shapes scattered on the forest floor. Read more…