Salisbury and the Champlain Valley, October
LocationThis panorama is taken from Burnt Ridge above Ploof's quarry on Upper Plains Road. Near the center of the panorama is the intersection of Routes 7 and 53 (Lake Dunmore Road), although trees obscure the roads there. LandscapeCorn has been cut from the brown fields, which will remain untilled through the winter. The third and last crop of hay has been cut from the green fields. Instead of being dried for storage, most of this harvest was fermented as ensilage or haylage to increase nutritive value before being fed to livestock. Most of the green tree foliage in this scene is of white pine, and the rich brown foliage includes red oak and white oak. The brightest yellow leaves are aspen, and leaves of some red maple, sugar maple, and paper birch are also yellow. GigaPanThis panorama is made from 612 images taken on October 29, 2009. It covers a field of view of 159 degrees, and includes 1.8 billion pixels (1817 MP). |
What to look for
History (forest)White pine, red oak, and paper birch are common in this view today because two centuries of timber removal has reduced the success of the original late successional dominants. According to the "witness trees" noted in the original lot surveys in Salisbury, the most common trees in the late 18th century were American beech, sugar maple, and eastern hemlock. These species could become more common again, but only after many decades of undisturbed forest growth. |