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Brett Engstrom's Snapshots

  1. Rusted tin can

    Rusted tin can by Brett Engstrom from the GigaPan Kihal Main Outcrop by Nathan Craig

    Nathan: was trying to find some signs of life in this gigapan, and came up with only this human artifact. Are there any plants on the brow of the outcrop?
    Brett from Vermont

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  2. red oak (Quercus rubra)

    red oak (Quercus rubra) by Brett Engstrom from the GigaPan Marshfield Cliffs by Brett Engstrom

    Though planted in people's yards, native red oak is rare in Marshfield, VT. Marshfield Cliffs is one of the few places in town where it grows naturally.

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  3. eroded dike chasm

    eroded dike chasm by Brett Engstrom from the GigaPan Marshfield Cliffs by Brett Engstrom

    Behind this butress with the black stain is a lamprophyre dike that has been eroded thereby leaving a narrow chasm. The colluvial soil below the dike is the only place in Marshfield where early saxifrage (Saxifraga virginiensis) grows. Interesting in that early saxifrage is one of the few plants that seems to thrive in the ultramafic rock environment in Vermont, and the lamphrophyre here is a mafic type, i.e. high in iron and magnesium.

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  4. scarlet oak

    scarlet oak by Brett Engstrom from the GigaPan Tree canopies from Panther Hollow Bridge by Brett Engstrom

    I want to call this scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea) based on the deep sinuses and red color. But it could be pin oak (Quercus palustris). Both occur in the area, the former in drier sites while the latter typically in moister sites. A more definitive ID needed.

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  5. sycamore fruit

    sycamore fruit by Brett Engstrom from the GigaPan Tree canopies from Panther Hollow Bridge by Brett Engstrom

    Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) fruit are hanging down from upper branches. Note white spotted bark of leader.

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  6. red oak canopy

    red oak canopy by Brett Engstrom from the GigaPan Tree canopies from Panther Hollow Bridge by Brett Engstrom

    Brownish, orangish, yellowish red oak (Quercus rubra) canopy in late autumn.

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  7. white oak

    white oak by Brett Engstrom from the GigaPan Tree canopies from Panther Hollow Bridge by Brett Engstrom

    Note purplish-reddish-pinkish color of late autumn white oak (Quercus alba) canopy.

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