[To see photos and stories of the savanna in other years, see the links on the main Twisted Oak Savanna page.]

This year we did our usual spring mowing, and in August I pulled Queen Anne’s Lace.  I also did a little work cutting and treating returning brush in the main part of the savanna along the path.  We had so little snow late in the fall that I worked a bit clearing the western edge of Ragwort Opening – cutting and treating honeysuckle, buckthorn, and prickly ash to expand the opening down the slope to the west.

I scattered seeds of savanna plants: Elm-leaved Goldenrod, Zig Zag Goldenrod, Big Leaved Aster, Downy Phlox.

2/8/2023

 

2/8/2023

 

3/20/2023

 

3/30/2023

 

4/25/2023

 

6/1/2023

 

7/5/2023  Several of the biggest branches broke off one of the largest of the twisted Bur Oaks.

 

7/22/2023  This is the cleared area on the west facing slope across from the bench.  I can never decide if this belongs to Twisted Oak Savanna or to Indian Grass Point – so sometimes I put photos of it on both pages.

 

8/20/2023  Looking into Ragwort Opening from the path

 

8/20/2023  Woodland Joe Pye Weed in Ragwort Opening – looking into the northernmost section of the savanna

 

9/23/2023  Ragwort Opening

 

10/17/2023  A Red Maple at the edge of the main savanna

 

10/22/2023

 

10/22/2023  Ragwort Opening

 

11/29/2023  Clearing the west edge of Ragwort Opening

 

12/6/2023  More clearing