Woodhenge plant community with already flowered pink lady slipper, ground cedar, Canada mayflower.
Sensitive fern, pink flowering wild geranium and wild strawberry. Phenology Learning Path with
About UsThe College of Menominee Nation's Sustainable Development Institute is currently in the process of "morphing" the campus "Learning Path" into a new and improved "Phenology Learning Path". The reason for this metamorphosis is so that anyone and everyone may follow the phenological stages of various plants/trees along the path as they respond and/or adapt to climate change. Community members have been and will continue to be an invaluable resource as they observe phenological changes, especially since many of the cultural practices involve phenology or nature's time clock. The Menominee have named the monthly full moon cycles after certain phenological events. For example, April is the Sugar Making Moon, May is the Budding Moon, June is the Strawberry Moon, August is the Blueberry Moon, September is the Rice Threshing Moon and October is the Falling Leaves Moon.
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The Menominee have used nature's calendar for hundreds of years due to the fact that many cultural practices, ceremonies and rituals have been centered around such phenological events as the change of seasons, ripening of berries, and bird/animal/fish migrations or spawning times. One example is when black ash bark is harvested for basket making which usually coincides with the ripening of wild strawberries. A change in this phenological event has already been observed by the black ash bark harvesters.
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