Journal 3: November EcoQuest
Similar to October’s EcoQuest, I was unfortunately not able to find the groundsel tree plants. I started by downloading the “Groundsel Tree Guide”, which had more information about these plants and what they looked like, but not exactly where in NYC to find them. So again I began my search in Riverside Park, trying to keep my eyes peeled for the white tufts of flowers. I was frustrated upon finding nothing of the sort. On the way back from looking I found some adorable squirrels, one perched upon the ledge overlooking the park and another standing still on its way down from a tree, so I decided to post those to cheer me up. I went back to Riverside Park a few days later to continue my search further down, but I couldn’t seem to locate any groundsel tree plants. I saw many house sparrows on my way back, and I managed to capture a picture with two house sparrows and two squirrels which I thought was very cute. After these two long searches I wasn’t really sure what to do; I hadn’t planned for it to be so difficult to find these plants, so I thought I would be able to find them in my local park. I had seen the Asteroideae plants earlier, which have a similar feel to the groundsel tree plants, so I assumed if I kept walking and looking I would be able to spot some.
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I'm going to share something later with all of the Biol 1008 students who did this I-Naturalist EcoQuest assignment, so that you can see how the Eco-Quest succeeded city-wide in Oct and Nov 2020. And to encourage all of you to participate in Dec 2020 Eco-Quest to find giant reed grass (Phragmites) .... a big plant, more common and more prominent than the Oct or Nov species but something you need to find near standing water or wetlands.
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