Bay Area Plants
I opted for the first prompt, identifying some common Alameda County species.
This exercise was a fun opportunity to put the new skills I have been learning into practice. I honestly hadn't realized how much more in tune with plant identification I had been slowly becoming until I was asked to put it to use. I started this class with virtually no plant bio/botany experience whatsoever, so it felt like a bit of a struggle at first, but I have been gradually getting acclimated as we've moved along in the course. Today, as I ventured out in search of some observations, I found it unexpectedly easy to find five of the 30 species on the list.
The species I identified were:
Furthermore, I realized I had been seeing them around even before this, and also even in regions other than this! For example, I'm currently taking a field methods class in geography that has been requiring weekend field trips of us. Two weeks ago, I was in Morro Bay and saw a lot of milk thistle and took its photo because I thought it was interesting. Today I found it just blocks outside my door! Last weekend, I was near Walker Ridge and saw lots of coyote brush (I think it was even hanging around in some of our serpentine soil plots- very hardy) and much more poison oak than I am interested in ever seeing again.
Overall, this class has been a great way to get us more familiar with interacting with nature. I've been learning more than I realized!
They're everywhere and I love it.
Intriguing little plant
I used to love blowing the seeds off these suckers when I was a kid. Then I learned about invasive species.
Not the happiest encounter I have made with a plant
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