3rd Nature Walk: Plants

For this nature walk, I walked with a few classmates through the Pine Tree Reserve and around half of the reservoir. It was late afternoon and a beautiful sunny climate. The air was crisp and it felt like a perfect fall day. I found it fairly easy to observe each of the four main groups of plants. The most difficult to determine was the gymnosperms or the non-flowering seed plants. At first, I thought all trees could fit into this category but after further research, I determined only certain types could be classified as gymnosperms. I was surprised by how many different examples of bryophyta I could see as I did not see moss as as common of a plant as it seemed to be in this area. I observed it in the more woodsy area of the Pine Tree Reserve on the base of a tree as well as closer to the water line of the reservoir on rocks. These both coincide with the low lying, damp habitat described in lecture. I found this topic to be the easier to observe when compared to fungi.

Publicado el octubre 18, 2022 11:49 TARDE por emilywolford