Homework #5: Characters and Traits

A few days ago, I went for a hike in Canyon, California. The area where I was exploring is densely vegetated and dark, because there is a lot of tree cover. Some of my favorite finds were the tiny flowering plants that were growing close to the soil in some areas, almost buried by the larger plants. For example, there were some very small blue flowers growing on one plant close to a waiter drain. The flowers are baby blue and each have five petals. The buds on this plant are green with just a bit of blue poking out at the tips, and the leaves are slightly fuzzy and comparatively very large. There were plenty of larger plants low to the ground as well, like some cool bright green ferns. The ferns are smooth, with no visible spores that I could see. They are growing densely in the area, with many leaves overlapping each other and only a few baby growths visible. Another cool find was some strange white fungus. It is hairy and bright white, spread out on a decaying old log. It branches out almost like muscles or veins. Perhaps my favorite species to see was a very tiny, bright yellow spider hanging out in its web. It curled up very tightly when I got close, and then after a minute it started running along a nearby log. It has longer front legs, and its back two pairs are short. It has a fat, round body and the same great yellow coloring throughout.

Posted on May 9, 2014 04:51 AM by nataliemarisa