Nature Walk 10-15

It was a nice and sunny 70 degree day on my walk. I went again to the Pine Tree Preserve on Boston College Campus to find some examples of the four main types of plants. It was shady and there were many brown pine tree needles all over the paths. There were also brown leaves all over the plants. It was difficult at first for me to differentiate which plant belonged to which group. There was a lot of diversity in the plants and they are definitely much more abundant than fungi. It was helpful to try and find plants of different types in order to understand their differences better. In class, we talked about how there is a lot of variety in plants and how they reproduce in different ways. It is interesting to see these plants in real life and the locations where they are most abundant, and how all of the types can coexist in the same ecosystem. I realized that there is a difference between lichen and moss, and the image that I took trying to find moss was actually lichen. There were probably examples of moss in the preserve, but I did not manage to get a photo. It is also interesting to think about how the huge trees create shadows below, resulting in different smaller plants being able to survive with limited sunlight.

Posted on October 15, 2022 07:44 PM by laineamb