Tree of Life Exercise

For this exercise, I took a hike in the hills directly behind UC Berkeley's Clark Kerr Campus.

However, before I ventured out on the hike, I found a spider at my house and snapped a photo of it. Therefore, this spider represents the arachnids taxa. Later, a citizen scientist on Inaturalist observed the finding and believed it to be part of the Genus Oecobius.

While on the hike, I first encountered some sort of fly, which one citizen scientist thought looked like a Calliphora Vomitoria. Therefore, this fly represents the insects taxa.

Then, I walked passed a large grove of Tasmanian Blue Gum trees, which represents the plants taxa.

After the trees, I hiked a little deeper into the hills and found some mushrooms, which represent the fungi taxa.

Finally, as I was walking back towards campus, I took a route that exited onto Clark Kerr's track. Near the side of the track, I found pools of water that were home to what looked liked tadpoles. Therefore, they represent the amphibians taxa. Later, Professor Loarie identified them as Sierran Treefrogs.

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