perezden 的日誌

As I walked around, looking for the 4 different types of plants we learned in class. I could only find Polypodiopsida, gymnosperms, and angiosperms. As abundant as I thought mosses would be in a tropical habitat, I couldn’t find them. The weather was nice, the temperature was about 80 degrees but because of the windy/cloudy weather it felt more like 70 degrees Despite it being cloudy, it was still a beautiful day. The first three plants I took pictures of were definitely angiosperms since they had flowers. The third flower, I actually took a picture of to settle a debate with my brother. We were both confident that it was a specific flower. I was saying poppy, he was saying shoeblackplant, but it turns out neither of us was right (according to inaturalist). However they are from the same family of Malvaceae. The next picture is of a grass, which I thought would be either polypodiopsida or gymnosperms, because it doesn’t have a visible flowerm, but turns out it is angiosperm. I took various pictures of the three-seeded mercuries and fanflowers because I noticed various sprouting. The three-seeded mercuries had some fuzzy stems while the fanflower had various colors of round, encapsulated flowers. It made me think of what stage of development they were in and whether they were in sporophyte or gametophyte stage. As both of these are angiosperms, I would expect the dominant stage to be the sporophyte but since both of these stages (the fuzzy stem and the round flower) is not what we usually see in these plants then I’m guessing that maybe that is what their gametophyte looks like. Finally, I saw some ferns, which classify under polypodiopsida. I looked under the leaves to see if I could see the soris but there were none, indicating that they were not in reproduction season. ,

I walked around the reservoir, then continued to walk through brookline. It was like 7am so it was pretty chilly, the temperature was 55 degrees. The sky was very cloudy and gray but nevertheless, it was beautiful day. Around the res, I saw a lot of trees, many of them with lichens. I took some picture of these, but not of every one I came across because they all look similar and it seemed redundant. Something that can be noted as a difference is the difference in color. Some lichen were white, others were very green, and some in between. I am not sure what this means: if they are different types of lichen or the same species in different stages of development. That was pretty much al I saw around the res but as I continued walking by brookline, I came across more interesting sights. For example, a white/brown loofah-looking thing caught my attention, so I took a picture of it hoping it was a fungi. Effectively so, inaturalist preliminarily ID’d it as a grifola, also known as hen-of-the-woods. Later on, I came across two mushrooms. I am guessing they are different species just by looking at the shape of the top (one is round and the other is flat) but I’m waiting on a better ID to be sure. From what we learned in class, I’m guessing that some of these mushrooms have have grown from fecal material (probably from dogs) since mushrooms are decomposers. We haven’t really talked about about fungi in class but we have talked about microbes being decomposers and there was a diagram were the microbial category overlapped to the fungi category indicating that some fungi are microbes.

Before heading home after a very long week, I decided to do the nature walk assignment. It was a very hectic week were I barely had time to sit back and reflect. Taking this nature walk really helped slow down the pace. I found it interesting that I go by Pine Tree Reserve everyday on my runs yet I had never actually been aware of my surroundings. I stumbled upon a variety of trees, plants, and animals. The weather was nice. Not in a sunny, summer way but in a chilly, cloudy way (not too cold though). As I walked I noticed a lot of acorns falling all around me and a lot of noise coming from the trees, I’m guessing that there were animals in the branches. I posted picture of the trees to get an ID of what each tree was, although by the name (Pine Tree Reserve) I should assume that they are pines (but maybe not all of them). I also posted a picture of a very cute and small pine tree (it stood out from the rest). This tree caught my eye cause the rest of the trees were tall, skinny, and barky, but this one was small, fat, and bushy. As I walked, I also felt tempted to grab one of the pine cones from the ground and for some reason I smelled it. I was very disappointed to learn that it smelled like nothing. I guess that was very gullible of me but in my defense, I did not grow up with any exposure to pine trees (just the scented Christmas candles and pine cones). I also posted some pictures of the plants I saw. There were some berry-looking red fruits (viburnums) that I took a picture of. I looked them up and it said they were edible but I didn’t want to risk it. I also took some pics of grasses that were dry because I wanted to ID them despite the fall season already taking down the leaves and greenness. I saw two baby chipmunk run by me but they were too fast to capture a picture. I also saw a dead rat but I did not take a picture of it (out of respect, I felt really sad). I noticed that there was no blood/openings so I’m not sure how it died, I’m guessing some sort of impact. But apart from that I really enjoyed the nature walk. When posting all my flics I felt pretty confident about all the species names provided by the app except for the white baneberry one, I am pretty skeptical about that identification so I’m not sure.

Before heading home after a very long week, I decided to do the nature walk assignment. It was a very hectic week were I barely had time to sit back and reflect. Taking this nature walk really helped slow down the pace. I found it interesting that I go by Pine Tree Reserve everyday on my runs yet I had never actually been aware of my surroundings. I stumbled upon a variety of trees, plants, and animals. The weather was nice. Not in a sunny, summer way but in a chilly, cloudy way (not too cold though). As I walked I noticed a lot of acorns falling all around me and a lot of noise coming from the trees, I’m guessing that there were animals in the branches. I posted picture of the trees to get an ID of what each tree was, although by the name (Pine Tree Reserve) I should assume that they are pines (but maybe not all of them). I also posted a picture of a very cute and small pine tree (it stood out from the rest). This tree caught my eye cause the rest of the trees were tall, skinny, and barky, but this one was small, fat, and bushy. As I walked, I also felt tempted to grab one of the pine cones from the ground and for some reason I smelled it. I was very disappointed to learn that it smelled like nothing. I guess that was very gullible of me but in my defense, I did not grow up with any exposure to pine trees (just the scented Christmas candles and pine cones). I also posted some pictures of the plants I saw. There were some berry-looking red fruits (viburnums) that I took a picture of. I looked them up and it said they were edible but I didn’t want to risk it. I also took some pics of grasses that were dry because I wanted to ID them despite the fall season already taking down the leaves and greenness. I saw two baby chipmunk run by me but they were too fast to capture a picture. I also saw a dead rat but I did not take a picture of it (out of respect, I felt really sad). I noticed that there was no blood/openings so I’m not sure how it died, I’m guessing some sort of impact. But apart from that I really enjoyed the nature walk. When posting all my flics I felt pretty confident about all the species names provided by the app except for the white baneberry one, I am pretty skeptical about that identification so I’m not sure.