Diario de choquetp

I went to the Pine Tree Preserve around 8 PM. The weather was high 40's and the air was crisp, making it a cold but nice fall night. Right away on my nature walk, I saw ferns. Ferns fall under the Polypodiopsida group. Next, I saw some moss, which falls under the Bryophyta group. Then, I saw some pine trees, which fall under the Gymnosperms group. The last plant I observed were American Asters, which would fall under the Angiosperms group. It's amazing that so many types of plants can be observed in such a small space of nature.

I went to pine tree preserve, which is right across from the plex at 6:45 AM ish. The weather was in the low 60s with a gray sky. The ground was wet because it rained all night long. At first, I didn't think it was going to be easy to find many types of fungus. However, I saw fungus once as I started my nature walk. I was surprised to find several types of fungus in such a small area. This connects to class because we learned about diversity and microbes. Microbes and fungus co-exist in conditions like I observed today. Seeing so many types of fungus in such a short amount of time and small space shows how diverse fungi can be.

I went to Houghton Garden on Thursday around 3 pm. It was a beautiful fall day with low 60s and sunny. The whole walk, from my dorm and back, was around 1.5 miles. I noticed along the way that the trees were changing beautiful colors and really enjoyed that. Right away on the nature walk, I saw something really intriguing that turned out to be Fan-Shaped Jelly Fungus. I never saw that kind of fungus before and I was amazed by it. I saw a lot of cool green plants. I saw a lot of squirrels probably getting their acorns stored and preparing for the winter time. It was refreshing to see that nature is all around us. I had a newfound for squirrels, which are an animal you see all the time yet they have a complex system that they follow in their habitat. Seeing many different organisms coming together coexisting put nature into a new light for me.