March 14th Dixie Plantation

On March 15th we visited the Dixie Plantation again, it was partly cloudy that day but still particularly warm at a high of 68 and little to no breeze. We observed various species here from fungi to fish to plants. From the water we observed a couple small Eastern Mosquitofish, a couple crayfish, a Green Frog in the tadpole phase, a Redfin Pickerel and a couple Ray-finned fishes. We also observed a Marbled Salamander which was really neat and kind of cute, along with a fully developed Green Tree Frog. There were tons of the American Sweetgum seeds along with a couple of the trees. There were also a lot of Red Maple trees and their seeds that I used to play with as a kid. Of course we observed several pine trees and Dwarf Palmetto through the woodsy areas. We also spotted a Baldcypress tree which has visually pleasing leaves. Along the water we observed a Black Willow tree in bloom which is beautiful and quite rare to see, it was my favorite part. Also near the water were various types of fungi growing, one was Hooded Sunburst Lichen which had rusty orange color, White-Pored Chicken of the woods which kind of did resemble chicken, and another was Gilled Polypore which kind of reminded me of mushrooms and i'd like to know why they have the name Gilled. An interesting one we observed has still not be identified, it sort of looks like an egg that cracked on the log. Among these organisms we observed various plants like . yellow Creeping Woodsorrel, Heath Speedwell, Water Pennyworts, Downy Milkpea, and a Southern Dewberry. The most intriguing thing about a lot of these plants is their names, I'd love to know how they got them.

Publicado el 22 de abril de 2019 a las 07:00 PM por landsb