I was going to post this yesterday, but I totally forgot too! Sorry about that. 😳 Anyways, our time out at the pond was almost over, but Sheila (the one wearing the hat behind Kristina) spotted this log with tons of holes in it. She had Kristina and Mary (on the right) help her remove the bark and look for more holes in the tree to determine if this was caused by Emerald Ash Borer! Pretty scary!
Still no pictures from me. Sorry. But we got out to the site and it was the perfect day for being out in the forest. The rays of sunshine were dotting the forest floor, hitting the drops of dew that were still on the leaves. There was some breeze but not to strong and you could smell the earthiness. We finished the transects that we had started yesterday that was interesting, hhhmmm. Yippy skippy….. tomorrow we get to do the data mapping (fingers crossed) or the herbarium stuff. Nothing about this job is boring, always something different, everyday.
My team members (Tori on the top, Kristina on the bottom) and I worked together to collect plant data at the pond we named 2 Braids. We took the percentage of plants inside of our 1m² plots while mainly looking for the presence of Wild Ginger Root, but also looking to see if any other specific plants were present, like Black Ash or Strawberries!
REU on Sustainable Land and Water Resources 