Nature Walk Friday, June 10th

Today I went on a nature walk in a wooded area with a pond! This versatile environment with so much biodiversity proved to show me many interesting organisms. The first thing I stumbled upon was a frog in the pond. I saw a total of four frogs throughout my walk. It seemed to me that this frog was an American Bullfrog. Along the side of the pond is where I found what looks to be Blue Jacaranda, Plantae, which seemed to be planted at the edge of the water and maybe even have some roots in the actual freshwater pond. Next to the pond's edge as well, I spotted a wide cluster of fern plants. As I walked further into the wooded area I found a sugar maple tree as well as many trees with moss, Phylum Bryophyta, growing up the side of them. Inside a shallow part of the pond, I saw able to capture a photo of the Green Algae. It was covering most of the rocks that were at the bottom. Heading in a similar direction, at the edge of the forest in a shaded and damp area I was able to see a type of fungi, a Mower's Mushroom, Panaeolus foeniscecci. Some other things that were interesting that I was able to capture were some wild strawberries that were just blooming! Overall, this walk was a super interesting walk and I saw far more organisms than I expected!

Publicado el 10 de junio de 2022 por elizaaltman