Phenology Exercise

On Sunday Feb. 10th, Professor Loarie led a field expedition in Strawberry Canyon. While I have traversed the fire trails countless times over the years I have never closely observed the diversity of vegetation in this mixed coastal forest eco-region.

I made two observations of phenological significance.

The first is of the flowered rubus parviflorus (thimbleberry). This plant has soft leaves and a delicate white single flower a the top of the stalk. "The flowers are 2 to 6 centimeters (0.79 to 2.4 in) in diameter, with five white petals and numerous pale yellow stamens" (Wikipedia). There were no berries present.

I also observed a deciduous willow that has small clusters of budding leaves that almost look fuzzy. This grew by a river on the North side of the canyon and is part of the genus salix. I'm not sure what species it is.

Signing off,
Elliot

Publicado el febrero 14, 2013 07:58 MAÑANA por elliot_goldstein310