A Verity of Species at Dixie Plantation- Trip 2

On March 14th, 2019, I visited Dixie Plantation which is apart of the College of Charleston's property. Dixie Plantation is located 18 miles southwest from the heart of College of Charleston's campus. The temperature was perfect that day with a high reaching to 65 degrees Fahrenheit, and a low 52 degrees. The hottest time of the day was at 1:45 p.m. with temperatures reaching above 59 degrees. Around noon the cloud coverage reached 58%, with lower than a 5% chance to rain. The wind averaged around 11.3% while visiting at the plantation. When we first arrived to the planation, our professor led us to a dirt trail area where rain was once high accumulated, but decreased. At this trail we looked for organisms that our professor set in two traps. In the two traps, there was an abundance of Crayfish (Red Swamp), and a Mole Salamander decided to sneak in as well! We were able to capture a few fish species such as "Mummichog" and "Lepomis". The next trail we visited was a lot, and I mean a lot more swampy! We put waiters on and walked through the water to find what had been caught in the traps set there. In these traps we were able to see Tadpoles, Redfin Pickrel and Olive Rockfish. The next trail we adventured on was unique because I remember someone finding a Locus looking bug that was covered in what looked like gold. I have not yet been able to identify it, but I remember how shiny it was. The last trail we looked at was on a lake where we pulled up traps that had huge minnows. As far as trees and plants, we were able to identify Red Maples, Sweetleaf, Pines, Palmettos and even Common Blue Violet. I really enjoyed this trip and the wide range of organisms we were able to observe.

Publicado el marzo 25, 2019 11:01 TARDE por lindsaywalls