Sullivans Island Trip 2

On April 11th, 2019, I adventured to Sullivans Island (Northeast of COFC campus) for the second time with my classmates. There was a low of 59 degrees Fahrenheit around 6 a.m. and a high of 71 degrees around 3 p.m. The time we identified these organisms was between noon and 3 p.m. with temperatures ranging between 68 and 71 degrees Fahrenheit. There was a 62% cloud coverage at 1:30 p.m., and a 5.2% chance of rain around 1 p.m. The daily wind speed average was 10.1 mph. When we first got to Sullivans Island, the plan was to try and discover a certain type of lizard. However, instead we were able to identify a few common species that we have seen before such as "Sheep's Sorrel", "Pepper Vine", "Bushy Bluestem", "Dotted Knotweed", and "Beach Evening Primrose". I remember discovering a vine like organism that turned out to be "Saw Greenbriar" which had little thorns and almost looked like a grape vine. The "Twisted Leaf Yucca" also reappeared as it is distinctive and always sits on the dunes. I remember seeing a few pretty orange and yellow flowers that turned out to be "Indian Blankets" they were very bright in appearance and surrounded by many other organisms. We also identified "Red Mulberry" which has little red Berrys that look like crab apples. Lastly, I remember looking across the dune area in between the houses and the ocean and seeing a vast amount of "Wax Myrtles" that were all cut evenly so residence could still have an ocean view. Even though we did not find any of the lizards we were looking for, we found its feces which was composed of black ants! However, someone spotted a little sand frog catching some sun on this beautiful day!

Publicado el abril 22, 2019 07:17 TARDE por lindsaywalls