Plant Nature Walk: Skinner State Park

For this week's nature walk, I decided to take advantage of Indigenous People's Day weekend to visit Western Massachusetts and hike Mt. Skinner. While walking through the beautiful foliage, I was able to observe several types of plants: mosses, flowers, and fungi. My observations encapsulate 2 of the 4 major groups of land plants: angiosperms and nonvascular plants. Something that struck me while in nature was the sheer variety of each type of land plant. The forest was dominated by angiosperms and gymnosperms, which makes sense considering their evolutionary success. It is also notable how crucial nature reserves like Skinner State Park are to preserving the biodiversity of plant life in the Western Mass region.

Publicado el octubre 13, 2020 08:51 TARDE por thompsuk