isabellavcarrera's Journal
Here is what I used to key the trees for this week's assignment.
Tree 1
Group: 1’, 2’, 3’, 5’, 8’, 9’, 13 - Group 8
Species: 1’, 3’, 4’, 16’, 18’, 19, 20, 21’, 22 - Citrus spp.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/44954581
Tree 2
Species: 1’, 2’, 3’, 5’, 8’, 9, 10’, 11’, 12 - Orchid trees (Bauhinia spp.)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/44954685
This week I went for a walk in the Griffith Park area. I walked around the park until I found some spots that were not part of the park proper, but rather part of the wildlife that the park was built around. I walked through a relatively flat area with lot of dirt and bark, and the area had a lot of different shrubs and grasses. The slope was facing east and there was no body of water nearby. I think I was in a grassland plant community. There was a lot of plant diversity and it amazed me what I was able to find by just looking.
Here is what I used to key the trees for this week's assignment.
Tree 1
Group: 1’, 2’, 3’, 5’, 8’, 9’, 13 - Group 8
Species: 1’, 3’, 4’, 16’, 18’, 19, 20, 21’, 22 - Citrus spp.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/44954581
Tree 2
Species: 1’, 2’, 3’, 5’, 8’, 9, 10’, 11’, 12 - Orchid trees (Bauhinia spp.)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/44954685
This week I went for a walk in the Griffith Park area. I walked around the park until I found some spots that were not part of the park proper, but rather part of the wildlife that the park was built around. I walked through a relatively flat area with lot of dirt and bark, and the area had a lot of different shrubs and grasses. The slope was facing east and there was no body of water nearby. I think I was in a grassland plant community. There was a lot of plant diversity and it amazed me what I was able to find by just looking.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/44955873
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/44955837
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/44955782
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/44955758
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/44955751
This week I visited a new place, the La Tuna Canyon Hiking Trail in Sun Valley, CA. There was a lot of different types of vegetation, such as grasses, trees, shrubs, and a lot of flowers. This walk was actually pretty interesting because I found a few new species I hadn't seen before on my walks, such as poppies, sticky monkey flowers, and prickly pears. A funny story is that I didn't found the poppies on the hiking trail, but I actually saw them growing on the side of the road next to where I parked my car, which I thought was cool because it was a fun little surprise. I noticed seeing the chaparral and oak woodland plant communities throughout my walk. I really enjoyed my walk, and although I didn't get to walk through the whole trail and reached the waterfall, I thought it was really cool and want to come back next week to find even more species.
These were the plants I observed on my walk:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/45538293
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/45538051
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/45537929
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/45537570
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/45537481
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/45537270
TREE 1
Group: 1’, 2’, 3’, 5’, 8 - Group 7
Species: 1’, 2’, 5’, 8’ - Maples (Acer spp.), pg. 24
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/45554395
TREE 2
Group: 1’, 2’, 3’, 5’, 8 - Group 7
Species: 1’, 2’, 5’, 7’, 9’, 10’, 12’, 13’, 15 - Dogwoods (Cornus spp.)
** I keyed this as dogwoods but found out later that the genus is actually a punica (pomegranate tree), but I couldn’t find this species anywhere in the book **
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/45631832
Tree 1
Group: 1’, 2’, 3’, 5’, 9’, 13’, 14’, 15 - Group 10
Species: 1’, 2’, 4’, 5’, 8, 9’ - Edible Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica), pg. 50
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/46320913
Tree 2
Group: 1’, 2’, 3’, 5’, 8’, 9’, 13 - Group 8
Species: 1’, 3’, 4’, 17 - Figs (ficus spp.), pg. 58
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/46321967
