Houghton Garden (Oct. 15, 2020)

The weather today was in the 70s and it was windy but also sunny. McLain and I went to Houghton Garden again, but this time, we focused on finding plants instead of fungi. We found a few plants on the way to Houghton Garden as well as in Houghton Garden. I found multiple angiosperms (which produce seeds and have fruit and flower) as well as gymnosperms (which have "naked seeds"), non-vascular seedless moss, and vascular seedless ferns. Additionally, I found some lichen (plant and algae/cyanobacteria symbiont) on a tree.

Fun fact: I hate spiders because their multiple eyes and legs creep me out, but instead of freaking out and shaking it off of my pants, I took a picture of one as one of my observations.

Posted on October 15, 2020 08:39 PM by joannafolta