margaretjiang's Journal

This week, me and my friends choose to walk from school to Hammond Pond to finish our iNaturalist work. This walk takes us 90 minutes in total. We saw multiple plant species: Oaks can be classified as Gymnosperms; common Toadflax, Maples, and Great Yellow Wood-sorrel can be seen as the Angiosperms; and power-tipped shadow Lichen as Bryophyta. Some of the plants survive in the rock crave, others rooted in soil. I was surprised by the diversity of plants. Something interesting is that many trees turned into various colors in fall. Roads became colorful with the decorations of the falling leaves. I enjoy this week's natural walk a lot!

In this week's iNaturalist observation, I went to Waban Hill reservoir to observe species there. In total, it took me one hour to hiking and discover species. Weather today is a little bit rainy. On the way to the reservoir, I saw the black lichen on the stage besides road. When we arrived, I saw some plant species such as Pepper-weeds, and Chicory. Come back to this week's topic--Fungi, I saw some mushroom which are called Turkey-Tail and Purple-pore Bracket, I think these mushrooms can be classified as Fungi based on the knowledge I have now. Also, I saw some green lichen on the tree and took a photo for them. This is such a good journey to find fungi and explore a new pond!

Today, I went to the Chestnut Hill Reservoir with my Friends to do the natural walk and to enjoy the sunset. The weather is great with the beautiful sunset. I walked totally 1 hour. Here, I saw a lot of different animals and plants, which reveals a high biodiversity in this area. For animals, I saw swan and duck inside the pond, I also saw some flying insects but hard to take a photo for them. For plants, except for trees, I also noticed two kinds of flowers beside the road. I also took a lot of photos of the sunset. I am amazed by this such high diversity of a reservoir, I never expect it before. It is wonderful to see the sunset and also observe the species besides the reservoir, I enjoy wandering a lot!