Houghton Garden Walk on October 19th, 2022

I came back to Houghton Garden, and this time around, it was much livelier than in the previous visits. This week's theme for the nature walk was plants so I focused on making observations of the four main groups of plants we discussed in class. I did see plants belonging to the four groups but didn't photograph any in the Gymnosperms group. During my visit, I noticed the sheer abundance of plants compared to other types of organisms; they dominated the natural garden and were in every direction you looked. I went to the parts of the garden that I hadn't previously gone to and discovered that the T has a line that cuts right through the garden, which is a pity as I couldn't cross over to the other side, which is the Hammond Pond reservation. The group of plants I enjoyed looking at the most was the angiosperms (flowering plants), as I found them eye-catching. Looking back, this were the least common types of plants in the garden for some reason, which led me to think that flowering plants have more trouble growing in the wild than other types of plants. I think it might have been due to the lack of quality light in the garden as it's composed of large trees towering over it.

Posted on October 19, 2022 09:29 PM by nico6502