Leaf- Why do you think it is called a Tulip Poplar My Nature Journal Tulip Poplar Leaf- Why do you think it is called a Tulip Poplar
Naturalists Saunter - move slowly and deliberately. Observe – use their senses Look Listen Smell Touch On occasion taste – but only under supervision of an experienced naturalist. Record their observations in their journal
What should I record… the date the location the time of day weather conditions vegetation characteristics human impacts and disturbance.
Bush Honeysuckle in spring
Bush Honeysuckle in late summer
Wild Black Cherry
Privetin Spring
Privet berries in late summer
Privet Stem
Wild Grapes
Red Mulberry Leaves
Poison Ivy Leaves of three? Leave it be!
Passion Flower & Can you find the Rose?
Rose Vines Can you see the thorns?
Pokeweed
Pokeweed berries. Pokeweed is very poisonious for humans.
Hackberry Leaves
Hackberry limbs
Bark on the same Hackberry Tree
Can you find the Beetle on the Frostweed Can you find the Beetle on the Frostweed. Its name comes from the unusual thing it does in winter. Come back and check it out when it gets cold!
Leather-wing beetle
Frost Flower in Winter
Mistflower
Our own Ground Hogs!
Broadheaded Skink We found this friend on the playground Trying To hide! Broadheaded Skink
Blue Skink in our Garden
Birds Red Bellied Woodpecker Downey Woodpecker
Cardinals- which is male? How did you know?
Carolina Wren House Wren
What am I?
Brown-eyed Susan
Where am I
Pin Oak Tree
Shingle Oak Tree
Shingle Oak Leaves
Shingle Oak Acorns What else do you see in this picture ?
Can you find the Lichens?
Lichens magnified….
Moss
This Cedar Tree is a female tree because it has fruit.
The berries are the fruit of the cedar tree