Ishara+and+Nicole's+Page

__**Nicole**__ and __**Ishara's**__ page

For our ecoplot, we were assigned to get data on a weekly basis. We had to record the air pressure, temp, wind direction, wind speed, and cloud type and % for that day. To get the air pressure data, we had to use barometer. for the temp, we had to use a thermometer to get that data. To get the wind speed data, we had to use kestrel. For cloud % and type, we basically made an educated guess. For wind direction we had to use a compus and bubbles. We also had to make observations of the ecoplot each week on Tuesday. we had to record at least 3 in our ecoplot journal. Sometimes we would take soil and put it in a Tulgren Funnel. We also made a bird sanctuary using wood and bird feeders. We also named and planted seeds and they are to this day growing tall. Once we dug a hole in the ecoplot, and put in little plastic cups to catch insects.

__**OBSERVATIONS**__

__**OCTOBER**__

ENGLISH IVY, GARLIC MUSTARD, MAPLE TREE, WALNUTS, WINE BERRIES_THE BRANCHES ARE DRY,DROPPINGS, THE LEAVES ARE FALLING. THE TREE LOOKED LIKE IT MOVED A LITTLE, LOTS OF DEAD LEAVES, NOT MUCH ELSE

__**DECEMBER**__

BURROW SPOTS, SCAT, NUTS BIRDS, SMALL ANIMALS, GROUND IS FROZEN, DROPPINGS _GROUND STILL FROZEN, NO CHANGE YET, NO VISIBLE ANIMALS. SNOW IS HIGH, NO BIRDS, COLD.

__**JANUARY**__

FEATHERS, BURROW_BURIED, NO BIRDS, RABBITS.


 * MARCH**

IVY IS GREENER, BIRDS ARE OUT, PINE, NO SNOW, WOOD PECKER, GROUNDHOGS, DEER POOP_GARLIC MUSTARD, LITTLE BUDS, ORANGE BUTTERFLY. FEATHERS, A TREE THAT LOOKS LIKE IT FELL DOWN.

__**APRIL**__

BIRDS, FRESHLY DUG GROUNDHOG HOLE, GARLIC MUSTARD_ROBBINS LOOKING FOR FOOD, UNIDENTIFIED, PLANT,THICK LAYER OF UNIDENTIFIED YELLOW FLOWER PLANT, GARLIC MUSTARD, WINE BERRIES, ENGLISH IVY, MAPLE TREE, UNIDENTIFIED TREE IN CORNER, ANOTHER UNIDENTIFIED PLANT, BITTER PLANT, YET ANOTHER UNIDENTIFIED PLANT. COLD, BIRDS.


 * MAY**

MUSHROOMS, CATERPILLAR, BIRDS. FLOWERS, TREE SEEMS THICKER, MORE GREEN, ENGLISH IVY, GARLIC MUSTARD, WINE BERRYS, MAPLE TREE, SHRUB, BITTER SWEET.

__**Ishara-**__ //" I think that as we have grown the ecosystem has also. It is more green than ever. it looks full and beautiful, the plants that it is growing are awesome. It's great how much it has come alive. each season made it change."//

__**Nicole-**__ //"I think it changed a lot, i liked the garlic mustard because it smelled like garlic. The life inside of the ecoplot like the plants and bugs and animals were interesting."//

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English ivy-//Hedera helix-//
 * **Mature Spread** || 1 - 2 feet ||
 * **Soil Type** || Widely Adaptable ||
 * **Moisture** || Widely Adaptable ||
 * **Mature Form** || Creeping, Trailing ||
 * **Growth Rate** || Slow to Moderate ||
 * **Sun Exposure** || Full Sun – Full Shade ||
 * **Fall Color** || Evergreen ||
 * **Foliage Color** || Green ||
 * **Zones** || 05/11/10 ||

Maple tree-//Acer palmatum//


 * **Kingdom** || Plantae ||
 * **Class** || Magnoliopsida ||
 * **Order** || Sapindales ||
 * **Family** || Aceraceae ||
 * **Genus** || Acer ||
 * **Species** || A. campestre ||
 * **Binomial name** || Acer campestre ||

Garlic mustard- //Alliaria petiolata//


 * **Native To** || Europe ||
 * **Date of** **U.S.** **Introduction** || 1800s ||
 * **Means of Introduction** || Cultivated for food and medicinal use ||
 * **Impact** || Crowds out native species ||
 * **Synonym** || //Alliaria officinalis// Andrz. ex M. Bieb ||
 * **Common names** || Garlic mustard, hedge garlic, sauce-alone, jack-by-the-hedge, poor man's mustard, jack-in-the-bush, garlic root, garlicwort, mustard root ||

__**Ishara**__- //"I think the ecoplot is 50 50. It has a lot of green and is growing a lot* v *. But it has a couple invasive plants that will choke the trees and any other plants." :-<//

__**Nicole**__ - //"I think that the ecoplot was fairly healthy scenes it was very green and growing, but there were some invasive plants that could do some damaged to the ecoplot."//

Pinky (Nicole) and The Brain (Ishara)!

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