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Location: 16 Berkeley St in Cambridge, MA
Date: 3/26/2017
Time: 5pm
Weather: Dreary and overcast. It had rained, but not a downpour.
I established a 6 foot transect using a piece of purple yarn. It was a fairly groomed area overall, not exactly deep forest. There was a base layer of mulch that looked like it had not been put down recently. There were still some patches of snow, but it was mostly melted. The earth looked saturated but was not muddy. Everything smelled wet. I selected four areas along the transect.
The first area (pictured below) had a cool looking plant that seemed sort of trampled - probably from the weight of snow. The stem of the plant looked kind of like ginger (which I know is a root), but I assume it isn't a root because of all the leaves. The leaves are a vibrant light green. They look new and springtime-y. The veins of the leaf are visible. Each leaf is shaped like the end of a kayak paddle. There were also a bunch of leaves not attached to the plant, just tangled in the base and on the ground underneath it. These leaves were large, brown and paper-y. My deduction is that they were dead leaves from a tree nearby. underneath and around the plant is some grass. It is long, and a mix of yellow and green.
Area 1:
The second area (pictured below) also had a layer of mulch and wet, dead, tree leaves coating the ground. There was a different, smaller shrub looking thing there. The leaves were small and spike-y, sort of like very close together barbed wires. They were darker green than the other plant. There were some yellow leaves mixed in with the dark ones.
Area 2:
The final area (pictured below) had a small shrub looking thing, similar to the prior one but not the same. The leaves were more concentrated at the end of the stalks. The leaves were also longer and looked softer and more brush-like. There was a substantially larger bush (small tree?) thing nearby. It seemed very much alive. The leaves were a vibrant deep green, though the tips were yellowing a little and edged with brown at the very end. the leaves on the bush thing were thicker than any of the other vegetation. They were also more obviously hydrophobic. They felt waxy and in the picture (below) you can see water beading on one of the leaves.
Area 3:
Location: 16 Berkeley St in Cambridge, MA
Date: 3/26/2017
Time: 5pm
Weather: Dreary and overcast. It had rained, but not a downpour.
I established a 6 foot transect using a piece of purple yarn. It was a fairly groomed area overall, not exactly deep forest. There was a base layer of mulch that looked like it had not been put down recently. There were still some patches of snow, but it was mostly melted. The earth looked saturated but was not muddy. Everything smelled wet. I selected four areas along the transect.
The first area (pictured below) had a cool looking plant that seemed sort of trampled - probably from the weight of snow. The stem of the plant looked kind of like ginger (which I know is a root), but I assume it isn't a root because of all the leaves. The leaves are a vibrant light green. They look new and springtime-y. The veins of the leaf are visible. Each leaf is shaped like the end of a kayak paddle. There were also a bunch of leaves not attached to the plant, just tangled in the base and on the ground underneath it. These leaves were large, brown and paper-y. My deduction is that they were dead leaves from a tree nearby. underneath and around the plant is some grass. It is long, and a mix of yellow and green.
Area 1:
The second area (pictured below) also had a layer of mulch and wet, dead, tree leaves coating the ground. There was a different, smaller shrub looking thing there. The leaves were small and spike-y, sort of like very close together barbed wires. They were darker green than the other plant. There were some yellow leaves mixed in with the dark ones.
Area 2:
Area 3:
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