Walk in Cold Spring Park

I walked again in Cold Spring Park for around an hour, this time looking at plants instead of fungi. It was cool, around 60 degrees, and cloudy outside. Some of the leaves of deciduous trees had begun to change color. As the trail is in the woods, there was an abundance of plants of different varieties. I mostly took photos of angiosperms, as I found them the most interesting and, because of their flowers and fruit, easy to distinguish between species. I found several species with fruit, and photographed some bright red berries. It was also interesting to see where certain types of vegetation grew; under some types of trees, there was little undergrowth, while others supported more shrubs and ferns at their bases. The park also has some streams and ponds, which were surrounded by different types of plants than other areas, likely adapted to those environments with more water. Besides plants, I noticed many of the fungi I had seen last time, as well as chipmunks and birds.

Posted on October 17, 2023 03:20 PM by kingdok