03 March 2021

Howdy!

This week starts the beginning of the growing season for me and the start of getting to head back to the park! It's crazy to think it's already been almost half a year since I've been but alas the pandemic does contort time like that!

Anyway I've gotten to read some literature and look over the specimens I collected last year and I'm starting this new year with the lessons learned. For instance, I need to be more detailed in the locality information I include. Some helpful suggestions from my mentor included what trail is the plant near to and also what does the habitat look like!

I've been coming up with different ways to utilize GIS and so I'm hopeful that by including the gps coordinates of my collections I'll be able to utilize that to learn more about the collections. This includes making sure I'm holistically collecting throughout the park by checking to see places I have yet to collect a lot of plants from!

I was on a quest to see if I could find skunk cabbage but I've either missed it or can't seem to find it! That's okay though because I'll just be looking for the large leaves in the summer and returning next winter/early spring to see if I can collect any flowers.

Anyway! Here's to a successful growing season!!

ALSO if you're reading this you should totally get in line to get the COVID-19 vaccine. I swear it's safe! Dolly Parton got it and you don't wanna be a 'chicken squat' :)

-Matthew

Posted on March 5, 2021 05:18 PM by matthewsheik