The wetland flowers have been hit by the frost, and they look pretty drab now. Currently work is consisting of writing up the report and I am looking forward to working in the wetland next semester.
The flower specimens that were collected during the semester were all identified and stored for future botany students. Maybe a few more work days this semester in the wetlands but mostly the project consists of writing at this point.
Last Wednesday, Dr. Fader and myself sprayed the around the ponds and wetlands. We worked for about two hours and covered the unwanted vegetation with herbicide. The flowers are of course not as bright now that the weather is colder. All work is going good. Now just to put it on paper!
Research with the wetland flowers continues to go well. We dug most of the pokeweed out of wetland one, and the flowers that were collected have been identified. Soon, we will spray to clear out some of the unwanted or harmful plants. All is well that ends well.
Dr. Fader and myself have spent three work days in the wetland digging up the unwanted pokeweed plants. Progress was made and most of it is out of the wetland. No one volunteered to help with this exciting job-I was a little surprised. Maybe next week more will come and help beautify the wetland.
On October 5, I took pictures of many of the flower species. Weather was cooperative, though windy, so some pictures may be blurry. The images were uploaded and will be used for future use on the report and for the herbarium sheets, which will be glued soon.
The flowers are still being pressed and plans for identifying them are in the works. I may have to go collect some more and press those. The wetland is a little more moist after the last few days’ rain. Research with the wetland is going good.
I collected some more flowers today from the wetland. They were a little withered looking because it has not rained in a while. The bees were still enjoying them though. I pressed them and plan to glue them to herbarium sheets next week and identify them. The work is going good.
I visited the wetland for the first time this semester and had to stop and smell the flowers. I collected about ten different kind of wildflowers and they are now being pressed. I ran into a few mosquitoes but other than that the trip was a pleasant one.
