Requirement 1: Prepare a field notebook, make a collection, and identify 15 species of trees, wild shrubs, or vines in a local forested area. Write a description in which you identify and discuss the following:
a. The characteristics of leaf, twig, cone, or fruiting bodies
b. The habitat in which these trees, shrubs, or vines are found
c. The important ways each tree, shrub, or vine is used by humans or wildlife and whether the species is native or was introduced to the area. If it is not native, explain whether it is considered invasive or potentially invasive.
Species #1
| Type (tree, wild shrub, vine) | |
Leaf, twig, cone, or fruting bodies characteristics
Import ways it is used by humans or wildlife
Is the species native? If not, is it invasive or potentially invasive?
Species #2
| Type (tree, wild shrub, vine) | |
Leaf, twig, cone, or fruting bodies characteristics
Import ways it is used by humans or wildlife
Is the species native? If not, is it invasive or potentially invasive?
Species #3
| Type (tree, wild shrub, vine) | |
Leaf, twig, cone, or fruting bodies characteristics
Import ways it is used by humans or wildlife
Is the species native? If not, is it invasive or potentially invasive?
Species #4
| Type (tree, wild shrub, vine) | |
Leaf, twig, cone, or fruting bodies characteristics
Import ways it is used by humans or wildlife
Is the species native? If not, is it invasive or potentially invasive?
Species #5
| Type (tree, wild shrub, vine) | |
Leaf, twig, cone, or fruting bodies characteristics
Import ways it is used by humans or wildlife
Is the species native? If not, is it invasive or potentially invasive?
Species #6
| Type (tree, wild shrub, vine) | |
Leaf, twig, cone, or fruting bodies characteristics
Import ways it is used by humans or wildlife
Is the species native? If not, is it invasive or potentially invasive?
Species #7
| Type (tree, wild shrub, vine) | |
Leaf, twig, cone, or fruting bodies characteristics
Import ways it is used by humans or wildlife
Is the species native? If not, is it invasive or potentially invasive?
Species #8
| Type (tree, wild shrub, vine) | |
Leaf, twig, cone, or fruting bodies characteristics
Import ways it is used by humans or wildlife
Is the species native? If not, is it invasive or potentially invasive?
Species #9
| Type (tree, wild shrub, vine) | |
Leaf, twig, cone, or fruting bodies characteristics
Import ways it is used by humans or wildlife
Is the species native? If not, is it invasive or potentially invasive?
Species #10
| Type (tree, wild shrub, vine) | |
Leaf, twig, cone, or fruting bodies characteristics
Import ways it is used by humans or wildlife
Is the species native? If not, is it invasive or potentially invasive?
Species #11
| Type (tree, wild shrub, vine) | |
Leaf, twig, cone, or fruting bodies characteristics
Import ways it is used by humans or wildlife
Is the species native? If not, is it invasive or potentially invasive?
Species #12
| Type (tree, wild shrub, vine) | |
Leaf, twig, cone, or fruting bodies characteristics
Import ways it is used by humans or wildlife
Is the species native? If not, is it invasive or potentially invasive?
Species #13
| Type (tree, wild shrub, vine) | |
Leaf, twig, cone, or fruting bodies characteristics
Import ways it is used by humans or wildlife
Is the species native? If not, is it invasive or potentially invasive?
Species #14
| Type (tree, wild shrub, vine) | |
Leaf, twig, cone, or fruting bodies characteristics
Import ways it is used by humans or wildlife
Is the species native? If not, is it invasive or potentially invasive?
Species #15
| Type (tree, wild shrub, vine) | |
Leaf, twig, cone, or fruting bodies characteristics
Import ways it is used by humans or wildlife
Is the species native? If not, is it invasive or potentially invasive?
Requirement 2 b: Find and examine three stumps, logs, or core samples that show variations in the growth rate of their ring patterns. In the field notebook you prepared for requirement 1, describe the location or origin of each example (including elevation, aspect, slope, and the position on the slope), and discuss possible reasons for the variations in growth rate. Photograph or sketch each example.
| Photographed first sample |
Location or origin (including elevation, aspect, slope, and the position on the slope)
| Photographed second sample |
Location or origin (including elevation, aspect, slope, and the position on the slope)
| Photographed third sample |
Location or origin (including elevation, aspect, slope, and the position on the slope)
Possible reasons for the variations in growth rate