Tree Hugging (kind of)

So, I didn't get to go to the experimental forest because I was sick :( However, I do have this picture from Cherry Blossom last year:

Here is a link in honor of Earth Day which was last Friday:

Earth Day

Ocmulgee National Monument

Ocmulgee National Monument

The Ocmulgee National Monument was establish by President Franklin Roosevelt on December 23, 1936. The park currently has 702 acres of land comprised of the mounds, the fields, and the wetland. The history of the monument goes back roughly 17,000 years. The monument also hosts a museum that shows the history of the Mississippian people who inhabited the area. Ocmulgee National Monument will be celebrating it's 75th anniversary in 2011.

Lab Assignment 3/29

Trees

 Magnolia Tree near Mercer Hall

 Crate Myrtle outside of Roberts Hall

 Fir Tree at Jesse Mercer

 Dogwood Tree at Willingham Hall

Pine Tree on the Quad

Plants

Holly Bush at Mercer Hall

 Agapanthus

Kingsville Dwarf

 Pink Azaleas

Hibiscus

Rocks

 Granite

 Limestone

 White Granite

 Quartz

Feldspar

Animals

 Robin

 Brown Squirrel

 Crows

 Red Squirrel

 Mockingbird

President Underwood's Dog (Australian Shepherd)

Soil Erosion

 Near Mercer Hall

 Outside of Roberts Hall

 Patch outside of Roberts Hall

 Path along the CSC

Outside of the CSC

Burgess Shale

The Burgess Shale Formation is located in Yoho National Park in the Canadian Rockies. It is a fossil field that is famous for it's excellent preservation of its fossil contents. It is 505 million years old and one of the earliest fossil formations. It was discovered in 1909 by Charles Walcott. The fossils are believed to be evidence of an abundance of life after the Cambrian explosion.

Anomalocaris

Wiwaxia

 

Hallucigenia 

 Opabinia

Waptia

Marella