Third Nature Walk

My friend Lisa and I went to the Houghton Gardens on Monday evening. It had rained all day and was continuing to drizzle. The area was heavy with condensation. The mosses we found were located in spots of particular dampness. In lecture, we learned that mosses typically grow in such locations because they disperse their gametes through water! However, we continuously came along dried out and dying ferns. Ferns also typically disperse their gametes through water, so I doubt these dying plants could effectively reproduce! I can only assume that this is a result of the long, summer drought that Boston recently experienced. As we continued our walk, we found many, many evergreen trees. Some of these trees also had yellowed bristles, again, most likely a result of this summer's drought. As our walk came to a close, we had still not seen many flowers. We had only located small white ones that sprung from the ground. We concluded that this must be because of the time of year.

Posted on October 19, 2022 06:34 PM by brigidmulligan