Journal Entry- BIOL 111-Adele Lopes

A unique adaptation can be found in the American Mountain Ash. It's berries only grow on the underside of the tree leaves and they are red. This is because they want to be catched by predators so that the seeds can spread and it can reproduce.
One adaptation that all the observations have in common is that they stopped growing or putting new leaves on the side of the plant that faces the trail path. This way they don't waste resources growing where they will be crushed or damaged.
For the birchwood observation, the tree can be classified under the genus birch because of its white bark. It could be tentatively be classified as a grey alder because of the similair physical appearance. We can rule out the classification as a silver birch because that species only exists at high altitudes in Europe and parts of Asia.

Posted on September 16, 2021 01:20 PM by adele-lopes