Tuesday, June 22, 2004

First Trip to Dysart Woods

Monday June 21

We’re slowly transitioning from car camping to bike camping as we sort through stuff and put extras into the storage unit.

The Farmacy is a small health food store in Athens. Mac said it has all the best things from the Arcata Co-op.


Tuesday June 22

Trip to Dysart Woods with Mac’s professor. We learned how to identify White Oak, Tulip Poplar, Black Walnut, Black Cherry, American Beech, Sugar Maple and Buckeye. Actually, I only learned a couple of them. I could identify the ferns though. Sword Fern, Ladyfinger, and another one I can’t recall. And lots of Poison Ivy and huge grapevines. We learned about coal mining, mineral rights, subsidence and hydrology changes. Mac’s thesis title: Response of late successional quercus alba to seasonal changes in available soil moisture.

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