3rd Nature Walk: Boston College Campus to Houghton Garden
For this nature walk, I decided to start along the road of Beacon street. The weather this morning was quite chilly. It was in the low 40s. I tried to locate a lot of the plants in one area and managed to do so. When I first walked on Beacon St, I noticed a lot of Bryophyta (moss) on the streets in this surrounding neighborhood. What I found most interesting was the location in which the mosses were growing. I remember learning how there are possible symbiotic relationships. A lot of the plants that I identified were all in the Houghton Garden. For example, the Polypodiopsida (fern) was located almost everywhere I walked. The Chinese hemlock was something I noticed was a common type of pine tree in this area. Not only did I see it on my walk to the garden, but I have seen it on Newton Campus before too. The tree itself has pine branches that are quite petite. The Angiosperms (flowering plants) are really some of the most diverse and common types of plant species. What is so interesting about the Angiosperms is their role in the environment, specifically in regard to our carbon and oxygen reciprocating relationship that is essential to all life.
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