chadschuler23's Journal

1. If you had to pick one tree to use the leaves as toilet paper, which would you pick?
   Magnolia, but with the newer softer leaves. not the old leaves.

2. Do you think street trees make your neighborhood more pleasant?
   Yes I think street trees are great!! they make neighborhoods feel better and smell better. they also make cars drive slower making it safer to be walking around the neighborhood.

3. What is one pro and one con to planting non native trees in our cities?
   pro: Some non-native trees do really well in harsh environments where they don't have great soil or nutrients.
   con: In an apocalyptic scenario where a city is completely deserted the non-native trees would take over the city faster than native trees.
   

I went to Montana de Oro state park in Los Osos.
I hiked hazards peak and saw a lot of wild flowers in bloom! I would see one all by itself and get super excited and figure out what it was. Then I would walk another 20 feet and see 10 more of the same flowers.
I noticed that there were many more flowering plants in the valley slopes than the hillside directly facing the ocean. Maybe too windy and exposed on those hillsides.
It was cool to learn the names of plants that I see all the time hiking or biking around the area.
Also tons of poison oak!!