HW 4: Habitat Trips

For this exercise, I visited a coastal shrub ecosystem on the San Francisco coast and a chaparral ecosystem in the Berkeley hills.

The coastal shrub plants are characterized by being low-growing and having drought-deciduous leaves. They are adapted to a semi-arid climate.

The chaparral plants are characterized by being drought-tolerant and having hard evergreen leaves.

Both ecosystems are pretty dry, so the plants tend to be low-growing and have small leaves to conserve water.

Posted on May 9, 2014 12:51 AM by natalieunguyen natalieunguyen

Observations

Photos / Sounds

What

French Broom (Genista monspessulana)

Observer

natalieunguyen

Date

May 6, 2014

Place

berkeley (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia)

Observer

natalieunguyen

Date

May 6, 2014

Place

berkeley (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Eggleaf Spurge (Euphorbia oblongata)

Observer

natalieunguyen

Date

May 6, 2014

Place

berkeley (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Legumes (Family Fabaceae)

Observer

natalieunguyen

Date

May 6, 2014

Place

berkeley (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Coyote Brush (Baccharis pilularis)

Observer

natalieunguyen

Date

May 6, 2014

Place

berkeley (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Paintbrushes (Genus Castilleja)

Observer

natalieunguyen

Date

May 3, 2014

Photos / Sounds

What

Chilean Sea Fig (Carpobrotus chilensis)

Observer

natalieunguyen

Date

May 3, 2014

Photos / Sounds

What

Coastal Sagewort (Artemisia pycnocephala)

Observer

natalieunguyen

Date

May 3, 2014

Photos / Sounds

What

Chamisso Bush Lupine (Lupinus chamissonis)

Observer

natalieunguyen

Date

May 3, 2014

Photos / Sounds

What

Plume Albizia (Paraserianthes lophantha)

Observer

natalieunguyen

Date

May 3, 2014

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