Journal entry 1

All of the species identified do not have many common adaptations, since the group’s project was the “Flora and Fauna of Mount Royal” which is a broad topic. However, the species have all adapted to thrive in a wide temperature range, including both the heat of Montreal summers to the cold winters.

The plant that was identified using a phylogenetic tree was a thicket creeper, Parthenocissus inserta. Its phylogeny placement goes, eukaryotes, viridiplantae, eudicots, Pentapetalae, Vitaceae, Parthenocisseae. One unique adaptation of the thicket creeper is that it has club-shaped ends in order to fit inside of a crevice. This allows it to easily grow through shrubbery and trees (as opposed to its close relative, the Virginia creeper which climbs walls).

Posted on September 19, 2021 08:43 PM by miadsouza