Jack in the pulpit - May 10th 2008

This is at the base of the trail from the nature center.

Redbud Tree - April 23 2008

Redbuds are bursting out. These buds are edible. Some people put them on salads.

Marsh Marigolds by Bog Jog - April 23 2008

Mayfly and May Apples - April 21, 2008

It’s only april but the mayflies and the may apples are out and about.

Walnut Remains from Flying Squirrel #2 - April 11 2008

Here in the old stump a flying squirrel left the shell of a black walnut. These squirrels eat 4 small holes in the walnut.

Skunk Cabbage - April 11 2008

I find these on my walk the bog jog. I just love there shapes.

Walnut Eaten by Red Squirrel - March 16, 2008

Walnut Eaten by Red Squirrel, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.

Here is a walnut that has been eaten by a red squirrel. Red squirrels tend to eat walnuts from the top down.

Fox squirrels(& gray squirrels) tend to gnaw two openings one on each side.

Flying squirrels chew 4 oval hole in the walnut to get the meat out.

Ravaged Leaf- October 28, 2007

IMG_1948, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.

As I look down at the edge of the woods I see this skeleton of a leaf. It’s kinda neat.

Tulip Popular leaf decomposing- October 28, 2007

IMG_1922, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.

I wonder why tulip popular leafs decompose at a faster rate than other leafs like oaks?

Herbivory(Animals eating plants) - Oct 12, 2007

Swans in fen Eating Duckweed, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.

Here’s a good example of herbivory(animals eating plants). Swans eating duckweed.

Here’s an ash leaf that is being eating by two types of animals.

One is eating chunks of leafs, and a leaf-miner is living inside the leaf and eating a trail on the inside.

Here’s a wild edible plant that some humans like to eat: Sweet Cicely.

It’s also called anise-root because if tastes like licorice.