Here in the old stump a flying squirrel left the shell of a black walnut. These squirrels eat 4 small holes in the walnut.
Archive for the 'Plants' Category
I find these on my walk the bog jog. I just love there shapes.
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.
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.
IMG_1922, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.
I wonder why tulip popular leafs decompose at a faster rate than other leafs like oaks?
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.
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Pokeweed, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.
Here is some pokeweed plant at the base of Turtle Hill.
Sassafras Leaf - October 9, 2007, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.
Staghorn Sumac
Staghorn Sumac - September 22, 2007, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.
Here are some beautiful fall colors:
Type of Aster I believe?:
Dog’s Bane growing by the Fen. Dog’s bane has been used to make a strong cordage by many native american groups. You can see some orange colored aphids on the stem of this plant.
Here’s some Virginia Creeper. It’s sometimes confused with poison ivy because it vines its way up trees and turns red. But as you can tell it has 5 leaves instead of poison ivy’s 3.
Here are some rose hips that are growing by the camp road near the fen. Rose hips are edible and are high in vitamin c.
Goldenrod:
