just another day in the woods

Today we were graced by two park employees who introduced us to our surroundings. We learned the latin names of the various plant species on the institutes property and learned about revegetation and various park management strategies for plants and etc. Here's just a basic list of all of the plants i need to memorize by the time we start teaching in two weeks:

tall oregon grape
short oregon grape
red hucklberry
vine maple
various ferns
lodge pole pine
saskatoon
western white pine
hazel
colds foot
st. johns wort
red alder
white alder
antonia
frogs pelt
yew
grand fir
douglas fir
western hemlock
western dogwood
douglas maple
vine maple
big leaf maple
wood rose
princess pine
knot weed
cheat grass
sweet clover
butterfly bush
scotch broom
common plantain
clints cup
salal
salmon berry
oregon box
flowering red currant
bitter cherry
knick knick
creeping black berries
mock orange
pearly everlasting
davids penstimon
hemlock
cat cedar
birch
cottonwood
butter wort

yeah, no big deal. they totally taught us how to identify plants in american political systems.

Here are some shots from today. tomorrow, canoeing all day.

view looking out onto diablo lake & dam

tree id

SNAIL!!!