nature trail

During lab our class took a trip to the nature trail. As soon as we stepped on to the trail we saw disturbance from the hurricane that came through about three years. Throughout our trip we saw the disturbances from the hurricane, such as upturned trees. In the holes of the upturned trees was still water. We were told that in the place of the overturned trees new trees would grow, which is secondary succession. …

…difference between the normal path and the bottom lands. In the bottom lands the elevation drops and moisture had collected. This moisture, or lack of moisture, results in the kind of plants or trees that grow in the given area. Regarding light, the deeper we got into the woods the less light we had as one would expect. The reason for this is the thickness of the canopy and the denseness of the tree growth.