Day 1 in the swamp! 

What a tiring and amazing day!! We started nice and clean, not knowing what to expect. 





And we left being able to identify all these different plants and all muddy!! 



Treking through this was pretty fun! But watch out for snakes!



I was given the task of “Data Recorder”, which I really enjoyed because that gave me the time to learn the characterics and shapes of different plant leaves of interest. 

One Big Beetle

I stumbled upon one of the largest beetles I have ever seen while cutting my way through thick blackberry. This darkling beetle was quite a spectacle to watch as it ventured into different parts of a decaying tree.

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Second day in the field

We spent a long day in the Woodlands Conservancy continuing to survey vegetation transects. Lauren and Kelsey from my group discovered a plant species that hadn’t been found in the conservancy before.

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