2015 – Page 213 – CI Keys – CSU Channel Islands

Greenhouse days with the Island Torrey Pine

March 21, 2015/in Uncategorized /by Andrew Brinkman

I never thought I would be working with such a rare endemic species as an undergraduate. There is a great challenge in understanding germination conditions of endemic native flora when so little life history has been studied. On a daily basis I enter the CSU Channel Islands greenhouse to check on seed viability under different irrigation and leaf litter treatments. Each tray contains 50 seeds and all are marked with toothpicks for location. Once germinated, I mark them with tape including their day of radical emergence (>3mm) and seed number. So far my preliminary findings suggest that leaf litter is very important for germination (rate and success).

Locked and loaded

March 21, 2015/in NOLA /by Sean Anderson

Using a sub meter GPS system with arcmap to locate permanent study sites

Day 10. Joint job

March 21, 2015/in NOLA /by Sean Anderson

Dr. Huggins teaching Tulane students about native and non native species. Tulane and csuci will be working together today to collect valuable woodland data.

Woodlands Concervancy’s Facebook page

March 21, 2015/in NOLA /by Sean Anderson

Check out Woodlands Conservancy’s Facebook here. They’ve been posting about the work we’ve been doing at the park as well as other activities around the park such as the ongoing bird banding project and free nature hikes that they offer to the public.

Friday Night Fun

March 21, 2015/in NOLA /by Sean Anderson

Paul Sanchez rocked the stage at Chikie Wah Wah’s this evening. He was even generous enough to give us each a signed copy of his CD. The highlight of the night was when the fiddle player of the Mulligan Brothers performed with Paul. The performance was so moving!

Up or down ?

March 21, 2015/in NOLA /by Sean Anderson

While in the swamp, one can easily loose their sense of direction.

Waterlogged at Delacroix

March 21, 2015/in NOLA /by Sean Anderson

It was a little wet out there today. Delacroix is at a lower elevation than the Woodlands site, so retains much more water (which we had fun sloshing through!)