A Week on Santa Rosa

I had the opportunity to spend a week out on the island to work on my capstone so I was there from January 12th through the 19th. As much as I thought I’d be able to get everything done in a week, I realistically only had enough time to finish up one of my sampling sites which was Point of Entry 1 (see previous post for map). This was the area around the pier, the bunkhouse, and the historical buildings. Who knew picking through grass would take so long?

The above image is a very close up shot of Shortpod Mustard (Hirschfeldia incana). This is one of the invasive plants I was looking out for while sampling my site. In the close up you can see the white/gray hairs on the stem of the plant.