Pine Tree Preserve and Chestnut Hill Reservoir September 28, 2020
I took a nature walk this evening around 5:30 pm through the Pine Tree Preserve on Boston College's campus and around the Chestnut Hill Reservoir. It was a partly sunny, warm fall day, about 70 degrees F. The leaves are just starting to change colors here in Boston. I saw many plants, but not too many animals. I took particular note of various lichens and mosses on rocks and large trees. Another interesting find was evidence of Dendroctonus, a genus of bark eating beetles that are very destructive to conifers in North America.
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Spotted this plant early on in my walk. It was very small and low to the ground growing amongst some tall grasses. It’s feather-like spherical flowers were a light pink/purple color.
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סנאי אפור (Sciurus carolinensis)מתצפת.ת
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This was just one of many squirrels I saw on my walk. They seemed to be eating the acorns that fell from the oak trees.
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Seen growing at base of larger tree. Red/orange leaves growing in sets of three.
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Red flower with yellow tips growing next to a black-eyes susan flower. Fairly tall and free standing.
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Moss growing along base of tree. Also seen alongside lichen species.
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פיטולקה אמריקאית (Phytolacca americana)מתצפת.ת
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Plant with green long leaves and bright purple stems and berries.
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Fern growing low to ground. Large group was observed. Spores on undersides of leaves!
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White birch tree. Very large, marked with number? Only one in the preserve that I could see.
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The species was not seen itself but evidence of dendroctonus as this tree is being harmed by the organism.
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Lichen seen growing in patch on a large boulder. White crackled looking.
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נמלים חד-מותניות (תת משפחה Formicinae)מתצפת.ת
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Small black ants gathering under a leaf on a rock.
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Possibly tasteless stonecrop? Low growing needle-like waxy plant beneath base of tree.
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