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Tools Used in EcoPlot



1. Kestrel: Tells you how fast the wind is going. 2. Compass: Shows the directions of North, South, East and West.

3. Barometer: Measures barometric pressure.

Observations

Early Year: wet soil, slightly cold, and with dying leaves.

Middle Year: Very cold, frozen dirt, lots of snow, and not a lot of plants.

Later Year: Warmer, greener plants, no snow, more wildlife.

Species Identification

English ivy was seen through out the entire school year, it endured the winter and didn't look like it was geting any weaker in fact it was the only plant that didn't die in the ecoplot. Earwig was found in a insect trap during the Spring, it has a pincer on it's butt and is very cool looking. The earwig is a carnivorus insect and is well, scary looking if your five years old, because of the pincers on the butt.
 * English Ivy (Headera Helix)
 * Spine tailed Earwig (Duruaculeatum)
 * Garlic mustard (alliaria petiolata)

Once spring started the amount of life began to spike. one prominently displayed plant was the garlic mustard, really you could look at the ground and you'd see two thing immediately english ivy, and garlic mustard. the garic mustard goes through three stages the first being it's sprout form, the second being when it grows into stalk with many leaves all up and down the stalk, and the third as it wilts it turns into some sproutish form so that it can survive the winter.

Ground Hog (disambiguation)

Richard's Analysis

The health of the this ecoplot is in my opinion is in a relatively slightly over balanced state. While this biome suits the ecosystem the number of invasive species far out weighs the number of surviving native plants. Even while the temperature is in favor of the plants now, in Winter we witnessed the strength of an invasive species called English Ivy. This plant, unlike the others did not die or look even remotely weakened during the winter. The soil of the ecoplot is still at a balanced nutrient level and will sustain the plant life for a long time. The number of organisms that are around the ecoplot and in it show how well it can grow back after such a harsh winter. This is my analysis on the ecoplot and how I think it's doing.