Lab 3

Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) is an ivy that causes rashes on those who come in contact with it. 

Azalea (rhododendron) is a flower that can be used for landscaping.

Ginkgo Biloba is a prehistoric tree that has both male and female trees.  

Angel Trumpets (Datura wrightii) are flowers that have hallucinogenic properties.   

Elephant Ear (Colocasia spp) is a decretory plant whose leaves look similar to the ears of an elephant.

Holly Tree (Ilex opaca) is a tree with a white trunk and bright red berries. The leaves are also pointy.

Live Oak (Quercus virginiana) is a tree with long leaves.  It is a traditional southern tree.  It is usually seen with Spanish Moss.  

Hickory Tree (Carya) is a tree that produces distinctive Hickory nuts.

Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica) is a bush like tree.  The top of the tree looks like a bush.  The flowers can be pink, white or purple. 

Aloe or Aloe Vera (A. Vera) is a plant whose sap can be used to help heal burns.

Down by the River

For this lab, we visited the Ocmulgee River and took elevation measurements, clam counts, and noted the different speeds of the water current.

 The pink pins represent where the clam measurements were taken and show how many clams were found at the location.  The blue line represents the path along which we got elevation measurements.  We took elevation measurements every 10 feet.  The white shaded region represents the slow moving current, the green area is an island in the middle of the river, and the red shaded region represents the fast moving current.

Below is the river elevation data.