Blog post #5

Maya: I have not been to Gold Park before. But I feel as though this place came with a good amount of different organism in Western Washington. The different amounts of shrubs and trees makes for a fun amount of diversity made this a fun learning experience. I'd have to say the Mushroom was the more interesting part of the trip. Just they way that it appeared so insignificant in comparison to just about everything else there

Grace: It was really cold but I always enjoy time spent outside. I was looking forward to the ferry, But this was still fun. It felt kind of like an Easter egg hunt.

Question:

1. What is that mushroom. We think it might be Angel's wing but we're not 100% sure. We just went off of the book

2. How has the park changed over the years?

Photo's and identifications from the Gold Park field trip:

<--- Arbutus Menzuesii/Pacific Madrone: Young bark is red, and old bark is brownish-red and peels, whitish green below leaves and leathery texture.

<--- Dryopteris Expansa/Spiny wood Fern: 1 meter tall, triangular egg shaped leaves, asymmetrical growth pattern

<-- Mahonia nervosa/dull Oregon grape: leathery smooth holly like leaves dull tinge, yellowish bark

<-- Pleurocybella parrigens/ Angel Wing Mushroom: Fan shaped and fairly thin when looking at, Growing on a root and kind of cream colored. But uncertain if this is actually an Angel Wing

<-- Abies Procera/ Noble Fir: Conical with smooth bark, generally round, smooth tipped needles.