I've hardly seen any flowers or blooming flowers around Paradise Park. Maybe cause I haven't been paying that much attention to flowers. But now that I have, I've found some interesting plants. As always, I don't know what kind of plants I'm observing that's why I have the curiosity to do my researching.
(My field notes photos-11/5)
This is a photo of the flower I first encountered with at the park. It seems as if it's been stepped on a lot, and slowing falling apart. When I researched what kind of flower it was, I found out that it was called, "Oxeye Daisy," according to "My wildflowers." It looked like a sunflower but according to the website it belonged to the family of Asteraceae. Also, it's height typically is 1 to 3 ft. These flowers usually bloom June to August, and the bloom size are usually 1.5 inches.
( www.mywildflowers.com photo)
A picture from the website I researched the flower from. It seems a lot like mine but mine has the petals falling off and a little separated.
(My field notes photos-11/5)
As I was searching for more flowers in the park I noticed this tree which had really pretty flowers attached to the branches. The flowers really caught my attention, well because they were pink.
(My field notes photos-11/5)
A closer look of what the pretty pink clustered flower tree looked like. The tree was close to the pond surrounded by a lot of tall grass. But this tree had like minimum of about 10 or maybe 12 flowers in all the tree. I didn't notice any recent flowers that had fallen before I saw it. I researched what kind of tree it was, according to "Blue Planet Garden..." it's called an English Hawthorn.
It's always a good thing to observe the littlest things around the park, because you never know what you'll eventually find. It's also the littlest things that interest you the most at the end of the day.
Work Cited
"Blue Planet Garden Blog." www.blueplanetgardenblog.com. N.p.n.d. Web. Nov. 9 2014
"Oxeye Daisy." www.mywildflowers.com. N.p.n.d. Web. Nov. 9 2014
I don't think I've ever payed attention to the flowers at parks either. I feel like we tend to look and the big things and ignore the little ones. I like how you describe the flowers as if they were "stepped on." Nice blog!
ReplyDeleteNice blog. I really like ho w you noticed things that people don't usually appreciate. I really like the tree with the pink flowers. I've never seen that type of tree here in the Reno/ Sparks area. It's sad how the flowers looked as if they were stepped on.
ReplyDeleteDid you find out why there was only a couple flowers left on the tree? I really enjoy how detailed you get about these flowers, and find out their scientific name. It shows how often we look past those little things, and how we just general most things. Anyways, great blog, and I hope you find more interesting things that most people over look.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that the littlest things are the things that interest people the most. Nice job doing research and with adding some voice.
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