Nature Journal 12

I believe that my nature place will face a lot of challenges within the next couple years. One main issue being the soil. If they decide to make it officially a tailgate area and remove most of the plants and trees it will cause a lot of species to die or even cause animals to relocate to somewhere else. Also this place faces the ability to have more buildings built on it. If the school decides to expand the Devault Alumni Center or add a parking lot behind because of the new basketball facility, the place would not be a place to relax and visit anymore. Another challenge that my nature place faces is the threat losing its resources. What I mean by that is that students would decide to plant trees and flowers elsewhere on campus instead of putting them in a place that people do not visit as much of other locations on campus.
As I look at my nature place I think that in five years the place will have more plants and trees planted there. After those five years I can see the school adding a parking lot behind there because of the addition to the basketball facility and the new baseball field being built. Also they will need more parking for Briscoe and McNutt dorms because they will use up all the spots at assembly for sport activities only. That is what I see this place evolving into because of the way things are shaping up around campus now and the expansion to everything around campus.

Nature Journal 11

I think with my nature place I would change the entire landscape. I would want it to be the most desired place to be on campus. Like people visiting the Zoo or Museum, that is how I would want them to come to this location just to escape and see the nature that is lurking in their own backyard.

I would chop down some of the trees that look to old and plant new ones that only grow in certain states and countries to represent the diversity that we have here at Indiana University. I would do the same for flowers by planting them along a trail creating a pathway up to the back of the Devault Alumni Center as well as to McNutt and 12th street. This area would have to be maintained and kept safe all the time to make sure animals do not get in and destroy the plants. So it would only have to be kept open during the day and locked up during the night by a 6ft gate.

I think that this would be a great improvement because the campus does not have that many places that are so intriguing and that attracts everyone. Students will feel right at home when they see the plants or trees from their home state. I think that it would open the doors for the science department to even take part and do studies with the area to see how some of these different trees can survive or adapt in a different environment.

Nature Journal 10

By Darius Willis
By Darius Willis
By Darius Willis

My nature place consists of a lot of plants that are being grown by and managed by the Alumni Building Maintenance. They take care of the plants and the area as you can see from the pictures. Over the years the senior class of Indiana University gets together and plants some trees and plants. I do not know the detail of this but on every tree that is planted it tells the name of the tree and the senior class that planted it.
So the vegetation that I captured is of a Red Maple also called Acer Rubrum, Silver Maple called Acer Saccharinum, Daffodils also called Narcissus, and the Dogwood Tree called Benthamidia Florida. Without these trees growing in this area it would not be a pretty place to relax and think at all. Other plants that I would expect to see would be daisies or roses. But I think the number of weeds out grows the plants in this area thanks to all the dandelions. I think for those flowers to grow you need a healthy clean environment with fresh fruit and water around. So the reason why these flowers grow here is because they are common among any location.
So the one that caught my attention is the dogwood tree because of all the white flowers that it has on it. It can be labeled as the as a spring tree because home-owners and landscapers like to grow them. Some characteristic for it is it needs good soil and you have to water them weekly so that it gets many nutrients. But the tree can be dangerous as well. Dogwood anthracnose is a disease that it gets when the leaves are light brown (treehelp.com).

http://www.dogwood-tree.com/dogwood-borer.htm

Nature Journal 9

As you can see in my sketch some animals that I decided to post was a bird which Latin name happens to be Avis, groundhog Latin name marmota monax, frog Latin name canus lupis, and rabbit which Latin name is cuniculus.

the animal that I was interested in knowing about was the rabbit. There are sorts of rabbit types but the one I am more focused on is the wild rabbit. They typically live in thickets, forests, meadows, and the woods according to rabbit habitat. Rabbits like a moderate climate, so I see why they wouldn't mind being a pet. Rabbits are very quiet and can be loud when they scream if they are frightened and knocks on the ground to warn other animals that danger approaches. Other than that they are not angry creatures if bothered they just use their speed to get away quickly.

Some other animals that I could have saw would be a deer. But it probably doesn't come around until there are less people outside so that it can feed on the plants. The main animal that dominants this area I think are squirrels. They like this habitat because they have all the food that surrounds them and plenty of space to live free without their tree getting chopped down.









http://courses.ttu.edu/thomas/classpet/1998/rabbit1/new_page_2.htm
http://www.petwebsite.com/rabbits/rabbits_behavior.htm