Alison Scott

During our first Field Botany class, we spent an entire class period drawing twigs and trees through direct observation. As tedious as this task may sound, I believe that within that one and a half hour class period I learned some the most valuable skills in science. A tree. Something that I used to think of as just a noun turned into hundreds of inquisitives questions. What environmental factors affect the physiology of the tree? Has it adapted for that environment or has it evolved? What is there distribution range of the tree? What roles do the trees play in the ecosystem? 

 

 

The pictures below are from a field trip that we went on in the spring of 2012. Dr. Carter and visiting botanists guided us through this carnivorous bog in the coastal plain of Georgia.