Ecology Around School by Steven

In Biology we did a Lab about ecology and how it affected the plants. So my group and I went to three different areas and collected one plant from each area. The first place that we went to was behind the soccer field. It was very barren and dead, with the occasional healthy plants. So we collected a chamomile. It was a little complex and it was very healthy. It had a bud that was yellow. Each little yellow dot on the bud was separated and connected to the stem. When the stem was cut in half it was made up of tiny strands that could only be seen with a magnifying glass.

            The second area we went to was to the right of the barren wasteland. It was very wet and had a small stream. It mainly had Cattails there. It was infested with all sorts of bugs. The second plant that we collected was a Cattail. The outer shell was hard and was difficult to cut open. The outer shell is also water resistant. This is so the seeds inside don’t get soggy and die. The inside of the shell is fluffy and full of seeds. This plant isn’t very complex. 

            The third area was the soccer field. It was very wet. There were bugs that inhabited the grass. The plant we collected was grass. The grass was very green and healthy. The grass was very thin and it was made up of many strands that were connected.