Invasive species field walk in ethnobotany
A 15:30 no roll call, cold open saw the class start with three students. Others caught up during the walk. Miconia crenata The decision to go with a field walk and not the presentation was driven by good weather, a desire to make the encounters with invssives real, and because botany had just done this as sn indoor lecture. Botany had already been excused, which trimmed the class size by six students.. Heterotis rotundifolia Although the road poses a risk, the best collection of invasives is along the road. Every plant save one was an invasive. There is a small forest of Spathodea campanulata growing there, a carpet of Heterotis rotundifolia, a fringe of Hellenia speciosa, Clerodendrum quadriloculare, and Ischaemum polystachyum. Hellenia speciosa The only non-invasive plant is the native plant Glochidion ramiflorum, known locally as mwehk. Hellenia speciosa The cold open meant a photographic roll call. Jinisha, Carmegaros...