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A plant list spreadsheet is used to edit the plant list from term to term. The plant list is only a reference for use in the field allowing for notes on late arriving students. The answer sheet is a grid of 24 blanks. A printed class list was used for attendance. Spare answer sheets were in a plastic grocery bag tied to a belt loop. The Tripltek was not brought along allowing for a hands free walk. A set of language tables in a spreadsheet cross references some of the plants and languages. A class flora is kept in iNaturalist . Weather would cancel the final. The arrival of a cruise ship with many German tourists, some of whom visited Nan Madol, coincided with rapidly deteriorating weather conditions. By 16:00 the sky dark like 18:00 and heavy rain was falling. Roads across the island flooded. Just after 16:00 thunder rolled through the sky. The final could not be conducted. Those present were awarded 24 points for showing up under the conditions. No photos taken.

The new segment of the term end assessment starts from below the new student center. This currently provides Colocasia esculenta and what appears to be Curcuma longa at the start of the new segment.  Falcataria falcata is available on this route, small saplings with branches that can inspected, unlike the giants on the north side of the access road. Melastoma malabathricum is inbound on this segment. This route is a southern route variant that can also pick up Premna serratifolia at A101, then Centella asiatica, Ociumum tenuiflorum, Jasminum sambac, Cocos nucifera, and Terminalia catappa prior to the student center. Dicranopteris linearis would be an option. Campnosperma brevipetiolatum is the crown jewel of the new segment. Including mature trees. Cyathea nigricans is available here too, right under the Campnosperma brevipetiolatum. This species might be better served by the large specimen behind the gym. ...