
Journal Entry 6 Time: Tuesday, November 24th, 2020, from 9 to 10 am Location: The far eastern portion of Ravenna Park in Seattle, WA. Temperature: ~45℉ Weather: Overcast with a light mist and no significant wind Overall I would say my observation site looks largely the same from last week in terms of the actual processes that I observed on site. The evergreen plants, such as the Western Redcedar , the Sword Fern and the Tall Oregon-Grape still retained their leaves when I arrived and started my observations. The Black Cottonwoods downstream had finished dropping their leaves, and, for some reason, the Beaked Hazelnuts still retained their leaves. I still am not entirely sure why the Beaked Hazelnuts near Ravenna Creek still possess their leaves. Last post I proposed that this phenomenon was due to the shrub-like trees being near a source of water in the form of the creek. I still hold by that explanation, in part due to the Beaked Hazelnuts growing in the more well-drained u...