Forest Ecology

Instructor: Steven Clark            Clark Community College    Email: sclark@clark.edu

Beacon Rock Field Trip Saturday June 6,  9 AM to about 12:30 PM

Guests are welcome

Driving Directions:  Take Highway 14 east to Beacon Rock State Park on the left (north) side of the road at about mile marker 35.  Drive through an open gate and up the road.  We will be in the Day Use area.  It's just past the little stone headquarters building that is on the left. 

There is no parking fee.

Beacon Rock Summary Paper

Due 10 June in class

Type.  Keep your answers to one page.  Please note: if I say Interesting, and your answer doesn't convey interest, you lose points.  The number in parenthesis indicates point value.

1. I called this the “_____ zone”.  What causes that stand structure? (2) 
2. How does the above stand structure eventually change? (2)
3. Identify (1)
4. Identify.  From the book, tell me something you found interesting about this plant. (2).
5. This plant is an ecological indicator of ___________. (1)
6. We discussed geomorphology as we looked down to the river.  I used a short stack of books as a visual representation of what phenomena? (2)
7. What evidence of natural and unnatural fragmentation did we see? (2)
8. Name two plants (try to think of a plant that was new to you) that we saw at Beacon Rock.  Use common and Latin names. (2)
9. Where on our trip did we see a plethora of pioneer species?  Why were they there? (2)
10. Go to BugGuide to identify this critter.  Select the millipede on the clickable guide. 

    a. Select the browse tab

    b. Select the Polydesmida order.  Select the Xystodesmidae family.

    c. You decide the following: Genus_____________, Species____________. (1)

11. This is a giant stonefly.  Read about it, then tell me something you found interesting. (2).
12. Water residency at Beacon Rock is about 7 weeks.  Tell me one feature of the forest that makes the residency so long.(1)
13. What is the ecological role of this sideband snail?