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Photo by mnakahara
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Field Notes

Description:

It looks like this plant has stolons that grow vertically. This is because if you were to cut any part near the stem, a node would grow. The plant has thick "capsule like leaves" and at the top (apical meristem) a (yellow) flower grows!

Habitat:

It looks like this succulent was in a moist environment. The entire side of the hill was covered in succulents like the photo above. On the hillside you could see a sea of green with colorful magenta and yellow flowers. Tecolote Canyon is located in San Diego, CA, and it is a small canyon filled with diverse organisms. From trees, to snakes, native and (non-native) vegetation, plants, flowers and other animals, it is a nice area for people to take a walk/run and look/learn about an ecosystem.

Notes:

Tram and Meimei (Week 3)

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (8)
AnnaWhipkey
I concede Ava T-B. It could be Carpobrotus edulis. I couldn't really distinguish the leaves in this photo and I neglected to read the habitat description.
Ava T-B
Similarish flower,but not the same leaves. Here's the dragonfruit you're talking about Anna: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7238342
AnnaWhipkey
I think the first photo looks like night blooming Hylocereus undatus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hylocereus_undatus
Ava T-B
You are seeing 4 pictures of the same plant?
mnakahara
thanks. I'm unsure what ur seeing because I only see my 4 pictures and the information below.
Ava T-B
Yes, the first picture is a sea fig or ice plant. This can stay here and be one spotting. The second picture is of a fern, and you have another spotting with the fern, so you can just delete the fern from here. The third picture is probably a variety of cholla cactus; remove it from this spotting, and add it on it's own spotting page.
mnakahara
Thanks for ur comment. I'm unsure what you mean by three different organisms, this needs to be three separate spottings?
Ava T-B
Welcome to Project Noah, mnakahara. You have three different organisms here so this needs to be three separate spottings (although you already have the fern posted). The first picture here is a sea fig, the second is a fern and the third looks like some variety of cholla cactus.

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BIOL 221L - Tecolote Canyon
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PublishedMarch 14, 2013

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