McDonald - Study Area 5

General Site Description

Our Study area was Area#5, which contains Upper Yard, most of the field, the east side of Middle Yard, and hill 37. It extends from the barn, to the parking lot, to the top of varsity hill, to a point behind Hill 37.
We mapped 10 points. Our native plants were the sycamores by the bridge, the black walnut tree by the field, and the mugwort by the creek. The mugwort and sycamore were slightly out of our study area. The mugwort was also not specifically in one point, it stretched up and down the creek.
The solar panels were also slightly out of our study area.They were one of our three man made features. The other two were the amphitheater and the student mailroom. The flag post is very close to the mailroom, and we considered mapping that instead.
Our interesting points were the Geodome, Odin’s Cabin, and Peiter’s puppy. The Geodome is a metal structure by the field. I don’t know anything about Odin’s cabin as I've never been there. Odin mapped it as I am not allowed in Upper Yard. Peiter’s Puppy is a memorial to a student who died in 2002. It is tucked away behind Christopher Barnes’ house. Our topographical feature was the summit of Hill 37. We went under barbed wire to climb it.