Wednesday, November 7, 2012



                                                              Eaton Canyon
 Eaton Canyon is a a small valley in the San Gabriel mountain range. Its climate is mostly hot and dry, but has a ample amount of rain in the winter. It is considered a chapperal mountain range and has both small forests, but mostly scrublands.

 When we got to Eaton Canyon at 21:45, it was a moderate warm temperature. The lake bed we were examining was dry, the lake bed remains dry throughout the year except during rain storms. The weather was    sunny with isolated clouds.

Monday, November 5, 2012

                                                                   Animal Species


                                     Great Basin Fence Lizard (Scaeloporus occidentalis longipipes)

    
                                     Jerusalem Cricket (Potato Bug)
  
                                     Common Black Ground Beetle (Coleoptara Carabidae)

                                     California Ground Squirrel (Otospermophilius beecheyi)

                                     American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

                                      Total species: 5 
                                     

                                      

  
                                                                     Plants Species
  

                           Aloe Yucca (Yucca Aliofolia) 

                           Poison oak (Toxicodendron diversilobum)
                            
                           Mossy Maze Polypore (Cerrena Unicolor)
                
                           Green Everlasting (Gnaphalium californicum)   
            
                           Purple Nightshade (Solanum xanti) 

                           Wild Cucumber (Marah macrocarpus)



                           Total identified- 6 species