In the field my team and I walk very slowly along the trails
looking at all of the plants, trying to find the species we want with young
leaves. Young leaves are not green like in the temperate zones. The young leaves
can be pink, white, red, salmon, very pale green, or purple. While walking we
will usually see cool insects, fungi, and lots and lots of spiders. Sometimes
we will hear monkeys following us in the tree tops, or hear animals running
from us. The trails are always muddy. If it rained at all the night before we
will be walking through muddy puddles all day. Some trails have stepping
stones, but most don't. The forest is always trying to reclaim the trails. We
will come to bridges that are only a log with a rope to cross deep streams. The
shallow streams we generally just have to cross
without a bridge because there shouldn't be any caiman or anacondas in
them. So, in general, this what I do in
the field.
This is what the standard trail looks like.
This is a large vine.
Young Fern Leaves
This is one of the bridges we cross.
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