Courtney BoxWhat we are looking at: A tree that has been wrapped with barbed wire and now has grown over part…How did it get there: The wire was put there when the tree was younger and wrapped tight around the tree. When the tree grew and became…Dec 11, 2016Dec 11, 2016
Courtney BoxWhat we are looking at: The side of the rock that is close to the drop off.How did it get there: Through physical weathering the rainfall or wind that has moved the soil to the pocket of the rock formation. This…Dec 11, 2016Dec 11, 2016
Courtney BoxWhat we are looking at: The splitting of a rock on the edge of a drop off.How did it get there: The moss on the sides of the crevice indicates the presence of moisture which would demonstrate weathering by…Dec 11, 2016Dec 11, 2016
Courtney BoxWhat we are looking at: Rock formation on a path of a sloped hill.How did it get there: This is another good example of a colluvium. Since this rock formation is on a slope, through rainfall or wind, the…Dec 11, 2016Dec 11, 2016
Courtney BoxWhat we are looking at: “Steps” of a rock going down a hill.How did it get there: This is another example of weathering by the erosion of water or wind. By the rain water washing over the rocks it…Dec 11, 2016Dec 11, 2016
Courtney BoxWhat we are looking at: A dead tree that has another plant growing in the middle of it.How did it get there: This is another example of physical weathering and also decomposition. By the plant growing through the dead tree it…Dec 10, 2016Dec 10, 2016
Courtney BoxWhat we are looking at: A dead tree that is rotting and has mushrooms covering only one side of the…How did it get there: The tree is not as far into the stages of decomposition that they earlier tree was but is indeed dead and rotting…Dec 9, 2016Dec 9, 2016
Courtney BoxWhat we are looking at: A tree that is growing in to the edge of a rock formation and has caused…How did it get there: This is an example of physical weathering by the tree growing through the tree. As the trees roots grow bigger and…Dec 9, 2016Dec 9, 2016
Courtney BoxWhat we are looking at: A rock slope that is slanted towards a stream.How did it get there: This is another good example of colluvium. Through the slope of the rock. The soil and other debris have been washed…Dec 9, 2016Dec 9, 2016
Courtney BoxWhat we are looking at: A dead tree that has evidence of termite infestation and is covered in…How did it get there: Because the tree is dead and decaying and mushrooms have grown there and are breaking down the dead parts of the…Dec 9, 2016Dec 9, 2016