J-m-Davis
Leaves
This picture is of leaves outside my house. The red leaves are from a tree called an Acer Rubrum or a Red Maple tree. What's cool about leaves in the fall is that they decompose causing a larger layer of organic material or the "O layer" if they soil isn't being tampered with such as tilling or plowing. If we used the soil layer website but had data from different times of the year would we see a significant difference after the leaves decompose? In our yards It wont, depending if you leave leaves in your yard in the winter to decompose. In most neighborhoods people rake up their leaves and throw them on the side of the street to get picked up. In that case the O layer will stay relatively the same. #BenU #Ecology #BIOL180 #Fall2018 #image3
Leaves
This picture is of leaves outside my house. The red leaves are from a tree called an Acer Rubrum or a Red Maple tree. What's cool about leaves in the fall is that they decompose causing a larger layer of organic material or the "O layer" if they soil isn't being tampered with such as tilling or plowing. If we used the soil layer website but had data from different times of the year would we see a significant difference after the leaves decompose? In our yards It wont, depending if you leave leaves in your yard in the winter to decompose. In most neighborhoods people rake up their leaves and throw them on the side of the street to get picked up. In that case the O layer will stay relatively the same. #BenU #Ecology #BIOL180 #Fall2018 #image3