Meet at Patterson Station MEET AT 10:31 for attendance. We will take attendance and walk through the park together and you will be dismissed at the end of the walk to return to school. Dismissal may take place between 11:15 to 11:30. If you are late and are not in attendance, you must turn back and go to school to remain at school for the alternate activity.
Safety - Central Park is a large urban park in the lower mainland. You are expected to stay within our group at all times . Your task is to take pictures of different species in a typical Pacific West Coast Rainforest and hand this in as an assignment.Route - for the class will be as follows once we get to Patterson Station
Central Park is part of the City of Burnaby and is part of unceded of the following Coast Ssalish people:
- Coast Salish
- səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh)
- S’ólh Téméxw (Stó:lō)
- Qayqayt
- Stz'uminus
- šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmaɁɬ təməxʷ (Musqueam)
- Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group
PLANTS
trees: Which trees are oldest?
Douglas fir
Cedar
Hemlock
Understory plants: smaller trees and bushes
Red elderberry
Vine maple
Huckleberry (not many)
Salal
Lower understory:
Bracken fern
Sword fern
fern species... deer fern
Moss species (bryophytes)
Invasives:
English ivy
English Holly
Ecological interactions:
nurse log
ANIMALS
native species:
Douglas squirrel - eats douglas fir cones
barred owl - eats rodents, squirrels
little brown bat - lives in douglas fir bark
pileated wood pecker - eats insects and makes holes in trees
northern flicker - eats insects and makes holes in trees
raccoon
coyote
chickadee
robin
bushtit
Raven
Crow
Invasive species
gray squirrel
various species of urban rats
Douglas squirrel - eats douglas fir cones
barred owl - eats rodents, squirrels
little brown bat - lives in douglas fir bark
pileated wood pecker - eats insects and makes holes in trees
northern flicker - eats insects and makes holes in trees
raccoon
coyote
chickadee
robin
bushtit
Raven
Crow
Invasive species
gray squirrel
various species of urban rats
