Height: Approx 4 ft

Condition: Alive, plants towards back of cluster dead/dying

Fruit: None
Flowers: Yes

Fact: Flowers on plant already bloomed, most dead/dying

Question: Why do some plants grow in clusters as opposed to growing by itself?

Height: Unkown (>5'8)

Condition: Alive, leaves mostly gone

Fruit: None (sap produced)
Flower: None

Fact: Pine needles gone, some seen on ground

Question: Do pine trees go through seasonal changes?

Height: Approx 2 ft

Condition: Alive, in cluster

Fruit: None

Flower: Yes, flower mostly dead

Fact: Growing in cluster, cluster in general healthy

Question: What caused the holes in the lower leaves?

Height: On tree, fruit approx 2 ft from ground

Condition: Alive, lower plants eaten

Fruit: Yes, small apples

Flower: None

Fact: Apples over the tree, growing in pods like the one in the picture

Question: Is this fruit edible?

Height: Approx 1 ft

Condition:Alive

Fruit: None

Flower: None

Fact: One of countless seen on the ground

Question: What factors have allowed this plant variety to be so successful?

Height: Approx 1 ft

Condition: Alive

Fruit: None

Flower: Yes (bloomed)

Fact: Large pod of similar plants

Question: Have the flowers bloomed yet or are they still buds?

Height: Unknown (>5'8)

Condition: Alive

Fruit: None (sap produced)

Flower: None

Fact: This pine also had no needles

Question: Do pine trees develop needles in the winter?

Height: Approx 3 ft

Condition: Alive (bush full of these pods)

Fruit: Yes (not ripe?)

Flower: None

Fact: Bush covered in these pods, saw a few similar organisms

Question: When do the berries develop, if not already fully?

Height: >1 ft

Condition: Alive

Fruit: None

Flower: None

Fact: Numerous patches of grass similar throughout the reservation

Question: Growing from alcove between the rocks. 

Condition: Alive

Fruit: Yes, pod of berries

Flower: None

Fact: Only one pod of berries seen

Question: Why could I only find one of this plant variety?

Condition: Healthy
Type of Animal: Scavengar

Fact: Only picture taken outside both locations (taken in Linden Square). Bird is common in all of Wellesley however. 

Question: Why are these birds always found in groups?

Condition: Alive, last remaining of much larger group

Fruit: None

Flower: None

Fact: Of all cactus types in my backyard, this one has been most successful

Question: Why is this cactus still alive?

Condition: Alive

Fruit: None

Flower: None (common to produce but has not)

Fact: One of two remaining cactuses in my backyard (dead ones in foreground)

Question: Why do cactuses prefer to grow in pods?

Condition: Alive, some leaves dead or dying

Fruit: None (should have developed)

Flower: None

Fact: This plant has received no cultivation besides natural

Question: Why has no fruit developed?

Condition: Alive, some stalks dying towards back

Fruit: None (should have developed)

Flower: None

Fact: One of three tomato plants in backyard, others that receive regular watering have developed fruit. 

Question: Will this plant develop fruit late or not at all?

Condition: Alvie, all healthy

Fruit: Mint edible

Flower: None

Fact: Growing in group larger than what was planted

Question: Why are smaller plants more successful when grown in groups?

Condition: Alive

Fruit: None

Flower: Yes 

Fact: Only flower developed within group of plants

Question: Why did only one flower bloom? Sunlight conditions (in shady part of the yard)?

Condition: Alive (plants in back dying)

Fruit: None

Flower: None

Fact: Biggest leaves on any plant in my backyard.

Question: Do the leaves keep this plant alive? (in shade majority of the time, perhaps leave size helps absorb maximum amount of sun)

Condition: Alive, very healthy

Fruit: Yes, some early stages of ripeness

Flower: None

Fact: Bush covered in berries

Question: Why are the plants that develop fruit much healthier than other plants in my yard? Or is it because they are healthy that they are able to develop fruit?

Condition: Healthy, some leaves yellowed

Fruit: None

Flower: None

Fact: Not in direct sunlight, south side of house in shade

Question: Is this plant beginning to yellow in respond to seasonal changes or natural state?

Condition: Alive, flower dying

Fruit: None

Flower: Yes, dying

Fact: Two other flowers found. Very few in general in my backyard. 

Question: What conditions are ideal for flower development?

Condition: Alive, plants in general healthy

Fruit: None

Flower: Some, mostly dead

Fact: Plant not in direct line of sprinklers but growing fairly strong

Question: How long has this plant been developing unchecked?

Condition: Alive, healthy

Number of Leaves: 3

Fruit: None

Flower: None

Fact: Many patches of clovers growing like this around my yard

Question: Why are these plants able to develop so easily around my yard? This one is growing in a patch in between stone.

Condition: Alive, healthy (holes in leaves)

Number of Leaves: Approx 14

Fruit: None

Flower: None

Fact: Plant has striking resemblance to previously observed weed (see day 1)

Question: Do these plants within this patch compete for resources? All seem relatively healthy. 

Condition: Alive, healthy

Fruit: None

Flower: None

Fact: Bush has been growing here for a few years. Unknown variety, fairly common in landscaping. 

Question: How do these leaves develop? Various pods seen around the tree.

Condition: Alive, leaves browning

Fruit: Yes, early stages of unknown berry type. Most fallen off, dying before budding

Flower: None

Fact: Pods on tree. Found all over tree, most above head. 

Question: Do the pods develop higher in order to be eaten by a specific kind of animal (birds)?

Condition: Alive, leaves underdeveloped around edges

Fruit: None

Flower: None

Fact: Leaves curling inwards towards edges, possibly not receiving enough sun (south side of house). Leaves towards back light brown. 

Question: Why are certain patches browner than others? Does it depend on amount of sunlight received by a branch?

Condition: Alive, healthy budding

Fruit: Yes, green pods that turn red (judging from berries found on ground)

Flower: None

Fact: Pods found around the tree, each budding individually. Unknown fruit. 

Question: Why are the edges of leaves near pods darker and more shriveled?