We went hiking through the Hitchiti Forest and got to take in the great nature. There are controlled burns in the forest to observe and study the ecosystem and how it works. Me and a couple of others took a crazy route to go up the river. I wish we could've taken pictures and a video but a couple of people fell into the river. There were two plants in particular that we emphasized and it was sassafras and wild ginger. The wild ginger is low growing and they prefer the shady areas under the giant oak and pines in the area.
The other plant we emphasized was sassafras. It was very interesting because it had multiple different types of leaves growing from the same stem. Sassafras can also grow to be a medium sized tree. I'm still waiting on Dr. Rood's answer on how sassafras and genetically grow 3 different leaves at once.
Dr. Rood also found this nice hole that seemed to be a rotting trunk but we could stick our arms in there and explore. I definitely didn't want to be bitten by anything so I decided not to. But here is a great picture of me hugging a tree at Hitchiti =)
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