Pioneer Park, Lynnwood, Wa

Pioneer Park. Lynnwood ,WA

Top View Map of Site

This park has a small wetland trail that is about 1/4 of a mile canopied by various trees which include the Douglas-Fir (Pseudotsuga mensiesii), Western Red cedar (Thuja Plicata), Red Alder (Alnus Rubra), Douglas Maple (Acer Glabrum). There were around 4 trees that were dead, some looked like they have fallen while a few others, stump's looked at though they were hosting termites. Off to the left there was a gated wet land that looks very swampy. Ferns, mosses, and Ivy covered the ground in areas along the trail. The trail had man-made wooden stairs. The trail was covered from debris of Douglas Maple leaves and Samara fruit, and branches and Pine cones from the Douglas-Fir and Red cedar.

Groupings of prominent findings in the
majority of the quadrants

I chose cones from the Douglas Firs, they cover the floor among other debris from the trees. They are mostly scattered through out the trail. There were many other parts of organisms in my quadrants. At the start of the trail there were as many as 1-5 cones but as I went further on to the trail there began to be closer to 11-15 cones in one quadrant. The reason for this could be from the cones falling and rolling down hill, and them getting kicked around from human contact. There was a uneven terrain, the trail had a large hill on the right side of the trail. Just by focusing on one species you can gather where they may have came from and why the may have ended up where they were. On a bigger surveying map this could help to determine where species are living and where they are non-existent and definitely could be useful in determining if a species are threatened in anyway.