Forest Canopy

Yellow Wildflower

Lotus corniculatus L.

Walking along a trail I found these small flowers growing in the grass. This blow up I accomplished with an extension tube. 48mm f/7.1 1/640 sec. ISO 200 -0.7  step

Grass Seeds

Eastern Meadow Lark

Saw this bird while hiking behind a ball field.

Mocking Bird

I saw this bird as I was checking the Missouri river for flood height.

Remeasure Eastern Cotton Wood Tree

June 1st 2015

Circumference 9' 8 7/8"

Height 108'

Canopy 61' and 73'

Total points 241

The decrease in height is due to the problem of looking through other branches that are not part of the tree I was measuring. The circumference increased 7/8"

June 14th 2014

Circumference 9' 8"

Height 115.8 '

Canopy 67' and 71'

Total Points 249

June 14, 2014 photo

Wandering Black Locust

When I took the first photo I thought the stem crossing the trail was a vine. But when I arrived closer I noticed that this was not a vine but a Black Locust tree that was searching for light.

There were stems growing vertically off of the horizontal stem.

Quality of Light

There is something about a forest that is clear below. One of the things this means is light is not getting through the upper canopy to allow for tall shrubs and trees to grow below. This would signafy that all the light is being captured. But that is not ture because if it was ture I would not be able to see into these woods. This then brings up the question of the quality of light. Can light be used up and the residual light we see not be useful for much plant growth?

This brings to mind the Scripture Jesus talks of light being dark. 

Matthew 6:23 ""But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!"

Let the light of Jesus shine within you.