Biodiversity at Home

I was able to find five different plant species near my house and yard. They all seemed to be types of weeds because they were growing in the planters where other plants were growing but were not specifically planted to grow there. I started walking around the perimeter of my house and was not able to find very many things that were not planted to be there so I took a short walk down my street and found a few planters with many of my observations. I found three in one planter but all at least 6 feet away from each other. And then one species was in the middle of my neighbors front lawn, and another one was in the crack of the sidewalk. I would say that the location of the planter was a hotspot because it had at least ten different species growing in it. There were many that were planted by my neighbors and then the three species I worked to identify. The other two species I would not say were in a hotspot because they were by themselves in regards to other species in the same area. I think that around my home we have a high diversity hotspot because there are a lot of green areas and plants that have either been planted or have grown on their own around the houses in my neighborhood.
I think that humans in my neighborhood were the initiators of the hotspot when they planted as many as they did when either moving in or deciding to change the look of their house. We have an association that also planted flowers and bushes around the slopes behind some of our backyards. Those are maintained by workers multiple times a month. The weeds that I found were small enough that someone who does not completely care about the look of their garden will leave and let grow. I think that they add to the planters as well and some have decided that it doesn’t hurt the look of their house. If they were to cut out those areas and make sure that only the species they wanted were present then I would say that they are neglecting the wild species in their area.

Posted on 23 de abril de 2020, 05:13 PM by mandygjertsen