My journal
Our group has 37 observations in iNaturalist, and 36 of them are plants. I checked all the plants we observed, only one of them is an aquatic plant, whose name is “Hydrocotyle leucocephala”. That was the one I found in a pond. Some of the plants are shrub, but some others are tall trees. All the plants we found have one same adaptation: They can grow in temperate and subtropical climates as our hometowns are in between these two temperature belts, and these plants were found by three of us. Moreover, they are all plants capable of photosynthesis.
Among all the plants, Salix babylonica is not an aquatic plant, but It loves the moist environment along the river. The branches of a weeping willow are very soft and slender, and generally, hang downward. Salix babylonica are hardy and grow quickly, and it’s a common plant by the river in my hometown. One more peculiarity of it is resistant to toxic gases and can absorb sulfur dioxide.
