Monthly Archives: February 2018

We left USF campus before 1pm and arrived in Mt Burdell at 1:45pm. The view throughout the drive was beautiful. At Mt Burdell, which is in the Marin county, the weather was definitely colder and had stronger winds. Thus, it was really chilly during this field trip. Everyone was freezing and struggling to write our notes on plants that we were learning about. I was surprised to see such diversity of plants since I didn’t expect grasslands with some serpentine areas to have beautiful and rare plants. The hike was more of a walk so other than the cold and windy weather, everything was very good.

Blog link: Mount Burdell

My friend Jessica and I walked to the park at around 1:30 in the afternoon on Monday. It was really cold but there were still a lot of people outside and at the garden. We focused on California native plants, and when we got there we were a bit disappointed. Most of the plants were deciduous, dead and did not have flowers. Compared to temperate Asia and Africa, the California native plants were not as eye pleasing. However, we still saw some really beautiful native plants.

Link: Botanical Garden Blog

We left University of San Francisco at around 1:00 in the afternoon and arrived at Presidio heights at 1:15pm. The weather was clear but definitely more chilly since Presidio was by the coast line. I didn’t realize that there was a place in Presidio with so many plants. It was just good to see a variety of plants and actually noticed each one. The hike wasn’t that bad since the trail we went through was never that steep. Overall, it was perfect time looking and learning about plants.

Link: Presidio Blog