Hitchiti Forest Lab Report

This past week we went to the Hitchiti Experimental Forest located near Jarrell Plantation. We had a long hike ahead of us, but it was a lot of fun! During the hike we identified trees, plants, and even rocks. The most interesting leaves we found we of the Sassafrass tree. These leaves were shaped of a glove, a hand, and a regular looking leaf. Another interesting plant we discovered was Wild Ginger. This plant was interesting because  of the wild ginger smell whenever you cut the leaf open. We also saw some different kinds of moss growing big limestone rocks near the river. Some of these mosses were sponge-like and a light green color. We also enjoyed walking on the rocks through the creek and by the Ocmulgee River!