Soil mechanics

It is a beautiful day in Utah at the Timpanogos Cave National Monument. I have packed a backpack of water, snacks, and a flashlight. After double checking to ensure I have my Cave ticket to tour the inside of the cave, I start the trail. After passing the Visitor’s Center I come to a talus slope. A talus slope is a pile of loose rocks that have collected at the bottom of a mountain, cliff, or any high point. Looking at the walls around the area I can see how erosion has weakened the walls near…

Proposal 1: Plant Diversity and Competition in Montana Sagebrush Steppe; Post Wildfire In Montana, 44,103 square kilometers are classified as big sagebrush steppe. In addition to this, 16,346 square kilometers are classified as Montane Sagebrush Steppe (fieldguide.mt.gov). These ecosystems alone take up nearly 16% of Montana’s land (15.87%). These lands are normally dominated by Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis, and other native shrubs along with diverse perennial herbaceous graminoid…

When it comes to landscaping, watering your plant life is crucial. That’s why lawn maintenance professionals often recommend installing an irrigation system for avid gardeners. In Elko, Eureka, White Pines, and Lander Counties in Nevada, local residents depend on Team Green for all their landscaping and lawn maintenance needs. As the area’s leading landscaping company, they also install and maintain irrigation systems. If you’re ready to take your yard to the next level, here are three reasons…

depend on their precipitation and adsorption with soil particles while concentration of radionuclides in soil decreases by a leaching process. Additionally,…

will receive water 5 inches in depth as well as the C. vialis. A soil measuring kit will be used to run various tests on the two different plants. A tape measure will also be used to determine the height of the surviving plant. The experimental group will receive the water with the fertilizer that includes nitrates, plotting soil and light from the sun. The control group will receive regular water, with no fertilizer, plotting soil and sunlight. The two plants will compete for the same resources…

these rocks experience weathering, they break down and gets mixed into the ground. Sometimes it gets washed away in water. With this, plants are able to absorb P from the ground. The animals eat these plants and absorb P. The phosphorus returns to the soil through the wastes we release, and when the dead decompose. These then goes back to the process of the formation of rocks. Phosphorus cycle is a slow and unique cycle (Robson, 2017). Over the years, several human activities have affected the…

Living organisms that are located in a specific area which includes plants and animals that interact with the weather, Earth, sun, soil and atmosphere is noted to be an ecosystem. Living in South Carolina there has been an estimation of 400,000 acres of coastal marshes and 100,000 of tidal swaps. The city of Beaufort where I reside has an amazing high of 336 square miles of water versus 583 square miles of land. Beaufort,S.C is surrounded by many wetlands. Upon doing some research I found that…

If you have any type of turfgrass, you need to learn about the effects frost can have on that turfgrass if you want your grass to make it through the winter. There are some preventive measures you need to take so you can keep it from becoming damaged beyond repair. How Does Frost on Turfgrass Occur? Frost appears on turfgrass when your grass gives heat off into the atmosphere and that causes a cooling effect on your turfgrass. If the turfgrass temperature is lower than the air's temperature,…

The Gopher Tortoise, also known as Gopherus Polyphemus, is a very important species in the ecological system of the state of Florida. The Gopher Tortoise plays a very big role as a native species in the south-east of the United States, from southern South Carolina to southeastern Louisiana (Auffenberg and Franz, 1982). More than 300 species benefit from the burrows the Gopher Tortoise digs, providing them with shelter. According to a study by Auffenberg and Franz (1982), Kushlan and Mazzotti…

According to the evidence on the plant’s soil preference, the X. confertifolia plants only grows in brown clay soil, while the X. Tortifolia and the X. cronquistii plants grows in gray shale soil, which is the soil found at the archeological site. In addition, the state geologist testified that the soil found on Mr. Anderson’s truck tire treads matched the brown silty clay soil found outside the shed at the Johnson Mine site. Also, Sheriff Gates testified that…