Name: Papaya plant

Locality: 4th ledge from the way down the land bridge
Description:
• leaf arrangement: whorled
• leaf type: simple
• palmate venation
• leaf shape: palmately lobed
• 2ft high
• This particular plant has no flowers or fruits yet
• Occurs singly
Habitat: near the stone ledge, alone, no other plants immediately
beside it
Name: Birds of Paradise (genus Strelitzia)
Locality: center of the site, at lowest point.
Description:
• Red already wilting flowers
• Very tall around 8 or more feet
• In a large group, clumped together
• Sheathing leaves from the stem
• trunkless
• long petiole rising directly from the crown which is at
the soil surface.
Habitat: Partly shaded by trees on one side, creek water
passed through here (occurs during the rainy seasons)
Name: (species name still to be verified)
Locality: In line with steps going down stairs, occurs
on that level only
Description:
• Flower and subtending bract
• inflorescence: Catkin (flower droops over)
• Leaves full of holes from insect eating activities.
• Many insects on the plant itself
• Stem rises up then droops over
• Leaf description:
• 1ft tall, occurs in groups almost like a shrub
Habitat: Shade
Name: Salvia
Locality: 5th ledge
Description:
• leaf margin: Serrated leaves with violet centers,
Whorled arrangement
• flower inflorescence: spike tiny flowers dispersed
along stem
• leaf blade: cordate
• only in 2 small groups not seen anywhere else in
the site
Habitat: Open
Name: Moss
Location: rocks of the ledges
Description:
• Dried up, yellow to brown in color
• Surrounds most rocks
Habitat: probably damp in the rainy
season or prefers moist, shaded areas
Name: Honeysuckle
Locality: beside clump of birds of
paradise
Description:
• 4ft
• Lots of dead dry leaves
• Sheathing leaves from the stem
• Venation: pinate
Habitat: unshaded area
Name: Palm Tree
Locality: 4th ledge at the back of the site
Description:
• Most leaves grow on the sunny, lit side
• No flowers or fruits
• Tall
• Solo
Habitat: Near a crowd of other leaves
Name: makahiya (Mimosa sp. )
Locality: 3rd ledge
Description:
• small plant
• sprawling
• exhibits thigmotropism
• no flowers or fruits
Habitat: minimal shade, minimal surrounding
plants except grass
Name: Vine
Location: wrapped around a tall tree
Description:
• main vine with alternating leaves
• leaves are broad with a circular apex
• crisscrossing vines may be separate plants
of the same species
• exhibits symbiosis
• roots seen on the tree itself exposed to air
Habitat: wrapped around a tree, shady area
Name: Alternate plant
Location: occurs in groups near the boundary
of the 4th and 5th ledge
description:
• sheathing, alternating leaves
• narrow thin leaves
• tap root system
Habitat: sunny unshaded area, not
living near any trees, dry coarse soil
Name: house fly
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
Description:
• black in color
• only a few were present during the
duration of the experiment
• indicative of humans or human activity
in the vicinity
Habitat: not determined
Name: Butterfly
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies)
Description:
• low flight
• noticeably many sightings, most frequently
occurring insect which could be related to absence
of strong gusts of wind
• came in a variety of sizes and colors
Name: Fire Ants
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicdide
Genus: Solenopis
Description:
• moderate in speed
• lives in colonies
• red in color, around 1 cm in length
Habitat: found under dead leaves all over the site
Name: Dragonfly
Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods
Class Insecta - Insects
Order Odonata - Dragonflies and Damselflies
Suborder Anisoptera – Dragonflies
Description:
Red-orange body, estimated size 6-7cm
Solitary creature; found flying alone
Name: Termites
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Isoptera (Termites)
Family Rhinotermitidae (Subterranean termites)
Location: underneath dead rotting fallen tree trunks
Description:
• white small ant-like creatures
• occurs in groups
• quick to hide
Habitat: damp, moist, rotting leaves and tree trunks
Name: Grasshopper
Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods
Class Insecta - Insects
Order Orthoptera - Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids
Suborder Caelifera - Grasshoppers
Description:
• green, aound 6-7cm in length
• spiked legs
• only one sighting during duration of
experiment
Habitat: lush green areas
 Tree Approximate Tree Height (m)

Palm Tree 1 5.64

Palm Tree 2 4.93