Transect forest parcel 2
Our last day in Beza, we walked a transect of the forest of Parcel 2 to take inventory, and the different states, of the trees. Parcel 2 really looks like it is from another planet. Some of the trees have long spindly limbs with spikes and leaves, while others have very thick trunks and short thin branches at the top. The forest was unlike any I’ve ever seen. The walk was fun as the terrain was leaf littered and rocky and the clouds gathering above provided shade, without which we would’ve just been completely burned by the sun after a few hours. To take inventory, we looked at the leaves, the flowers, and the fruit of the trees to determine their status and gave each category a number. The number ranged from 1-3 depending on the state of each category. Once we got back to camp, it started to rain, which was surprising and apparently also very rare here in the south during the dry season!
