SUMMARY

    On the random tree analysis that was performed by five falls creek. There were a large number of maple trees followed closely by hickory trees, but Osage Orange happened to be the largest in circumference.

 There are several environmental factors to observe. On May 14, 2002 it was partly cloudy, so that has different effects on our results. The light intensity was the highest of the high by the fire hydrant and lowest or the low in the woods. The air temperature with a dry bulb was highest at the ponds and lowest at the fire hydrant.  The air temperature with a wet bulb was highest at the fire hydrant. That is a good place for sunlight so the temperature is higher. The wind velocity at head height was highest at the ponds. Which makes sense because the ponds are an open area with no trees. The wind velocity at ground level was highest at the athletic fields which also makes sense because there is only grass which get cut so its not very high which allows the wind to blow through it.

Soil samples where tested from the five falls upper pool. They where tested for pH, Phosphorus, nitrogen, and potassium. The ph was 7.5; there was no nitrogen, a very high content of potassium, and high phosphorus. The soil was a clay soil which is a good type of soil that doesn’t erode as fast as some of the other types of soil. Clay soil usual has a high content of potassium just as our sample did.

  Water analysis we collected 5 samples of water from different locations. The flow of the water flowed from 5 into 2 into 3 into 1, which 4 also flowed into. The hardness seemed highest at 4, which is possible because it doesn’t flow into or with any of the other water sources that we tested.  The chloride was highest at 4 and 1, which again is possible because they flow 4 into 1.

  Aquatic habitats we observed where the pond and stream pool area. The pond had a high number of protista and Euglena. The stream had a fair number of amoeba and a few protista and pill bugs.

  In our faunistic survey of five falls creek the millipedes, springtails, roaches, tiger beetles, and the ants are considerably high compared to the other areas surveyed in the past. The flora survey is the survey where we found that the Mayapples are not growing so well in this area, but the Maple saplings, Japanese honeysuckle, ferns, squirrel corn, Trout Lilies, and the poison ivy are growing great. The fire pink is also growing in this area and at this time hasn’t been seen anywhere else on campus grounds.