{"id":467,"date":"2025-06-01T20:43:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T03:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/whatspastcooperpoint\/?page_id=467"},"modified":"2025-06-01T20:43:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T03:43:55","slug":"forest-ecosystems-pt-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/whatspastcooperpoint\/forest-ecosystems-pt-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Forest Ecosystems Pt. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Before:<\/b> The Olympia, Washington area is home to a wide variety of vegetation. These include the Grand Fir, Douglas maple, Western red cedar, Maidenhair Fern (or five finger fern), multiple varieties of bentgrass, morning glory, cat\u2019s ear, etc. Below are links that list more plants that are native to Washington. I also added link to Evergreen\u2019s on campus forest trails. Some invasive species non-native to Washington include blackberries and English ivy. Invasive plants like these damage the ecosystem creating dissonance in the environment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After Break: <\/b>The forest surrounding the campus has been drastically warped as a result of the catastrophe. The trees shift and breathe as if they\u2019re alive. The wood of these trees is unburnable but the sap from the trees can be used as a solvent for surface level wounds. The vines that grow on these trees sense the footsteps and warmth from animals (including humans) and will try to grab their prey. The ferns that grow on the forest floor function in a similar manner, grabbing at anything that emits warmth and will slowly breakdown the organic material of whatever they catch (think venus fly trap). Blackberries have been turned into meat berries that can be processed and turned into food. There are mushrooms that grow on the edge of the forest that have medicinal properties and could be synthesized into proper medicine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.wnps.org\/native-plant-directory<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.picturethisai.com\/region\/United-States-Washington-Olympia.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.evergreen.edu\/student-life\/exploring-area<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Before: The Olympia, Washington area is home to a wide variety of vegetation. These include the Grand Fir, Douglas maple, Western red cedar, Maidenhair Fern (or five finger fern), multiple varieties of bentgrass, morning glory, cat\u2019s ear, etc. Below are links that list more plants that are native to Washington. I also added link to … Continue reading Forest Ecosystems Pt. 1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10723,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/whatspastcooperpoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/467"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/whatspastcooperpoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/whatspastcooperpoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/whatspastcooperpoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10723"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/whatspastcooperpoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/whatspastcooperpoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":469,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/whatspastcooperpoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/467\/revisions\/469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/whatspastcooperpoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}