Plant detectives in wetland.

Today on the 7th of april 2011 room 7 has been working with Nathan Hills and learning about the plants and which ones are weeds and if they are poisonous or not. Some of the weeds that we learnt about were woolly nightshade,deadly nightshade and pampas. Plant detectives have been out in our wetlands and identifying poisonous plants , native plants and weeds . They decide what plants might attract birds and bugs to live here in our wetland. We found that during June, July and August not much nectar or fruit was available for animals. The Puriri tree fruits and flowers during this time and so is one we hope to plant when the time is right. This may encourage birds to live in the wetland all year around instead of just visiting (see red arrow in bird food calendar below).