Field journal · Woody plants · Readable landscapes
Come along and learn to read the landscape.
Rich in Nature is the field journal of a naturalist specializing in woody plants.
Trees, shrubs, and other woody plants are often where the questions begin. From there, the story opens outward—to habitat, climate, elevation, geology, neighboring species, and the relationships that make a place unmistakably itself.
Geography changes; the method does not.
Look closely. Follow the question. See what the landscape reveals.
The method
Observation first. Investigation next. Understanding grows from there.
Field notes begin with what catches attention, then follow the evidence outward: bark, leaves, needles, cones, fruit, architecture, habitat, elevation, neighboring species, and the larger ecological story.
From the field
Two Forests in One Afternoon
An elevational transect through Kelly Butte’s Cascade conifers, followed by a lowland White River forest and an inland Sitka spruce.
Woody Plants
Trees, shrubs, desert woody plants, and other woody forms provide the strongest thread running through Rich in Nature.
About
I’m Rich, a naturalist specializing in woody plants. I started Rich in Nature to slow down, look closely, and keep a record of what the field keeps teaching me.