Entering the end of October, the flower city of Wuhan is flying, stepping on the Guanlu Trail, feeling the reed flowers blooming and winning the snow, which is the most pleasant romance for Wuhan people in late autumn every year. "There's a big reed field near my house, but why haven't you seen the reeds yet?"
Wetland reed flowers. Yangtze River Network Green Lens Photography Team / Li Zigu Photo
On October 17th, the Wuhan Ecological Environment Volunteer Observation Team carried out the "Grass Viewing" activity with the theme of "Going to Shenhu Lake to Know the Plants in the Poetry Sutra" in Shenhu Wetland Park.
Shenhu International Important Wetland, located in the southwest of Caidian District, Wuhan City, with a total area of 11579.1 hectares, is the largest freshwater lake flood swamp wetland on the Jianghan Plain, with a complete ecosystem structure, unique functions and rich biodiversity, and is praised by experts as "wetland waterfowl genetic conservation bank".
Moss grass in the wetlands of Shenhu Lake. Image courtesy of Shenhu Wetland Nature Reserve Management Bureau
In October 2013, it was identified as an internationally important wetland because it met five criteria, including the total number of birds exceeding 20,000 birds, the distribution of eight birds reaching more than 1% of the global population, and supporting three critically endangered species of the IUCN red list, including the white crane, the blue-headed diving duck, and the yellow-breasted bunting
The leader of this issue: Feng Jiang
Feng Jiang
Chief Volunteer Observer of Wuhan Ecology and Environment
Engineer of shenhu wetland nature reserve management bureau
Plants in the Book of Verses
It turned out to be TA!!!
In the poem, "Crabapple is green, white dew is frost", it is written about reeds and hagi, and it turns out that the reed flowers that bloom better than snow have been beautiful for thousands of years.
It turns out that this is "Hagi"! Yangtze River Network Green Lens Photography Team / Du Honghua Photo
Shenhu wetland has been as varied as snow, but the city center of the large area of reeds and flowers has not moved, Feng Jiang explained: "There are many factors affecting the plant growth environment, temperature is a very important factor, as well as water level and other factors, will directly affect the growth of plants." The hagi of the Shenhu wetland also began to bloom at the beginning of this month. ”
This is the real reed! Yangtze River Network Green Lens Photography Team / Du Honghua Photo
"Although it is customary to think that the reed flowers may grow into conical inflorescences or umbel-shaped inflorescences, in fact, the conical inflorescence is a reed, a bit like sorghum, and the umbrella-like inflorescence is a hagi flower." Feng Jiang said. After listening to the introduction, the volunteers suddenly realized that the reeds that had been called countless times were actually ogi flowers. Feng Jiang said that this side led the volunteers along the planned observation route, recorded the plant species, plant plant number and other data, to understand the knowledge behind the plant.
The plants in the Book of Verses, in addition to reeds and hagi, can be found in shenhu, and there are many more.
The lotus part of the sinking lake has not yet withered. Yangtze River Network Green Lens Photography Team/Gao Ge Photo
"The mountain has Fusu, and the yin has lotus" said in the lotus, the lotus flowers elsewhere have long been lost, but the lotus flowers in the sinking lake are still blooming.
"Pi Fen is depressed, and his words are incomprehensible." The "Mo" in this refers to the sour mold, and the "quinoa" refers to the Ze diarrhea, and the wetlands in the Shenhu Lake are all there, "jagged lettuce, left and right flowing." "There are also lettuce in the wetlands of Shenhu Lake, but they can only be seen in the spring.
In addition to the "Book of Verses" plants
And these...
According to the new version of the List of Wild Plants under National Key Protection, there are 4 species of national level II key protected plants in the reserve, such as lotus, wild diamond, coarse-stemmed water fern and wild soybean." Feng Jiang introduced the coarse-stemmed water fern: "The thick-stemmed water fern is a floating plant with no fixed roots, so it is generally distributed on the water's edge..."
Coarse-stemmed water fern. Photo courtesy of Feng Jiang
In addition, Feng Jiang also led everyone to know the same national level II key protected plant - wild ling, "wild ling and jia ling leaves are diamond round or triangular diamond circle, but the leaves and fruits of wild ling are much smaller than the family diamond." ”
Wild Ling. Courtesy of Feng Jiang
On the side of the road, there are reddish herbaceous plants everywhere, which are recorded in Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica", "between the green leaves, the young seedlings are edible like a crab, and the length is three or four feet high", which blooms in summer and autumn every year, can be used in medicine, and has the effects of wind and heat, liver fire, and blindness.
It is born in the fields. Yangtze River Network Green Lens Photography Team / Zhao Yu photo
Feng Jiang pointed to the sausage-like plant in the distance, "That is the cattail called 'sausage herb', which is a very typical aquatic plant", and the cattail is also "full of skill", and the biggest effect is to stop the bleeding.
@Everyone! The Wuhan Ecological Environment Volunteer Observation Team has arrived
Does the dry grass viewing experience attract you?
Next, there will be mountain viewing, forest viewing, lake viewing, field viewing, qi viewing, water viewing, and soil viewing.
If you want to experience more content for yourself, scan the QR code in the picture to become a "Wuhan Ecological Environment Volunteer Observer".
Observation period: September 16, 2021 to May 25, 2022
Volunteer observer recruitment period: 19 October to 30 October 2021
Recruitment targets: Mainly residents of Wuhan who are at least 18 years old and have long-term residence, care about the ecological environment, sense of responsibility and dedication, can volunteer to use rest and spare time to carry out observation activities, experienced people are preferred.
Volunteer observers require: love the cause of environmental protection, always pay attention to the changes in the ecological environment of Wuhan, use fragmentary time, take the initiative to inspect and record environmental violations, feedback to the environmental protection department, so as to "shoot with your hands, record in detail, and report in a timely manner", actively give suggestions and suggestions to the environmental protection department, and deeply explore the typical cases of green life and environmental protection travel.
How to register:
(1) Voluntary registration through the Yangtze River Network. Applicants are required to fill in the name form (download the application form: http://news.cjn.cn/sywh/202109/t3859695.htm), and upload a photo (for making the certificate), basic information and a copy of the ecological environment observation or caprice about Wuhan.
(2) Applicants will send the completed e-form to the mailbox in the form of e-mail: [email protected]. Registration deadline: 5:00 p.m. on December 31, 2021.
(3) The official websites of the Yangtze River Network and the Wuhan Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment shall publicize the candidates for volunteer observers.
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Producer: Wuhan Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment, Yangtze River Network
Planner: Wang Pu Gao Baoyan
Text: Junko
Poster design: Xiao Tian
【Editor: Xie Yuan】