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Solidago sempervirens L.

Beach Goldenrod

Solidago sempervirens L.

Height: 3-6 feet tall

Width: 18-24 inches

Zones: 3-9

Sun: full sun

This particular plant grows commonly on dunes, so it enjoys the sandy soil as well as the mixed soils a bit farther inshore. These guys bloom for an extended amount of time in the summer, even as late as late September in some cases. bees love this particular plant, as seen below in this photo I took of one about 6 years ago.

Bark: (1-3) 0

Leaves: (1-4) 3 (flower)

Landscape uniqueness: (1-3) 2

Beauty score: 5 out of 10

This plant gets a 1 out of 10 for buildability, as it has no hardwood properties. It gains one single point for being part of the barrier beach system, resisting erosion via root systems.

Source:

https://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/pg_sose.pdf

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=sose

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Myrica pensylvanica

Bayberry

Botanical name: Myrica pensylvanica All Common Names: Bayberry, Northern Bayberry, Candleberry Family (English): Bayberry Family (Botanic): Myricaceae Tree or Plant Type: Shrub Foliage: Evergreen (foliage year-round) Native Locale: North America Landscape Uses: Hedge, Massing, Mixed border, Screen, Shade tree Size Range: Large shrub (more than 8 feet), Medium shrub (5-8 feet) Light Exposure: Full sun (6 hrs direct light daily), Partial sun/shade (4-6 hrs light daily) Hardiness Zones: Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5 (Chicago), Zone 6, Zone 7

BUILD/BEAUTY

The bayberry is an attractive shrub that produces these waxy small blue berries that can be cultivated for candles scented like bayberry. The fruiting bodies are great for the local ecology, many species enjoy eating them I personally would not put this plant in a landscape, it looks too similar to a rhododendron. The bark gets a 0 because it is too small, the leaves will get a 2 due to the local fruiting bodies, and the landscape uniqueness will get a 1 out of 3. This compounds for a score of 3 out of 10.

Bark: (1-3) 0

Leaves: (1-4) 2

Landscape uniqueness: (1-3) 1

Beauty score: 3 out of 10

For building materials, this shrub does not contribute in any way to a structural or useful member. This shrub gets a 0 out of 10 for build quality. The most use it has is its wax for candles.

Source: 

1. https://www.mortonarb.org/trees-plants/tree-plant-descriptions/bayberry

2. http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=e310

3. https://macphailwoods.org/nature-guides/shrubs/bayberry/

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September Sprint 1

Today we had our 1st official sprint back in college to showcase the work we've been doing on our app. 

We wanted to show that we have been working with Twitter Api and trying to manipulate the data we need to use in the app.

In July for our summer sprint, we had a login and timeline info coming in but this was using one single user account with specific api tokens, so it was only working with one fixed account. See below

We decided we wanted to show that we had our user login using OAuth.io working where any person can login to the app and have their data flow in. We have been trying to get the diamond plugin to work with this data so we can display it the way we want. 

We also wanted to show that we have managed to pinpoint bringing in media/images with our tweets...which in essence is allowing us to show the media we want to display in our app. Here we have an issue where the loop breaks when there is no image and a text tweet comes in. We have been working on If and switch statements to see if we could remedy this.

We needed a demo to show on the device today, we had all of these elements working on the IOS simulator but we had issues getting our authentication working on the device, we believe that it is due to it not registering our click. We have taken on a big project for two people with no coding background...but we are dedicated and we will conquer all our issues. We are being assigned mentors for our project and believe with their knowledge we can learn how to overcome any problems we've been having. 

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Some more photos

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