Interspecific Interaction

This interspecific interaction is between a juniper and a forsythia.  The forsythia is surrounded by juniper, and it is clear that they are sharing the same soil.  The location of this interspecific interaction is on the west side of the Life Science Laboratories (LSL) at UMass Amherst.  Upon exiting the Integrated Science Building on the second floor, a right turn was taken, the doors to the LSL were passed, and the interspecific interaction was spotted directly in front of the single glass window that is between the LSL entrance doors and the windows looking into the laboratories. Three pictures were taken at 4 pm on a sunny day with snow covering the ground.  One picture, which included both organisms, was taken from the sidewalk, on the side farthest from the plants.   One was a top-down view of the juniper from approximately 1 foot above the plants. One was a picture of the forsythia with buds that were approximately 5 inches from the camera lens in focus, with the tan wall of the LSL in the background (no windows or juniper).