Field journal · wet pavement

Ruderal

plants that keep the crack

A field journal for weeds that take hold in pavement, mortar, and asphalt seams.

How a fissure becomes a log

  1. 01

    Pin the crack

    Drop a site on the map: sidewalk, wall mortar, curb, brick joint, asphalt seam, or rooftop tray, with width in millimetres.

  2. 02

    Log the sprout

    Name what grew — daisy, dandelion, plantain, moss, fern, chickweed, willowherb, grass tuft — then attach a photo and a field note.

  3. 03

    Watch after rain

    Mark plants that return only after a storm. The After Rain list keeps dry days off the page so you walk when they actually show.

After rain, walk the same split

Map of pavement cracks with plant pins
Atlas of fissures — each pin is a crack you can walk again.
Grid of sprout sightings
Sprout plates — daisy, moss, and rain-locked returns in one grid.
Detail of a logged sighting
A single sighting: plant, weather, note, and the crack it came from.