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American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus)Observer
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Not sure what this was. Found in the Randolph floodplain park, by the river.
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Pezizas, Desert Truffles, and Allies (Family Pezizaceae)Observer
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Not sure about this ID
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Genus DacrymycesObserver
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Not sure about this ID. Did not ID substrate.
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Downy Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera pubescens)Observer
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Kent’s ledge, midway
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Carolina Springbeauty (Claytonia caroliniana)Observer
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Kent’s ledge
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Painted Trillium (Trillium undulatum)Observer
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Kent’s ledge
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Yellow Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum)Observer
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Kent’s ledge
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Twinberry Honeysuckle (Lonicera involucrata)Observer
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Black Twinberry, or Bearberry Honeysuckle.
Date: 20 July 2013
Time: 11:06
Directions: From Olympia, get on 101 N - SR 8 - 12W/Olympia highway - Follow signs through Aberdeen for Ocean Shores - Get on 109 - Turns into 115 keep drivin straight and it'll be obvious.
Weather - A little overcast and chilly, for a summer day.
Habitat - along a creek bank, in a shore pine forest next to the beach.
Comments: Vibrant shrub. Most of the species around here were unfamiliar to me.
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Pixie Cup and Reindeer Lichens (Genus Cladonia)Observer
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Reindeer lichen
Date: 13 July 2013
Time: 11:30
Directions: Follow Delphi Road S from TESC. Take a right at Waddell Creek RD. Follow this until you hit capitol forest, take a left at the "Y". Follow this road for a bit and Mima Mounds will be on the right.
Weather: Sunny and warm
Habitat - formed patches of carpet intermittently throughout prairie.
Species seen - see other entries for this date. Holcus lanatus, Anthoxanthum odoratum, Cystisus scoparius... etc
Comments: All crunchy like dry snow. Apparently many different varieties reside here. Apparently the reindeer lichens prefer carefully spot - burned areas. http://www.pnwfungi.org/pdf_files/manuscripts_volume_7/naf20123.pdf
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Nootka Rose (Rosa nutkana)Observer
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Rosa nootkana? Had some weird growths on it. Spiky.. Maybe some sort of blight? any ideas? Plant didn't look very healthy.
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Oregon Oak (Quercus garryana)Observer
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Also known as Oregon White Oak
Date: 13 July 2013
Time: 11:54
Directions: Follow Delphi Road S from TESC. Take a right at Waddell Creek RD. Follow this until you hit capitol forest, take a left at the "Y". Follow this road for a bit and Mima Mounds will be on the right.
Weather: Warm and sunny
Habitat: Interspersed throughout the prairie, Primarily on top of the mounds. These were planted, as part of the prairie restoration effort.
Species seen: - see other entries from this date.
Comments: Interesting to see Oak in its "natural" environment. Looked like some insect was munching the leaves. These also looked water stressed.
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Common Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum)Observer
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Bracken Fern
Date: 13 July 2013
Time: 11:57
Directions: Follow Delphi Road S from TESC. Take a right at Waddell Creek RD. Follow this until you hit capitol forest, take a left at the "Y". Follow this road for a bit and Mima Mounds will be on the right.
Weather: Warm and sunny
Habitat: concentrated on mounds, because of deeper, richer soil there. Less so in the inter - mound areas.
Species seen: grasses, daisies? yarrow, some yellow aster looking flowers... Garry Oaks,
Comments: These didn't look very healthy. Water stress? Malnutrition?
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Trailing Blackberry (Rubus ursinus)Observer
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spreading along the ground. Little thorns. Any ideas?
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Lipstick Powderhorn (Cladonia macilenta)Observer
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Lipstick Cladonia
Date: 13 July 2013
Time: 12:14
Directions: Follow Delphi Road S from TESC. Take a right at Waddell Creek RD. Follow this until you hit capitol forest, take a left at the "Y". Follow this road for a bit and Mima Mounds will be on the right.
Weather: Warm and sunny
Habitat: On an old stump. Can't remember what it was. I think it was an old Tsudotsuga menziesii
Comments: Reminds me of those methane metabolizing worms at the bottom of the ocean.
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Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)Observer
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Yarrow
Date: 13 July 2013
Time: 11:40
Directions: Follow Delphi Road S from TESC. Take a right at Waddell Creek RD. Follow this until you hit capitol forest, take a left at the "Y". Follow this road for a bit and Mima Mounds will be on the right.
Weather: Warm and sunny
Habitat: Scattered
Species seen: see other entries for this date.
Comments: There seem to be many different varieties of Yarrow. This was in bloom at the same time that kinnikinnick was fruiting.
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Harebell Complex (Complex Campanula rotundifolia)Observer
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Bluebells of Scotland, or Common Harebell
Date: 13 July 2013
Time: 11:37
Route: Follow Delphi Road S from TESC. Take a right at Waddell Creek RD. Follow this until you hit capitol forest, take a left at the "Y". Follow this road for a bit and Mima Mounds will be on the right.
Weather: Warm and sunny
Habitat: scattered around in the prairie
Comments: Why is purple so hard to photograph?
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Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)Observer
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Kinnikinnick [NOTE: this is not Pinemat Manzanita (Arctostaphylos nevadensis) as iNaturalist wants to label it].
Date: 13 July 2013
Time: 11:39
Route: Follow Delphi Road S from TESC. Take a right at Waddell Creek RD. Follow this until you hit capitol forest, take a left at the "Y". Follow this road for a bit and Mima Mounds will be on the right.
Weather: Warm and sunny
Habitat: Groundcover, in prairie soil.
Species seen: Pteridium aquilinum, Achillea millefolium, Oregon White Oak, Cladonia spp., Poa pratensis?
Comments: Very large berries, compared to overall plant. I wonder about the mental/physical effects of smoking it.
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Pin-cushion Sunburst Lichen (Polycauliona polycarpa)Observer
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Orange Pincushion Lichen
Date: 13 July 2013
Time: 12:00
Directions: Follow Delphi Road S from TESC. Take a right at Waddell Creek RD. Follow this until you hit capitol forest, take a left at the "Y". Follow this road for a bit and Mima Mounds will be on the right.
Weather: Warm and sunny
Habitat: On the bark of some sort of shrubby tree?? Anyone have any ideas?
Species seen: Pteridium aquilinum, some sort of oak, yarrow, prairie stuff...
Comments: What a showy lichen, very cool. I wonder if the cup shaped growth form is to collect and conserve water.
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Red Alder (Alnus rubra)Observer
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Red Alder
Date: 6 July 2013
Time: Morning
Route: Down Delphi rd 5 miles coming from TESC. mclane nature trail is on the right
Weather: Mild partly cloudy
Habitat: Everywhere
Comments: There were some glorious Red Alders here. Sometimes mixed with large Western Red Cedars too. Often covered in moss/lichen. So nice. Maybe yellow moss? Didn't get a positive ID.
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Red-berried Elder (Sambucus racemosa)Observer
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Sambucus racemosa ssp. pubens var. arborescens?
Red Elderberry
Date: 6 July 2013
Time: 11:29
Route: South down Delphi Rd coming from tesc 5 miles, on the right.
Weather: mild, partly cloudy
Habitat: interspersed, in moist soils... low elevation..
Comments: fruiting, I want to try them. Apparently you must cook them, and most parts of the plant, including the seeds, are poisonous.
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Pacific Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum tenuipes)Observer
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Pacific Waterleaf
Date: 6 July 2013
Time: 9:48
Directions: South down Delphi Rd coming from TESC, about 5 miles down McLane Creek Preserve is on your right.
Weather: Mild, partly cloudy
Habitat: Moist soil, understory plant.
Species seen: false solomon's seal, false lilly of the valley, scouler's corydalis, Thimbleberry, red huckleberry etc..
Comments: Apparently the roots are edible...
