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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
eaneffDescription
-white, blotchy fungus
-on a rotting branch
-thin, hard feel
-includes raised bumps
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Rock Crane's-Bill (Geranium macrorrhizum)Observer
eaneffDescription
-palmately leaves
-no visible fruit
-thin, delicate stems
-five sections to each leaf
-each section has five to seven leaflets
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Genus MetellinaObserver
eaneffDescription
-mostly brown body
-white spots on back half of body
-fast
-found under tree bark
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Amaurobius Fenestralis Group (Complex Amaurobius fenestralis)Observer
eaneffDescription
-brown and black striping along entire body
-eight legs
-found next to egg sacs: mother?
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Bristly Oxtongue (Helminthotheca echioides)Observer
eaneffDescription
-large bunch of leaves
-raised spots on the leaves
-pinnate venation
-light green in color
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Broad-leaved Dock (Rumex obtusifolius)Observer
eaneffDescription
-large, oval-shaped leaves growing in a group
-pinnate and parallel venation
-dark red blotches covering the leaves
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Thin-walled Maze Polypore (Daedaleopsis confragosa)Observer
eaneffDescription
-a shelf fungus
-wavy appearance on top
-top is orangish-brown and white
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
eaneffDescription
-top a ball with spores inside
-looks as if something has taken a bite out of it
-stem two to three inches high
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
eaneffDescription
-top an orangish-brown
-slightly wavy gills on bottom
-top about two to three inches in diameter
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Milkcaps, Brittlegills and Allies (Family Russulaceae)Observer
eaneffDescription
-top a brownish-orange
-stem about an inch in length
-straight gills on bottom
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Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)Observer
eaneffDescription
-bright red fruit in single berry form
-appears to be a shrub turned tree
-leaves curve in a U-shape
-ragged edges on leaves
-leaf arrangement is alternate
-pinnate venation
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Monkey-Puzzle (Araucaria araucana)Observer
eaneffDescription
-trunk covered in scale-like bark
-modified leaves come to a sharp point
-no visible fruit
-branches covered in modified leaves
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European Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)Observer
eaneffDescription
-larger middle brack, with smaller brack on either side
-nut-like seed
-bracks and seeds grow in clusters
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Maples (Genus Acer)Observer
eaneffDescription
-genus of maple
-bottom of leaf fuzzy
-leaf edges wavy
-paired, winged seeds
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European Common Frog (Rana temporaria)Observer
eaneffDescription
-yellow spotted underbelly
-exterior mostly brown
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Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)Observer
eaneffDescription
-grey fur, brown fur on the head
-seen burying nuts
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Evening Primrose Family (Family Onagraceae)Observer
eaneffDescription
-about three to four feet tall
-smooth, thinly pointed, curved leaves
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European Larch (Larix decidua)Observer
eaneffDescription
-alternating needles
-willow-like branches
-deciduous
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Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria)Observer
eaneffDescription
-top: bright red with white bumps
-short, white stem
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Smooth Newt (Lissotriton vulgaris)Observer
eaneffDescription
-not fully grown
-dark green in color
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Milky Backswimmers (Genus Notonecta)Observer
eaneffDescription
-three pairs of legs
-swim upside down
-longer back legs used for propulsion through water
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
eaneffDescription
-three to five inches in diameter
-white (these are just rotting)
-grouped
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Woodland Tobacco (Nicotiana sylvestris)Observer
eaneffDescription
-long (1-2 in.), white grouped flowers
-large leaves around the base
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Butterfly Bush (Buddleja davidii)Observer
eaneffDescription
-tiny, white flower petals
-long, narrow branches
-leaves curved at the ends
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European Black Elderberry (Sambucus nigra)Observer
eaneffDescription
-bunches of black and green fruit
-leaves curved towards the middle, thin, and glossy
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Common Yew (Taxus baccata)Observer
eaneffDescription
-conifer and evergreen
-soft needles
-red, fleshy, and poisonous cones
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European Beech (Fagus sylvatica)Observer
eaneffDescription
-grey, smooth trunk with some warts
-glossy leaf, waved edge
-long, spearlike buds