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Garden Morning Glory (Ipomoea tricolor)Observer
eheitmanDescription
This plant grows as a vine, reaching its way up anything it can get ahold of. It was beginning to put out all white flowers.
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Broadleaf Lupine (Lupinus latifolius)Observer
eheitmanDescription
This lupine can be found all over UBNA. Watch the bumblebees as the pollinate the flowers. The flowers have a unique mechanism for ensuring pollen transfer on to the bee.
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Common Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus)Observer
eheitmanDescription
Many of the Snowberry plants around UBNA are putting out small white and pink flowers.
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Yellow Iris (Iris pseudacorus)Observer
eheitmanDescription
Found growing near the ponds in wetland areas
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Twinberry Honeysuckle (Lonicera involucrata)Observer
eheitmanDescription
This twinberry was in the process of developing berries. He small yellow flower fold together to create a crescent shape that turns a deep purple color. Two berries begin to form from the two flowers. The berries were this same dark purple.
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Western Buttercup (Ranunculus occidentalis)Observer
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Western Buttercup (Ranunculus occidentalis)Observer
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Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus)Observer
eheitmanPlace
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The thimbleberries were in the late stages of bloom with fruit beginning to develop. those sweet red berries should be ready soon.
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Nootka Rose (Rosa nutkana)Observer
eheitmanDescription
The Nootka roses were in bloom with their beautiful pink flowers.
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Black Cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa)Observer
eheitmanDescription
The Black cottonwoods are sending out seed this time of year. It is clear where the name comes from, the seeds are enveloped in a fine cotton-like fibre.
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Red Osier Dogwood (Cornus sericea)Observer
eheitmanDescription
the dogwood was just beginning to put out large tufts of flowers.
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Blue-green Sharpshooter (Graphocephala atropunctata)Observer
eheitmanDate
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Long green insect. Possibly an adult froghopper. It wold jump from leaf to lead. when feeding it would insert a tube into the vasculature of the leaf and fling excess honeydew away from its body with some kind of "flicker."
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Brown Stink Bugs (Genus Euschistus)Observer
eheitmanDescription
light green underside while the top was a light brown.
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Meadow Spittlebug (Philaenus spumarius)Observer
eheitmanDescription
These guys are all over right now. Look for the clusters of spit-like fluid on the nodes of plants.
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Lady Beetles (Family Coccinellidae)Observer
eheitmanDescription
It decided to fly off before I had a chance to count its spots.
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Psilocybe stuntziiObserver
eheitmanPlace
Missing LocationDescription
Found this mushroom in some wood chips near a grove of Quaking Aspen. Bruised blue and had a light brown cap with a white bulls-eye.
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Turkey-Tail (Trametes versicolor)Observer
eheitmanDescription
This was found growing on the base of an old black cottonwood tree near the water.
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Common Ink Cap (Coprinopsis atramentaria)Observer
eheitmanDescription
The specimen I saw was dried up from the sun but still had some distinguishing features, including the ink-like spore residue.
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Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)Observer
eheitmanDescription
I saw this giant for only a few seconds as he flew overhead and then back over the lake. I lost him through the trees between me and the lake.
