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Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)Observer
gladosDescription
Found in UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden along with three others.
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Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)Observer
gladosDescription
Don't know what type of squirrel...
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Common Lichens (Class Lecanoromycetes)Observer
gladosDescription
Very light blue; grows beside moss.
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Pacific Madrone (Arbutus menziesii)Observer
gladosDescription
At the top, the bark is gone. Nicknamed "Refrigerator Tree".
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Harvest Brodiaea (Brodiaea elegans)Observer
gladosDescription
A small, purple flower among dead grass.
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Beard Lichens (Genus Usnea)Observer
gladosDescription
Looks like a scraggly beard. Grows on mossy trees.
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Bigleaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum)Observer
gladosDescription
VERY big leaves. Tree covered in moss.
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Western Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata)Observer
gladosDescription
Small and brown, found them on a floating log.
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Dog Vomit Slime Mold (Fuligo septica)Observer
gladosDescription
A kind of doughnut shape; found on a rotting log.
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Orange Bush Monkeyflower (Diplacus aurantiacus)Observer
gladosDescription
Small petals, color of poppies.
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Wing-tapping Cicadas (Genus Platypedia)Observer
gladosDescription
The abandoned shell of a molted Cicada.
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Coast Douglas-Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii)Observer
gladosDescription
The leaves are needles.
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Common Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum)Observer
gladosDescription
Some leaves had brown spots on the ends.
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Pacific Poison Oak (Toxicodendron diversilobum)Observer
gladosDescription
Green in this time of the year. Don't touch!
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Lupines (Genus Lupinus)Observer
gladosDescription
Fuzzy bean structure of the fruit. Not sure what it is; calling it Edamame.
(Living Roof)
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California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)Observer
gladosDescription
Thin stalks costed in yellow pollen in the center of the flower.
(Living Roof)