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Northern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans)Observer
hailey831Description
This frog was found along the edge of a pond behind Louisa County High School. Many of these frogs were found.
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Fescues (Genus Festuca)Observer
hailey831Description
This grass was found all around Louisa County High School.
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Calcareous Rimmed Lichen (Circinaria calcarea)Observer
hailey831Description
This was found on fallen tree bark and rocks behind Louisa County High School.
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Rough Speckled Shield Lichen (Punctelia rudecta)Observer
hailey831Description
This is the start of Rough Speckled Shield Lichen. It was found growing on a fallen tree behind Louisa County High School, along with many other lichens.
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Genus CosmariumObserver
hailey831Description
This algae was found in a water sample taken from a pond behind Louisa County High School. It was found by multiple other students.
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Common Greenshield Lichen (Flavoparmelia caperata)Observer
hailey831Description
The green, flaky lichen in the picture is a Common Greenshield Lichen. It was found on a tree behind Louisa County High School growing next to an orange lichen. There were several trees with this lichen on it.
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Life (Life)Observer
hailey831Description
This was found in a water sample taken from a pond behind Louisa County High School.
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Crustaceans (Subphylum Crustacea)Observer
hailey831Description
This Pandarus bicolor was found in a water sample taken from the pond behind Louisa County High School. It is parasitic in fish.
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Chydorus sphaericusObserver
hailey831Description
This was found in a water sample taken from the pond behind Louisa County High School. There were many Chydorus sphaericus found in the water samples. Some of the Chydorus sphaericus observed were darker than the others.
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Genus SimocephalusObserver
hailey831Description
This water bug was found in a water sample taken from the pond behind Louisa County High School. There were several of these water bugs found in the water samples taken.
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Lopharia cinerascensObserver
hailey831Description
This was found on a tree growing around another lichen that I was not able to identify. It appears to be affected by the other lichen species or just began inhabiting that tree due to the small population.
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Wolf Spiders (Family Lycosidae)Observer
hailey831Description
This spider was on a fallen tree by the pond behind our school.
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American Dog Tick (Dermacentor variabilis)Observer
hailey831Description
@hannah29 and I noticed this tick on our net while we were walking through the woods behind our school. I quickly took a picture of it and then we released it back into the woods. It was difficult to remove from the net.
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Eastern Black Carpenter Ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus)Observer
hailey831Description
These two ants were interacting with each other on a leaf that was about eye level. I was walking and almost ran right into these two ants. After a few pictures, they noticed I was there and quickly began to descend the tree.
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Velvet Mites, Chiggers, and Relatives (Infraorder Trombidia)Observer
hailey831Description
There were many chiggers on a concrete platform. They were on both the concrete platform and a white pipe on the platform.
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Common Button Lichen (Buellia erubescens)Observer
hailey831Description
This lichen was found growing on a dead, fallen tree growing very close to other lichens (as seen in the picture). It was growing in small clusters. The Common Button Lichen is very common in the eastern region of the United States.
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Eastern Tailed-Blue (Cupido comyntas)Observer
hailey831Description
This butterfly was flying around a grassy field and was on a flower when I caught it.
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Woodland Strawberry (Fragaria vesca)Observer
hailey831Description
These Woodland Strawberries were found in a small group that was spread throughout a small area along the woodline. They were covered by leaves that I had to move in order to take the picture.
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Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)Observer
hailey831Description
This tree was observed in early May and had not yet fully bloomed.
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Annual Fleabane (Erigeron annuus)Observer
hailey831Description
The Annual Fleabane, or Eastern Daisy Fleabane, is a native annual flower that grows 2 to 4 feet high, has many hairs on the stem, basal and stem leaves, and many stalked flower tops. The flowers have many florets with corollas that can range from white to light pink. The Annual Fleabane pictured here had been exposed to many days of pouring rain. During which, the stem was not able to support the flower tops throughout the rain and collapsed.
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
hailey831Description
These pictures show White Clovers in early spring (May), before they bloom.
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Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)Observer
hailey831Description
It is a very common species and is not considered to be threatened. Its habitat includes grasslands, woodlands, forest margins, and field borders. It is distributed throughout the United States. It consists of leaves with three leaflets and a flowering head that comprises many flowers which are about 10-15 mm long and rose-purple in color. The Red Clover pictured was found in a small patch of other Red Clovers on the edge of the woods.
