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Genus OtalaObserver
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Someone else’s picture. I don’t know where in fremont. This is different than our usual snails.
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Western Subterranean Termite (Reticulitermes hesperus)Observer
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Someone on ISMC page on Facebook suggested this ID. Swarms all over the California Nursery after the first good rain.
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Bottlebrushes (Genus Melaleuca)Observer
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This has been identified as M. styphelioides and M. armillaris and neither look right. This was planted over 100 years ago by a nursery that imported and tested many new plants.
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Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus altissima)Observer
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Several very large and old specimens.
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Western Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. demissa)Observer
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Best guess. We hike here often but never saw it blooming.
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Chestnuts (Genus Castanea)Observer
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Currently dead but dead leaves still attached. Will add photo.
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Needle-leaf Junipers (Section Juniperus)Observer
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Not a juniper but I can’t figure out how to change it
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Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus altissima)Observer
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Note that the leaf structure springs from a large bract