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Knapweeds (Genus Centaurea)Observer
mariannaDescription
Along bank of Nisqually river
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Old Man's Beard (Clematis vitalba)Observer
mariannaDescription
Climbing in maples and blackberries. Not far approx. 50 feet from Puyallup river.
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Scouler's Willow (Salix scouleriana)Observer
mariannaDescription
Weather; overcast, early mists, low to mid ~60's. Observation ~12:15. Streamside N of parking lunch area.
Leaves alternate, deciduous, oval, pointed at tips, 4-8cm long, 2-4cm wide, margins with few rounded teeth near the tips, stalks 3-10mm long, densely hairy (white soft velvety) below, dark green smooth above. Stems of new growth velvety soft hairy.
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Brittlegills (Genus Russula)Observer
mariannaDescription
Weather; overcast with early mists, low to mid ~60's. Observation time ~13:20. Coastal Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) dominant forest.
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Genus HydnellumObserver
mariannaDescription
Weather; overcast with early mists, low to mid ~60's. Observation time ~13:20. Coastal Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) dominant forest.
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Pacific Banana Slug (Ariolimax columbianus)Observer
mariannaDescription
Weather; overcast with early mists, low to mid ~60's. Observation time ~13:20. Coastal Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) dominant forest.
Yellow slug, the tentacles were retracted from recent movement over / past the slugs body.
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Rushes and Allies (Family Juncaceae)Observer
mariannaDescription
Weather: overcast, early mist, low to mid 60's. Observation time 10:45 to 13:45.
Coastal sand dune recreational access trails beach side.
Densely tufted perennial rush. Inflorescence: In clusters, dense with many flowers, some nearly stalkless on erect puffy, flattened, stiff stem. Flowers chestnut brown with white centers. Stem leaves with blunt thickened brownish tips.
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Brass Buttons (Cotula coronopifolia)Observer
mariannaDescription
Weather: overcast, early mist, low to mid 60's. Observation time 10:45 to 13:45.
Coastal sand dune recreational access trails.
Perennial herb, somewhat succulent. stems leafy, often trailing and rooting at the nodes.
Flowers heads of yellow disks; involucral bracts in 2 series, hairless, yellowish with clear margins, solitary at ends of branches. Leaves alternate, stalkless, with sheathing bases narrowly oblong, entire
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Shore Pine (Pinus contorta var. contorta)Observer
mariannaDescription
Weather: overcast, early mist, low to mid 60's. Observation time 10:45 to 13:45.
Coastal sand dune recreational access trails.
Short to 20m tall. Needles in pairs, 2-7cm long, deep green.
Pollen cones small, reddish in clusters on tips of branches, egg shaped seed cones, scales stiff and brown with sharp prickles at tip.
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Pacific Silverweed (Argentina pacifica)Observer
mariannaDescription
Weather: overcast, early mist, low to mid 60's. Observation time 10:45 to 13:45.
Coastal sand dune recreational access trails.
Perennial herd. Flowers, yellow petals oval, single on leafless stalks. Basal leaves, compound, pinnate, with a mix of large and small leaflets wooly beneath.
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Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)Observer
mariannaDescription
Weather: overcast, early mist, low to mid 60's. Observation time 10:45 to 13:45.
Coastal sand dune recreational access trails.
Perennial herb. White to cream ray flowers, numerous in short slightly round topped clusters. Leaves fern-like, alternate, pinnately dissected, stalked below and stalkless above.
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Bird's-foot Trefoils and Deervetches (Genus Lotus)Observer
mariannaDescription
Weather: overcast, early mist, low to mid 60's. Observation time 10:45 to 13:45.
Coastal sand dune recreational access trails.
Introduced perennial herb, flowers yellow with red tinges and streaks, pea-like, in terminal clusters. Leaves compound, stalkless, leaflets opposite, lower surface paler than above leaf surface.
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Yellow Glandweed (Bellardia viscosa)Observer
mariannaDescription
Weather: overcast, early mist, low to mid 60's. Observation time 10:45 to 13:45.
Coastal sand dune recreational access trails.
Annual herb, stems leafy, erect, unbranched, coarsely hairy. Yellow flowers 2-lipped, upper lip hooded, lower lip 3 lobed, flowers in axils of leafy-bracted, spike like raceme. Leaves opposite, stalkless, lance-shaped, coarsely toothed, distinctly veined.
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Springbank Clover (Trifolium wormskioldii)Observer
mariannaDescription
Weather: overcast, early mist, low to mid 60's. Observation time 10:45 to 13:45.
Coastal sand dune recreational access trails.
A perennial herb. Flowers pea-like, red to purple with white tips, in dense heads of many flowers. Leaves compound trifoliate, ~3cm long.
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Seashore Lupine (Lupinus littoralis)Observer
mariannaDescription
Weather: overcast, early mist, low to mid 60's. Observation time 10:45 to 13:45.
Coastal sand dune recreational access trails.
Seashore lupine: Perennial herb, hairy. Flowers pea-like, banner pale blue-purple to white, wings purple, in loose, many flowered clusters. Leaves palmately compound, 6-8 leaflets.
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Dune Tansy (Tanacetum bipinnatum)Observer
mariannaDescription
Weather: overcast, early mist, low to mid 60's. Observation time 10:45 to 13:45.
Coastal sand dune recreational access trails.
Dune tansy: aromatic perennial, 20-60cm tall. Yellow ray flowers button-like, several heads in compact cluster. Leaves basal, 2-3 times intricately divided.
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Rock Mosses (Family Grimmiaceae)Observer
mariannaDescription
Sunny, clear and warm low to mid 70's with slight breeze, observations made late morning to early afternoon 10:00-13:00.
Mima Mounds prairie grasslands; All observations posted for this day were within a 2m2 area on the SE side of one of the mounds ~30m west of the path (exception 1-the butterfly, 2-Brodiaea coronaria was on the path edge).
Additional species associations:
Hypericum formosum, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Achillea millefolluim, sedges & grasses.
Wooly mat that appears yellowish-green to whitish green. 1-2cm tall
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Forkmosses (Genus Dicranum)Observer
mariannaDescription
Sunny, clear and warm low to mid 70's with slight breeze, observations made late morning to early afternoon 10:00-13:00.
Mima Mounds prairie grasslands; All observations posted for this day were within a 2m2 area on the SE side of one of the mounds ~30m west of the path (exception 1-the butterfly, 2-Brodiaea coronaria was on the path edge).
Additional species associations:
Hypericum formosum, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Achillea millefolluim, sedges & grasses.
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Crown Brodiaea (Brodiaea coronaria)Observer
mariannaDescription
Sunny, clear and warm low to mid 70's with slight breeze, observations made late morning to early afternoon 10:00-13:00.
Mima Mounds prairie grasslands; All observations posted for this day were within a 2m2 area on the SE side of one of the mounds ~30m west of the path (exception 1-the butterfly, 2-Brodiaea coronaria was on the path edge).
Additional species associations:
Hypericum formosum, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Achillea millefolluim, sedges & grasses.
Flowers dark violet-purple petals with streak of dark purple, vase shaped, unequally stalked in loose umbels. Leaves basal, grass-like, (dried out hard to find).
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Reindeer Lichen (Cladonia portentosa)Observer
mariannaDescription
Sunny, clear and warm low to mid 70's with slight breeze, observations made late morning to early afternoon 10:00-13:00.
Mima Mounds prairie grasslands; All observations posted for this day were within a 2m2 area on the SE side of one of the mounds ~30m west of the path (exception 1-the butterfly, 2-Brodiaea coronaria was on the path edge).
Additional species associations:
Hypericum formosum, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Achillea millefolluim, sedges & grasses.
Cladina is a subgenera of Cladonia.
Large upright-shrubby fruticose lichen, 4-7cm tall, pale bueish-grey (dry), intricately branching from a main stem. Branches hollow mostly in 3's
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Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)Observer
mariannaDescription
Sunny, clear and warm low to mid 70's with slight breeze, observations made late morning to early afternoon 10:00-13:00.
Mima Mounds prairie grasslands; All observations posted for this day were within a 2m2 area on the SE side of one of the mounds ~30m west of the path (exception 1-the butterfly, 2-Brodiaea coronaria was on the path edge).
Additional species associations:
Hypericum formosum, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Achillea millefolluim, sedges & grasses.
Ray flowers white with bright yellow disks; solitary at ends of stems.
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Harebell Complex (Complex Campanula rotundifolia)Observer
mariannaDescription
Sunny, clear and warm low to mid 70's with slight breeze, observations made late morning to early afternoon 10:00-13:00.
Mima Mounds prairie grasslands; All observations posted for this day were within a 2m2 area on the SE side of one of the mounds ~30m west of the path (exception 1-the butterfly, 2-Brodiaea coronaria was on the path edge).
Additional species associations:
Hypericum formosum, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Achillea millefolluim, sedges & grasses.
Flowers lavendar-blue, bell shaped, nodding, single & in clusters of 2-3 on thin stalks 10-20cm tall.
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Common Cat's-Ear (Hypochaeris radicata)Observer
mariannaDescription
Sunny, clear and warm low to mid 70's with slight breeze, observations made late morning to early afternoon 10:00-13:00.
Mima Mounds prairie grasslands; All observations posted for this day were within a 2m2 area on the SE side of one of the mounds ~30m west of the path (exception 1-the butterfly, 2-Brodiaea coronaria was on the path edge).
Additional species associations:
Hypericum formosum, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Achillea millefolluim, sedges & grasses.
Yellow aster ray-flower, with several flower heads at the ends of branches. Leaves all basal, oblong-lance-shaped, wavy-toothed, spreading and hairy. Several stems, simple, with scale-like bracts,15-30cm tall
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Western Sheep Moth (Hemileuca eglanterina)Observer
mariannaDescription
Sunny, clear and warm low to mid 70's with slight breeze, observations made late morning to early afternoon 10:00-13:00.
Mima Mounds prairie grasslands; All observations posted for this day were within a 2m2 area on the SE side of one of the mounds ~30m west of the path (exception 1-the butterfly, 2-Brodiaea coronaria was on the path edge).
Additional species associations:
Hypericum formosum, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Achillea millefolluim, sedges & grasses.
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Hookedspur Violet (Viola adunca)Observer
mariannaDescription
Sunny, clear and warm low to mid 70's with slight breeze, observations made late morning to early afternoon 10:00-13:00.
Mima Mounds prairie grasslands; All observations posted for this day were within a 2m2 area on the SE side of one of the mounds ~30m west of the path (exception 1-the butterfly, 2-Brodiaea coronaria was on the path edge).
Additional species associations:
Hypericum formosum, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Achillea millefolluim, sedges & grasses.
Small deep violet-blue flower, petals purple penciled with white center. Leaves oval to heart shaped, margins finely round-toothed, veining reddish-brown.
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Columbia Lily (Lilium columbianum)Observer
mariannaDescription
Afternoon observation, sunny and warm mid to high 80's.
Habitat: within 30 ft of roadside outside/across ditch area
Full sun, meadow
Flowers bright orange with deep red spots near center, large and showy, nodding, tepals curved backward.
Leaves narrowly lance shaped, arranged in whorls of 6-9 on stem.
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Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)Observer
mariannaDescription
Afternoon observation, sunny and warm mid to high 80's.
Habitat: within 30 ft of roadside outside/across ditch area
Full sun meadow
Ray flowers white, numerous in a short flat and round-topped clusters.
Leaves fern like, alternate, pinnately dissected, the divisions again dissected.
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Ocean Spray (Holodiscus discolor)Observer
mariannaDescription
Afternoon observation, sunny and warm mid to high 80's.
Habitat: within 30 ft of roadside outside/across ditch area
Shrub ~4m tall with arching stems
Flowers white to cream, small in dense terminal pyramidal clusters
Leaves alternate, dull green, broadly egg shaped, lobed.
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Trailing Blackberry (Rubus ursinus)Observer
mariannaDescription
Afternoon observation, sunny and warm mid to high 80's.
Habitat: within 30 ft of roadside outside/across ditch area
Dappled sun/shade, growing through the base branches of Indian plum (Oemleria cerasiformis)
Trailing vine with many curved prickles
Leaves alternate with 3 leaflets the terminal leaflet 3-lobed.
Fruits red to black berries