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Salal (Gaultheria shallon)Observer
nrice1011Description
Thick leaves with veins scattered all throughout.
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Red Alder (Alnus rubra)Observer
nrice1011Description
rounded edges of leaf. Veins grow straight out towards edge of leaf. Leaf has rough texture.Bark is light grey with lighter splotches.
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Vine Maple (Acer circinatum)Observer
nrice1011Description
leaf has 6 lobes and is a medium shape. Leaf has serrated edges.
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Crows, Jays, and Magpies (Family Corvidae)Observer
nrice1011Description
The bird is dark and is very social and flies in groups. the bird has a linear body form when it flies and the wings curve up during flight. Picture retrieved from google images.
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Red Osier Dogwood (Cornus sericea)Observer
nrice1011Description
The skin underneath the bark of the tree is a bright red. The leaves of the tree have veins that run towards the tip of the leaf and run along the edges of the leaf. Picture retrieved from http://slatszwildflowerwalks2012.blogspot.com/p/may-9-2012-7-new-bloom-11-currently-in.html
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Deer Fern (Struthiopteris spicant)Observer
nrice1011Description
relatively wide "leaves" growing off of main stem of fern. The ends are rounded and a light green. Photo retrieved from http://www.pnwplants.wsu.edu/PlantDisplay.aspx?PlantID=355
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Pixie Cup and Reindeer Lichens (Genus Cladonia)Observer
nrice1011Description
the lichen is a light green and has branching at the end of the small projections.
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Trailing Blackberry (Rubus ursinus)Observer
nrice1011Description
The blackberry lined the side of a trail near the delta. The plant as young so the edges of the leaves were a light red. The berries were not ripe but instead shriveled and dried up.
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Common Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum)Observer
nrice1011Description
small leaflike projections with smaller segments growing off of it.
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Devil's Club (Oplopanax horridus)Observer
nrice1011Description
Spikes along stem and on the underside of the leaves. the leaves are large and relatively flat
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Garden Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus)Observer
nrice1011Description
The shape of the leaves looked like mittens. the plant had small white berries that when squished felt almost like styrofoam
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Bigleaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum)Observer
nrice1011Description
the tree was on the side of a trail near Nisqually River Delta. The tree was beginning to shed its leaves and towered over the vegetation surrounding it.
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Nootka Rose (Rosa nutkana)Observer
nrice1011Description
the plant was found on the side of a trail. the plant had small leaves and red berries
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Pacific Chorus Frog (Pseudacris regilla)Observer
nrice1011Description
this small tree frog was found in the prairie land near Nisqually Delta
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Toothed Jelly Fungus (Pseudohydnum gelatinosum)Observer
nrice1011Place
Missing LocationDescription
the mushroom is almost clear and has "teeth" on the underside while to top of the cap is smooth. Mushroom was found on the ground of an old growth forest in the forests near Mt. Rainier
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Shelf Fungi (Order Polyporales)Observer
nrice1011Description
the fungus was growing on the trunk of a big leaf maple. the fungus also had rings that progressively got lighter as it got farther from the center.
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Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)Observer
nrice1011Description
the small bird has a creme colored chest and grey and yellow stripes on wings. the bird also has a yellow spot on its head. It as found flying low between a cluster of trees.
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Great Horsetail (Equisetum telmateia)Observer
nrice1011Description
green stalk about 3 feet tall with small brown and green brittle projections coming out like a right around the stalk in different areas.
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Genus XylariaObserver
nrice1011Description
the mushroom has a black/very dark green, fuzzy stalk and a smooth white tip. the fungus was growing on a twig that had fallen off of a big leaf maple. it was found in a park in Seattle
