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Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)Observer
reginorodriguezDescription
This "nest/ egg sack" was hidden in between the leaves of a Bay Loral. I am not sure at all what insect created this "nest" but it had some crawling in and out of it. It had a yellowish white tint to it and was in the Savannah/ oak woodlands. It was about 2 inches wide.
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Common Madia (Madia elegans)Observer
reginorodriguezDescription
It seemed to be sprouting and blooming. The leaves were covered in a very sticky residue and had an odor on the skin once touched. It had a dark mint color and the leaves grew out of the center. They were about a a .5-2 feet long and were all different. The plant was surrounded by dry grasslands and a creek near by.
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Hedgenettles (Genus Stachys)Observer
reginorodriguezDescription
This plant was apart of the mint family, it had a strong mint odor to the touch on the leaves as well as the stem. It was about 7 inches tall. It was located in a shady region in a redwood forest.
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Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus)Observer
reginorodriguezDescription
Deer scat located in the redwood Forrest on a slope with shade.
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California Bay (Umbellularia californica)Observer
reginorodriguezDescription
This baby bay had many holes in the leaves and it seemed to have been receiving direct sunlight. The baby bay tree was located around redwoods on the slope of a mountain.
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Mosses (Phylum Bryophyta)Observer
reginorodriguezDescription
This green patch of moss was growing on a tree that seemed to have been cut. It was located in the redwood Forrest.
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Baldhip Rose (Rosa gymnocarpa)Observer
reginorodriguezDescription
This baby rose bush had non stop thorns on the stem. The roses seemed to be out of season so none of them were growing. This rose bush was located in a shady redwood area.
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
reginorodriguezDescription
This "mold" had a very light yellow white color, it was extremely easy to scrape off of the tree, it was located under the bark of a redwood tree and was surrounded by the feces of a termite.
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Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia)Observer
reginorodriguezDescription
This plant was about a foot tall, it had about 8 leaves and they were not opposite from each other, it also had a circle stem.
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Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)Observer
reginorodriguezDescription
This baby redwood tree was growing on a slope hill in the shade surrounded by other redwoods and duff. The tree was about 3 inches wide.
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Turkey-Tail (Trametes versicolor)Observer
reginorodriguezDescription
The turkey tail was growing on the side of a fallen redwood tree. It was located in a shady redwood area. It had many warm color stripes and many layers.
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Genus CoelocnemisObserver
reginorodriguezDescription
This beetle was located under a log in a redwood tree area, very shady. The beetle had golden feet detailing and it also seemed to release some sort of odor on one of my fellow companions.
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Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium)Observer
reginorodriguezDescription
It seemed to be dried out and it was growing in a dry creek bed around the mosses of boulders. It had a very light lavender purple color and it had a furry texture.
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California Skullcap (Scutellaria californica)Observer
reginorodriguezDescription
This plant was growing in the ruins of a dried creek. It was located in the shade and was probably receiving moisture from the dirt under the dirt and rocks. It had little flowers growing at the beginning of the leaves, it also had a square stem and opposite leaves.
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Oregon Ash (Fraxinus latifolia)Observer
reginorodriguezDescription
The color of the leaves on this tree were a key lime green with yellow mixes. The seeds resembled that of pumpkin seeds as they were all together.
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Spanish Clover (Acmispon americanus var. americanus)Observer
reginorodriguezDescription
The flowers have one petal and resemble a orchid. The plant was growing on the side of a creek and was receiving moisture as it had drops of water saved on many of the leaves.
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Hedge Parslies (Genus Torilis)Observer
reginorodriguezDescription
This plant was about 3-4 feet tall, it was very dry and had a brown caramel color. It comes in bunches at the end of the branches, found and located in dry grassland.
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Cobalt Milkweed Beetle (Chrysochus cobaltinus)Observer
reginorodriguezDescription
A group of these beetles were located on the edge of a pond in rush and they are very still insects until they are disturbed. They crawl for a while and then rest in an area. I am not sure how to determine sex but some were a metallic blue and others were a metallic blue/purple.
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Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia)Observer
reginorodriguezDescription
It was very still in its web, seemed to have one vertical zig-zag patterned web. It was located in a rush right next to a pond in grassland.
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Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)Observer
reginorodriguezDescription
A baby fence lizard which was hanging out under a boulder. It was located close to a pond and grassland.
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Curled Dock (Rumex crispus)Observer
reginorodriguezDescription
A burgundy/ dark plant which was located about 40 feet away from a pond, surrounding area was grassland. It had about 10 branches sticking out of it. The branches contained cluster looking ends.
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California Bay (Umbellularia californica)Observer
reginorodriguezDescription
Aphids were on the undersides of the leaves. A black substance was on top of the leaf and a "fungus?" was growing on the excrement.
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Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)Observer
reginorodriguezDescription
A lizard hiding under a rock, it was located on a hill side that receives a lot of sunlight.
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North American Spur-throated Grasshoppers (Genus Melanoplus)Observer
reginorodriguezDescription
It was a pink/ tan grasshopper in a mixture of mixed grasses (harding grass and oats).
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Kellogg's Yampah (Perideridia kelloggii)Observer
reginorodriguezDescription
It was a single plant on a hill side on dry, grassy slope that had sunlight available. NOTE: There are two insects on the umbel.
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Turkey Mullein (Croton setiger)Observer
reginorodriguezDescription
It was surrounded by many other species of its kind, on dirt road. I noticed that there was many ant colonies surrounding the plant.
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Harvestmen (Order Opiliones)Observer
reginorodriguezDescription
It was a spider hanging under a fig tree leaf in a web. The fig tree was surrounded by harding grass, Appeared to be dead.
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Banded Garden Spider (Argiope trifasciata)Observer
reginorodriguezDescription
Spider found in mixed grasses (harding grass and oats). It had a pearl body with 3 stripes on its back I believe.
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Golden Buprestid Beetle (Buprestis aurulenta)Observer
reginorodriguezDescription
The beetle had a metallic red stomach bottom with a green iridescent split back, it was also a dead insect.
