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Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)Observer
sherleyriosDescription
small bird; grey and brown head; spotted belly
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Wild Garlic (Allium vineale)Observer
sherleyriosDescription
a bunch of brass blades bunched up in a patch
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Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)Observer
sherleyriosDescription
pigeon; kept moving away; looked like a New York pigeon
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Click Beetles (Family Elateridae)Observer
sherleyriosDescription
dead insect, cockroach?, brown, about 1/2 inch
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Common House Spider (Parasteatoda tepidariorum)Observer
sherleyriosDescription
brown spider, small (1/4 - 1/2 inches in length)
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Erysiphe liriodendriObserver
sherleyriosDescription
mold?, decomposing a leaf, white color
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Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)Observer
sherleyriosDescription
camo colors (brown and grey shades), might be female since feather pattern isn't colorful (unless both genders put in the same amount of work to raise offspring)
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Stink Bugs (Family Pentatomidae)Observer
sherleyriosDescription
stinkbug?, about an inch in length, thin in width
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Harp Ground Beetles (Subfamily Harpalinae)Observer
sherleyriosDescription
very small (1/2 inch) smooth exterior, moderate speed, (beetle?)
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Coneheads and Meadow Katydids (Subfamily Conocephalinae)Observer
sherleyriosDescription
may be a grasshopper, long legs, very fast, 2 inches
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Spiders (Order Araneae)Observer
sherleyriosDescription
spider was huge, legs were like 1-2 inches long, looked thick and fleshy
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Soybean Looper Moth (Chrysodeixis includens)Observer
sherleyriosDescription
about 1 1/2 inches long, grey with white pattern on wings
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Common Ivy (Hedera helix)Observer
sherleyriosDescription
heart-shaped leaf, stem was short (1 inch), vein pattern was pretty unique
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Wineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius)Observer
sherleyriosDescription
vine was sticking out, leaves are heart-shaped with spiked edges, leaf was rough in texture, dicot, stem had purple thorns
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Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora)Observer
sherleyriosDescription
plant was all over the place, has several green fruits forming, leaves were rounded and had spiked edges, some parts of the stem has spikes/thorns
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Oriental Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus)Observer
sherleyriosDescription
plant looked like a vine just sticking out, about three ft of it was sticking out (couldn't find the origin), leaves are round, has spiked edges
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Docks (Genus Rumex)Observer
sherleyriosDescription
plant was about 4 ft tall, no leaves were there, had purple fruit-like things growing out of it, stem was thick sturdy and brown
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Hemp Dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum)Observer
sherleyriosDescription
plant was about 5 1/2 ft tall, leaves were round with smooth edges, dicot, had long thick green strips coming out of it, strips were fleshy (fruit?)
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Eastern Calligrapher (Toxomerus geminatus)Observer
sherleyriosDescription
about 1/4 inches in length, abdomen is stripped (black, black, black, gold, gold, gold), thorax is black, wings are as long as its body
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Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies (Family Asteraceae)Observer
sherleyriosDescription
has very small leaves, stem is very thin and twig like, about 12-13 inches tall, peddles are white with the middle (ovary?) being yellow, angiosperm
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Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora)Observer
sherleyriosDescription
leaves are round with spiked edges, symmetric, red fruits growing out in pairs on long stems, stem of plant is long, thick, & brown (stirdy)
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very small (need to zoom in on the photo towards the mid right of the picture), about 1/4 an inch in length, golden abdomen and thorax, head is a green-like color
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Oaks (Genus Quercus)Observer
sherleyriosDescription
leaves are spiked lobes, not symmetric, leaves are smooth, a bunch of this plant was all over the area
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Eastern Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)Observer
sherleyriosDescription
plant is about 7 inches tall, dicot, 3-leaf pattern, leaves are relatively large
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Brambles (Genus Rubus)Observer
sherleyriosDescription
plant has a lot of leaves, leaves are rough, round, & symmetric, stem is not visible but it's thick, plant is about 18 inches long
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
sherleyriosDescription
about 10 inches tall, leaves have wavy edges, stem is red, three leaves are red, dicot
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Grasses (Family Poaceae)Observer
sherleyriosDescription
about 2 ft tall, also has small plants that has leaves on it towards the ground, stem is long and thin, the flowering part of the plant is a little weird, not sure if it has thin purple peddles or the purple things are something else
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Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lanceolata)Observer
sherleyriosDescription
plant is about 15-18 inches tall, has a lot of leaves close to the ground, long stem with a flowering tip (brown), leaves are long and thin
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Dogbanes (Genus Apocynum)Observer
sherleyriosDescription
plant is about 10/11 inches tall, dicot, leaves are thin and not wilted, young tree?
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Eastern Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)Observer
sherleyriosDescription
plant is 7 inches long, wilted, dicot, leaves are big
