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Flies (Order Diptera)Observer
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After that I found what almost looked like a miniature version of a fly, but microscopic. Basically it was black had a head, thorax, two wings, and six legs. It was on a big leaf maple leaf so I was able to pick it up and look up close. It just crawled around the leaf and occasionally stopped to twiddle its front two legs together. Because it is so similar to a fly I would consider it a part of the diptera order.
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Common Earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris)Observer
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Didn't have my phone on me for this observation.
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Animals (Kingdom Animalia)Observer
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Small dark maroon colored spider with white stripes on butt
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Beetles (Order Coleoptera)Observer
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Not sure
Large, dead, black beetle
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Garden Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus)Observer
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unsure, based on shape of small leaves
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
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Small light brown, flat capped, short mushroom coming out of nurse log
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Elfin Saddles (Genus Helvella)Observer
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Fluted black elfin saddle. Class example that I personally found myself.
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Pezizas, Desert Truffles, and Allies (Family Pezizaceae)Observer
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folded and flappy fungi. No visible stem. grouped up together, lay flat on ground.
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Common Yew (Taxus baccata)Observer
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large bush with opposite branching needles. Thick dark brown
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Bigleaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum)Observer
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Dying big leaf maple tree covered in moss
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Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis)Observer
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Identifiable due to extremely sharp needles
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
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Small brown dime sized mushrooms growing on tree
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White Pines (Section Quinquefoliae)Observer
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Identifiable due to the 5 needles
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Nootka Rose (Rosa nutkana)Observer
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What I believe to be the nootka rose due to its dead berries with "crown"-looking tip
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Beaked Hazelnut (Corylus cornuta)Observer
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Beaked hazelnut without the leaves. Distinct buds.
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
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green, leafy plant with edgy little leaves
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Vanilla Tree (Azara microphylla)Observer
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Large plant with large light green serrated leaves
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Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)Observer
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Large tree with small, thick, dark green leaves. Not opposite branching. Prominent yellow buds at base of some of the leaves