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Sharp-leaved Fluellen (Kickxia elatine)Observer
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Boardering a wetland by the Chehalis river. It has pubescence on its stems and leaves, it appears to act as a ground cover.
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Pondweeds (Genus Potamogeton)Observer
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Submerged aquatic grass, slow moving/primarily still water
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Coast Douglas-Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii)Observer
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Over story height class plot 1 forest type 1
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Western Sword Fern (Polystichum munitum)Observer
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Plot 1 forest type 4 (upper right corner)
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
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Growing off of dead hardwood
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
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Growing off of downed alder
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Moss Bells (Genus Galerina)Observer
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Growing out of moss on dead standing alder
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
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Growing under a Douglas fir and western red cedar
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Rough-skinned Newt (Taricha granulosa)Observer
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One is entering a hole in the ground
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Mock Azalea (Rhododendron menziesii)Observer
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-Plant: Leaves alternating in flower pattern, deciduous, thin & oblong
-Route:START:The Evergreen State College ~Head southwest on McCann Plaza Dr NW 0.2 mi ~At the traffic circle, take the 1st exit onto Evergreen Pkwy NW 1.5 mi ~Take the ramp to Mud Bay Rd NW 0.2 mi ~Turn right onto Mud Bay Rd NW 1.0 mi ~Merge onto US-101 N via the ramp to WA-6 W/Shelton/Aberdeen 1.0 mi ~Continue straight onto SR 8/State Route 8/Washington 8 (signs for Montesano/Aberdeen)
21.0 mi ~Continue onto US-12 W/Olympic Hwy Continue to follow Olympic Hwy 20.9 mi ~Continue onto E Wishkah St 0.5 mi ~Turn right onto S Alder St 0.5 mi ~Slight left onto Sumner Ave 2.1 mi ~Continue onto Riverside Ave 0.5 mi ~Turn right onto Levee St 0.1 mi ~Turn left onto Washington 109 N/Emerson Ave Continue to follow Washington 109 N 16.1 mi ~Turn left onto SR 115 0.9 mi ~Turn right toward Loop No. 3 0.4 mi ~Slight left onto Loop No. 3 69 ft
END: Ocean City State Park
-Weather: Around 15 degrees Celsius, overcast, slight breeze, mist like precipitation
-General Vegetation: In pine and sitka forest, growing among many vaccinuium parvifollium, galtheria shallon, and oemilaria cerasiformus, farther away from coast
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Seashore Lupine (Lupinus littoralis)Observer
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-Plant: Trailing vine, leaves in sets of 7-star formations, flowers are pea-like, purple
-Route:START:The Evergreen State College ~Head southwest on McCann Plaza Dr NW 0.2 mi ~At the traffic circle, take the 1st exit onto Evergreen Pkwy NW 1.5 mi ~Take the ramp to Mud Bay Rd NW 0.2 mi ~Turn right onto Mud Bay Rd NW 1.0 mi ~Merge onto US-101 N via the ramp to WA-6 W/Shelton/Aberdeen 1.0 mi ~Continue straight onto SR 8/State Route 8/Washington 8 (signs for Montesano/Aberdeen)
21.0 mi ~Continue onto US-12 W/Olympic Hwy Continue to follow Olympic Hwy 20.9 mi ~Continue onto E Wishkah St 0.5 mi ~Turn right onto S Alder St 0.5 mi ~Slight left onto Sumner Ave 2.1 mi ~Continue onto Riverside Ave 0.5 mi ~Turn right onto Levee St 0.1 mi ~Turn left onto Washington 109 N/Emerson Ave Continue to follow Washington 109 N 16.1 mi ~Turn left onto SR 115 0.9 mi ~Turn right toward Loop No. 3 0.4 mi ~Slight left onto Loop No. 3 69 ft
END: Ocean City State Park
-Weather: Around 15 degrees Celsius, overcast, slight breeze, mist like precipitation
-General Vegetation: Willows and myrtles mixed with pines surrounded beached area. Within the sandier territories there were many unidentified grasses as well as scattered colonies of flowering plants.
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Springbank Clover (Trifolium wormskioldii)Observer
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-Plant: Individual florets, pea like, dark purple with light purple tips, leaves coupled in sets of three
-Route:START:The Evergreen State College ~Head southwest on McCann Plaza Dr NW 0.2 mi ~At the traffic circle, take the 1st exit onto Evergreen Pkwy NW 1.5 mi ~Take the ramp to Mud Bay Rd NW 0.2 mi ~Turn right onto Mud Bay Rd NW 1.0 mi ~Merge onto US-101 N via the ramp to WA-6 W/Shelton/Aberdeen 1.0 mi ~Continue straight onto SR 8/State Route 8/Washington 8 (signs for Montesano/Aberdeen)
21.0 mi ~Continue onto US-12 W/Olympic Hwy Continue to follow Olympic Hwy 20.9 mi ~Continue onto E Wishkah St 0.5 mi ~Turn right onto S Alder St 0.5 mi ~Slight left onto Sumner Ave 2.1 mi ~Continue onto Riverside Ave 0.5 mi ~Turn right onto Levee St 0.1 mi ~Turn left onto Washington 109 N/Emerson Ave Continue to follow Washington 109 N 16.1 mi ~Turn left onto SR 115 0.9 mi ~Turn right toward Loop No. 3 0.4 mi ~Slight left onto Loop No. 3 69 ft
END: Ocean City State Park
-Weather: Around 15 degrees Celsius, overcast, slight breeze, mist like precipitation
-General Vegetation: Willows and myrtles mixed with pines surrounded beached area. Within the sandier territories there were many unidentified grasses as well as scattered colonies of flowering plants.
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Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea)Observer
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-Plant: White dry petals, dense bulbs, alternate lance like leaves, dark green on top, white fuzz on bottom
-Route:START:The Evergreen State College ~Head southwest on McCann Plaza Dr NW 0.2 mi ~At the traffic circle, take the 1st exit onto Evergreen Pkwy NW 1.5 mi ~Take the ramp to Mud Bay Rd NW 0.2 mi ~Turn right onto Mud Bay Rd NW 1.0 mi ~Merge onto US-101 N via the ramp to WA-6 W/Shelton/Aberdeen 1.0 mi ~Continue straight onto SR 8/State Route 8/Washington 8 (signs for Montesano/Aberdeen)
21.0 mi ~Continue onto US-12 W/Olympic Hwy Continue to follow Olympic Hwy 20.9 mi ~Continue onto E Wishkah St 0.5 mi ~Turn right onto S Alder St 0.5 mi ~Slight left onto Sumner Ave 2.1 mi ~Continue onto Riverside Ave 0.5 mi ~Turn right onto Levee St 0.1 mi ~Turn left onto Washington 109 N/Emerson Ave Continue to follow Washington 109 N 16.1 mi ~Turn left onto SR 115 0.9 mi ~Turn right toward Loop No. 3 0.4 mi ~Slight left onto Loop No. 3 69 ft
END: Ocean City State Park
-Weather: Around 15 degrees Celsius, overcast, slight breeze, mist like precipitation
-General Vegetation: Willows and myrtles mixed with pines surrounded beached area. Within the sandier territories there were many unidentified grasses as well as scattered colonies of flowering plants.
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Sea-Watch (Angelica lucida)Observer
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-Plant: Umbel flower shape, white flowers, 5 petaled, 7-8 flowers individually growing in clumps, hollow base, celery like smell when crushed
-Route:START:The Evergreen State College ~Head southwest on McCann Plaza Dr NW 0.2 mi ~At the traffic circle, take the 1st exit onto Evergreen Pkwy NW 1.5 mi ~Take the ramp to Mud Bay Rd NW 0.2 mi ~Turn right onto Mud Bay Rd NW 1.0 mi ~Merge onto US-101 N via the ramp to WA-6 W/Shelton/Aberdeen 1.0 mi ~Continue straight onto SR 8/State Route 8/Washington 8 (signs for Montesano/Aberdeen)
21.0 mi ~Continue onto US-12 W/Olympic Hwy Continue to follow Olympic Hwy 20.9 mi ~Continue onto E Wishkah St 0.5 mi ~Turn right onto S Alder St 0.5 mi ~Slight left onto Sumner Ave 2.1 mi ~Continue onto Riverside Ave 0.5 mi ~Turn right onto Levee St 0.1 mi ~Turn left onto Washington 109 N/Emerson Ave Continue to follow Washington 109 N 16.1 mi ~Turn left onto SR 115 0.9 mi ~Turn right toward Loop No. 3 0.4 mi ~Slight left onto Loop No. 3 69 ft
END: Ocean City State Park
-Weather: Around 15 degrees Celsius, overcast, slight breeze, mist like precipitation
-General Vegetation: Willows and myrtles mixed with pines surrounded beached area. Within the sandier territories there were many unidentified grasses as well as scattered colonies of flowering plants.
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Garden Tiger (Arctia caja)Observer
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Moth- Red head and thorax, brown abdomen, giraffe patterned forewing, bright orange hindwing with bright blue dots, white antennae
Exact location unknown, found in Snohomish, WA, USA in urban setting