Photos

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What

Prunella vulgaris

Observer

screws

Date

Aug 27, 2011

Place

Van Damme State Park, California (Google, OSM)

Photos

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What

Clintonia andrewsiana

Observer

screws

Date

Aug 27, 2011

Place

Van Damme State Park, California (Google, OSM)

Photos

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What

Gentiana affinis

Observer

screws

Date

Aug 27, 2011

Place

Van Damme State Park, California (Google, OSM)

Description

I don't know how to distinguish between ovata and parvidentata.

Photos

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What

Pinus muricata

Observer

screws

Date

Aug 27, 2011

Place

Van Damme State Park, California (Google, OSM)

Photos

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What

Genus Scaphinotus

Observer

screws

Date

Aug 27, 2011

Place

Van Damme State Park, California (Google, OSM)

Photos

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What

California Harebell Asyneuma prenanthoides

Observer

screws

Date

Aug 27, 2011

Place

Van Damme State Park, California (Google, OSM)

Description

ID'd by kueda.

Photos

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What

Red Huckleberry Vaccinium parvifolium

Observer

screws

Date

Aug 27, 2011

Place

Van Damme State Park, California (Google, OSM)

Photos

No photos

What

western azalea Rhododendron occidentale

Observer

dreierj

Date

May 27, 1994

Place

Ketty Gulch, Salmon Creek, Mendocino Co., CA (Google, OSM)

Photos

No photos

What

Spotted Coralroot Corallorhiza maculata

Observer

dreierj

Date

May 27, 1994

Place

Ketty Gulch, Salmon Creek, Mendocino Co., CA (Google, OSM)

Photos

No photos

What

Black Huckleberry Vaccinium membranaceum

Observer

dreierj

Date

May 27, 1994

Place

Ketty Gulch, Salmon Creek, Mendocino Co., CA (Google, OSM)

Photos

No photos

What

Brown Creeper Certhia americana

Observer

dreierj

Date

May 27, 1994

Place

Ketty Gulch, Salmon Creek, Mendocino Co., CA (Google, OSM)

Photos

Square 2 photos

What

Order Agaricales

Observer

kueda

Date

Nov 21, 2012 01:20 PM PST

Place

Van Damme State Park, Mendocino, California, United States (Google, OSM)

Description

These were pretty common. Agaricus-ish, but not that genus, I think. Did not really perform due dilligence, so might not be identifiable.

Yeah, not sure. Maybe Agaricus aurorae or one of the other red-staining Agaricus species.

Photos

Square

What

Family Lobariaceae

Observer

kueda

Date

Nov 21, 2012 12:56 PM PST

Place

Van Damme State Park, Mendocino, California, United States (Google, OSM)

Photos

Square

What

Candlesnuff Fungus Xylaria hypoxylon

Observer

kueda

Date

Nov 21, 2012 01:19 PM PST

Place

Van Damme State Park, Mendocino, California, United States (Google, OSM)

Photos

Square

What

Tree Lungwort (Lobaria pulmonaria)

Observer

kueda

Date

Nov 21, 2012 12:55 PM PST

Place

Van Damme State Park, Mendocino, California, United States (Google, OSM)

Description

Probably pulmonaria, need to go back and look at the book. I was interested to see it growing side-by-side with what I think is Pseudocyphellaria.

Photos

Square

What

Genus Dimerella

Observer

kueda

Date

Nov 21, 2012 12:55 PM PST

Place

Van Damme State Park, Mendocino, California, United States (Google, OSM)

Description

Pixie puke?

Photos

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What

Northwestern Salamander Ambystoma gracile

Observer

tiwane

Date

Nov 21, 2012

Place

Van Damme State Park, California (Google, OSM)

Photos

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What

Coastal Giant Salamander (Dicamptodon tenebrosus)

Observer

tiwane

Date

Nov 21, 2012

Place

Van Damme State Park, California (Google, OSM)

Description

Found several adults, one of which was quite large, about 7-8". Awesome!

Tags

amphibians, salamanders, california state parks

Photos

No photos

What

Western Screech-Owl Megascops kennicottii

Observer

kueda

Date

Nov 22, 2012 05:29 PM PST

Place

39.2770..., -123.78... (Google, OSM)

Description

Heard 1 or 2 calling from the campsite. Didn't stick around.

Photos

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What

Genus Rana

Observer

kueda

Date

Nov 21, 2012 01:59 PM PST

Place

Van Damme State Park, Mendocino County, CA, USA (Google, OSM)

Description

Sadly, this is right in the narrow overlap zone between R. aurora and R. draytonii, so I don't really know which one it is.

Photos

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What

Northwestern Salamander Ambystoma gracile

Observer

kueda

Date

Nov 21, 2012 02:17 PM PST

Place

Van Damme State Park, Mendocino County, CA, USA (Google, OSM)

Description

Unlike a lot of other salamanders, these seem to stay perfectly still while being photographed.

Photos

Square

What

Batrachoseps attenuatus

Observer

kueda

Date

Nov 21, 2012 03:43 PM PST

Place

Van Damme State Park, Mendocino County, CA, USA (Google, OSM)

Photos

Square

What

Genus Usnea

Observer

sea-kangaroo

Date

Dec 25, 2005

Place

Little River, California, USA (Google, OSM)

Description

Hadn't ever seen non-crustose orange lichen before.

Tags

lichen

Photos

Square

What

Genus Hygrocybe

Observer

sea-kangaroo

Date

Dec 25, 2005

Place

Little River, California, USA (Google, OSM)
Fungi

Photos

Square

What

Kingdom Fungi

Observer

sea-kangaroo

Date

Dec 25, 2005

Place

Van Damme State Park, California, USA (Google, OSM)

Description

On a post.

Photos

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What

western burning bush Euonymus occidentalis

Observer

kueda

Date

Sep 22, 2012 04:15 PM PDT

Place

Van Damme State Park, Mendocino County, CA, USA (Google, OSM)

Photos

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What

Rough-skinned Newt Taricha granulosa

Observer

kueda

Date

Sep 22, 2012 04:40 PM PDT

Place

Van Damme State Park, Mendocino County, CA, USA (Google, OSM)

Photos

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What

Pterostichus lama

Observer

kueda

Date

Sep 22, 2012 06:01 PM PDT

Place

Van Damme State Park, Mendocino County, CA, USA (Google, OSM)

Description

Found this massive cara