Saw one for the first time. Saw in eastern Washington. went by too fast to see a picture.
Three species could be present. Most individuals were ammoceotes found in fine sediment areas in pools and backwaters
At least two species. Permits did not permit voucher specimens for ID.
Young of the year difficult to differentiate from steelhead/rainbow trout
Fish moving project assoociated with bank stabilization project. All fish were young of the year.
Just starting to flower at te end of march. Recognizeable hanging pink flowers. Leaves resemble a rounder version of salmonberry, and with rounder serrations on the edge of the leaf.
Two distinct herbaceous forms to this plant. A wide round and deeply lobed leaf that probably is the namesake is the first, on its on stem. The second part of this plant is a thick stalk that grows slightly taller and supports the large white flower head, there are triangular leaves attached to the flowering stalk.
Found on campus growing in wide area in wood chips, with several mushrooms throughout contiguous wood chip area, many 'fairy rings' were growing suggesting multiple individual colonies.
I think it is an immature mushroom, which was found growing on the mossy surface of a downed log.
This foliose lichen was found growing on the mossy surface of a downed tree. It was difficult to even guess at an identity without a guidebook but the closest I could guess at might be "Nephroma."
This foliose lichen was found growing on the mossy surface of a downed tree. It was difficult to even guess at an identity without a guidebook but the closest I could guess at might be "Nephroma."
Port Orford cedar found on the Pack Forest grounds, near the dining area. Diagnostic early male cones present, but underdeveloped.
Many deciduous trees were found along trails in Pack Forest. Nearly every deciduous tree was missing foliage, but Big Leaf Maple was confirmed via analysis of leaf litter underneath several trees.
Trailing blackberry was seen in Pack Forest as a common ground cover plant in the understory of the forest. several instances of this blackberry were observed alongside each trail traveled while within Pack Forest.
Western White Pine, few specimens found in an an area near the Pack Forest facilities. Five-needle bunches and as well as general characteristics show that it is a Western White Pine.
for context, see daily account for 3/31 at Pack Forest. as was characteristic of the lichen in this forest, they was usually found with other kinds of lichens in the same place. there seem to be at least three different kinds of lichens on this one branch, but i'm fairly certain that the fatter one on top is Parmelia sulcata, and that the one below the stringier one is Evernia prunastri.
for context, see daily account for 3/31 at Pack Forest. this type of lichen resembles coral and is a whitish blue color. this particular lichen was on a dead branch of a madrone tree, but they cover most of the trees found in this area and are usually paired with one or two other types of lichen.
hollow tube lichen, light blue-green on one side, black on the other. located with many other lichens on downed red alder tree branch.
Flattened, folios lichen, found on downed branch of alder, this specimen is surrounded by several other lichens.
Growing in the under-story of Douglas fir, in swampy soil. Osoberry is a common shrub easily distinguised by its bright green foliage, and small, hanging, white flowers.
approx. 7 cm stem to tip, complex but shallow ridges, with thick solid stem. Mushroom was growing among leaf litter on walking/previous driving path in extremely wet soil near drainage ditch. abundance of fruiting bodies was low, and relatively spread out along the trail.
this particular specimen was trampled, but allows a view of the stem underneath the indented outer structure.
many, many Douglas-fir trees were seen at pack forest, and along with some big leaf maple, and some red alder, make up a large part of the canopy at pack forest, especially at wetter, lower elevations. mosses and lichens are common on all trees, and can bee seen here growing on the branches and stem of several Douglas-fir trees.
Growing in several meter radius patch along an apparent vehicle path. Leaves numerous, with sparse flowering structures; all growing in a very wet, muddy substrate, with open sky above, surrounded by several deciduous trees, as well as some douglas fir, none of which grow within several meters of the patch of coltsfoot, isolated by the road, as well as a drainage ditche paralleling the road adjacent to the patch of coltsfoot.
Red Alder catkins observed on low lying branches on the edge of a clearing. the clearing is a manicured lawn of the Pack Forest facility and the red alder branches overhang a 2 meter tall cliff by 3-4 meters horizontally. Many branches are broken and scattered on the ground.
Licorice fern growing on side of douglas fir, in wet understory of Pack Forest along a trail. sparse leaf cover due to annual of foliage, letting greater amounts of light access to the fern.
Young, possibly Ganoderma, found on log beside the trail in Pack forest.
Gold dust lichen spotted on fallen trees in Pack Forest. The ground that surrounded it was fairly damp with small plants and lichen growing on most of the logs and trees.
