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Barn Owl Tyto alba

Observer

skoksvalley

Date

the past

Description

These guys were recovering at the Raptor Center from various injuries.

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Fir-Cone Mushroom Strobilurus trullisatus

Observer

imatsuoka

Date

Oct 26, 2012

Description

I found this Pstuedotsuga menzesii (Doug Fir) cone just off the trail on the 2870 056 spur.

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imatsuoka

Date

Oct 26, 2012

Description

While walking along the closed 056 spur of the 2870 Forest Service road I noticed this patch peeking out of a high tuft of moss.

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Candlesnuff Fungus Xylaria hypoxylon

Observer

imatsuoka

Date

Oct 26, 2012

Description

While walking the 056 spur to Cranberry Bog, I noticed a branch off the path covered with these unusual looking fruiting bodies.

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Rockweed gunnel Apodichthys fucorum

Observer

aluco

Date

Jun 3, 2012 09:32 AM PDT

Description

Kingdom: Animalia (animals)
Phylum: Chordata (chordates)
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Order: Perciformes (perches, butterflyfishes, cichlids, tunas,...)
Family: Pholidae
Genus: Apodichthys
Species: Apodichthys fucorum

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Pacific Banana Slug Ariolimax columbianus

Observer

aluco

Date

Jun 2, 2012 07:15 PM PDT

Description

Kingdom: Animalia (animals)
Phylum: Mollusca (molluscs)
Class: Gastropoda (slugs, snails, limpets, nudibranchs, molluscs...)
Order: Stylommatophora (terrestrial pulmonate gastropods)
Family: Arionidae
Genus: Ariolimax
Species: Ariolimax columbianus

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aluco

Date

Jun 3, 2012 10:41 AM PDT

Description

Kingdom: Animalia (animals)
Phylum: Mollusca (molluscs)
Class: Gastropoda (slugs, snails, limpets, nudibranchs, molluscs...)
Order: Nudibranchia (naked-gill sea slugs)
Family: Facelinidae
Genus: Hermissenda
Species: Hermissenda crassicornis

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Lewis' Moon Snail Euspira lewisii

Observer

aluco

Date

Jun 3, 2012 08:50 AM PDT

Description

Kingdom: Animalia (animals)
Phylum: Mollusca (molluscs)
Class: Gastropoda (slugs, snails, limpets, nudibranchs, molluscs...)
Order: Neotaenioglossa
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Euspira
Species: Euspira lewisii

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Observer

aluco

Date

Jun 2, 2012 06:10 PM PDT

Description

Kingdom: Plantae (plants)
Phylum: Magnoliophyta (flowering plants)
Class: Magnoliopsida (dicotyledons)
Order: Rosales (roses, elms, mulberries, hemps, ...)
Family: Rosaceae (rose family)
Genus: Rubus (blackberry)
Species: Rubus parviflorus

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aluco

Date

Jun 3, 2012 10:37 AM PDT

Description

Kingdom: Animalia (animals)
Phylum: Mollusca (molluscs)
Class: Gastropoda (slugs, snails, limpets, nudibranchs, molluscs...)
Order: Nudibranchia (naked-gill sea slugs)
Family: Archidorididae
Genus: Archidoris
Species: Archidoris montereyensis

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Pacific rhododendron Rhododendron macrophyllum

Observer

aluco

Date

Jun 2, 2012 06:23 PM PDT

Description

Kingdom: Plantae (plants)
Phylum: Magnoliophyta (flowering plants)
Class: Magnoliopsida (dicotyledons)
Order: Ericales (heathers, heaths, crowberries, indian pipes, ...)
Family: Ericaceae (heath family)
Genus: Rhododendron (rhododendron)
Species: Rhododendron macrophyllum

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