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True Sedges (Genus Carex)Observer
margaret_eaglecapDescription
Tufted w/ culms >> leaves; 3 stigmas/achene trigonous; terminal male spike very short and with very short peduncle; perigynia hairy, ~4 mm x ~1.5 mm max wide, beak bidentate for ~0.2 mm; previously burned aspen woodland.
No field pics. For submission to UBC.
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Wheat Sedge (Carex atherodes)Observer
stevendanielDescription
fairly large stand completely vegetative - no flowering whatsoever
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Tree Pelt Lichen (Peltigera collina)Observer
johndreynoldsDescription
Sumas Mountain, Abbotsford, BC, Canada
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Stoplight Parrotfish (Sparisoma viride)Observer
robin_dive_divaDescription
Night
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Slough Sedge (Carex obnupta)Observer
awaldrop18Description
Bigger than I’m used to seeing for obnupta! 😮
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Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)Observer
kent_ozmentDescription
I've never seen this behavior before. I thought it was a turtle at first glance. It stayed in this position until I had completely passed by, them emerged an flew toward the clutch observed nearby.
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Pale Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis unicolor)Observer
tim1336Description
Male juvenile
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Poplars, Cottonwoods, and Aspens (Genus Populus)Observer
ckjannabirdsDescription
Bushtits sucking sap from base of this tree
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Small-Flower Halfchaff Sedge (Cyperus subsquarrosus)Observer
peterzikaDescription
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Black Noddy (Anous minutus)Observer
julia_brothertonDescription
Additional comments? - 4 sunbathing black noddy terns
How many? - 4
Habitat - Nature Reserve
Nest present - No
Behavior - Other
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Squirreltail (Elymus elymoides)Observer
peterzikaDescription
subsp. brevifolius
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Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)Observer
kalamurphykingDescription
Patterns
There are so many beautiful patterns in nature.
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Bird-bill Spikegrass (Chasmanthium ornithorhynchum)Observer
janetwrightDescription
Swamp forest
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Lyngbye's Sedge (Carex lyngbyei)Observer
bobmcdDescription
Grizzly Bear has been feeding on these sedges.
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Lagoon Triggerfish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus)Observer
fubberpishDescription
bluff charging at me, must have a nest nearby
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Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Superfamily Membracoidea)Observer
danielblanco521
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Pacific Bullethead Parrotfish (Chlorurus spilurus)Observer
johndreynoldsDescription
Arborek Island. Off main pier. Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
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squirrelbaitDescription
These two molty guys were peering at me over a rock, mid stream.
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Painted-cup Paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea)Observer
johndreynoldsDescription
Misery Bay Provincial Park, Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada
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Blue Alpine Phacelia (Phacelia sericea var. ciliosa)Observer
karleeninboiseDescription
B9 silky phacelia
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Carrot-seed Grasses (Genus Tragus)Observer
tuliDescription
for the larder
Tragus seeds being harvested by ants, formed an important component of the collected material
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Wire Grass (Elionurus muticus)Observer
tiliathalDescription
B7_fExcl_001
Elionurus cf muticus
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Lion Beetle (Ulochaetes leoninus)Observer
maknightDescription
This beetle appeared to be laying eggs, in a cedar stump, with its ovipositer!
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Boar Thistle (Galactites tomentosus)Observer
amarsaciDescription
Chardon laiteux
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Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber)Observer
sphyrapicusDescription
Immature
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Red-breasted × Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber × nuchalis)Observer
sphyrapicus
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Common Willow Calligrapher Beetle (Calligrapha multipunctata)Observer
erikamitchell
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
janetwrightDescription
Savanna trail - fungus? on Rhynchospora?
