stacybettencourt's Identifications
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Fringed Polygala (Polygaloides paucifolia)Observer
tapaculo99Description
At Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge, Maine.
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Green Reindeer Lichen (Cladonia arbuscula ssp. mitis)Observer
anita363Description
Growing on the forest floor in Acadia National Park. A lichen is a symbiosis between a fungus & an alga or a cyanobacterium: the fungi provide support & nutrients from the soil, & the algae or cyanobacteria provide energy via photosynthesis (and may fix nitrogen too).
Green one tentatively IDed as Cladonia mitis (other one as C. rangiferina, posted separately); ID help needed.
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Shield Lichen (Parmelia sulcata)Observer
anita363Description
Foliose lichen on birch -- Parmelia, probably P. sulcata (thanks to GORGEous nature for the ID).
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Green Reindeer Lichen (Cladonia arbuscula ssp. mitis)Observer
anita363Description
Growing on the forest floor in Acadia National Park. A lichen is a symbiosis between a fungus & an alga or a cyanobacterium: the fungi provide support & nutrients from the soil, & the algae or cyanobacteria provide energy via photosynthesis (and may fix nitrogen too).
Green one tentatively IDed as Cladonia mitis (other one as C. rangiferina, posted separately); ID help needed.
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Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)Observer
fulinnDescription
Low tide, flocks of gulls.
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Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)Observer
ryanandrewsDescription
Castlewood State Park, Ballwin, Missouri. I can tell you for a fact, one of the last things you expect to see "pop" out of a log in front of you is a Pileated Woodpecker head. There was a pair that fed right along the trail, putting on a great show for us.
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White-fringed Orchid (Platanthera blephariglottis)Observer
river-bissonnetteDescription
Flowering bog orchid.
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Canadian Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis)Observer
river-bissonnetteDescription
Fruit & leaves.
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Red Trillium (Trillium erectum)Observer
tristenhinkleDescription
Found st mslc upper link
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Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea)Observer
katieyakDescription
Little Lyford
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Red Trillium (Trillium erectum)Observer
bsitesDescription
Ropes course under swing line.
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Red Trillium (Trillium erectum)Observer
bsitesDescription
Ropes course under swing line.
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Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus)Observer
conuropsisDescription
Seen along the road.
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