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Clasping Pepperweed (Lepidium perfoliatum)Observer
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Cool lil plant with clustering flowers. I learned that it’s an herb in the mustard family and can actually be eaten (the leaves)! Sometimes cultivated in China for consumption according to pfaf.org
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Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)Observer
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A bee I spotted on the ground in Turkey.
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Wild Canterbury Bells (Phacelia minor)Observer
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Spring time baby
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
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Found hiding under a potted plant in Southern California. Someone help me out!
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Earthballs (Genus Scleroderma)Observer
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A cute guy that was hiding under some leaves on a morning walk.
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Garden Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus)Observer
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Some more Tropaeolum majus we found on one of our hikes in San Diego. Read a little about it and it’s apparently related to watercress, I wonder if it’s edible.
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Garden Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus)Observer
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Interesting, these are originally from what is today known as South America.
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Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)Observer
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Found a bunch of what I believe are Western Honey Bees while hiking in San Diego! I recently learned they are the most common honey bee species and that there are different races of that same species. I wish I had property so I could take up beekeeping
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Wormwoods and Sagebrushes (Genus Artemisia)Observer
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Says it’s a Cupressoideae, but it doesn’t really look like it to me. You guys tell me! 🤓
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Flatsedges (Genus Cyperus)Observer
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Some type of weed or something near the woods.
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Amanita Mushrooms (Genus Amanita)Observer
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Another fungi on a cold winter day in Texas.
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Genus TrichaptumObserver
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Not sure what kind of fungi this is.
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Deceiver (Laccaria laccata)Observer
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Looks like what the community calls a deceiver.
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Mosses (Phylum Bryophyta)Observer
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Moss that was growing on a tree stump in the woods of my town.
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Mosses (Phylum Bryophyta)Observer
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Some neat moss I found on the floor of some of the woods in my area.
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Differential Grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis)Observer
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He/she was a very easy going fellow.
