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Pearl Bush Exochorda racemosaObserver
douggoldmanDescription
Apparently naturalized in sand hill habitat along the edge of U.S. 1; growing with Pinus palustris, Quercus laevis, Q. incana, Q. margarettae, and Q. nigra. Perhaps the little, flat seeds get blown down the highway by passing traffic.
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Warty Panic Grass Panicum verrucosumObserver
douggoldmanDescription
A weed in boggy pots.
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Xanthomendoza weberiObserver
douggoldmanDescription
On an old quartzite gravestone.
Identified by Gary Perlmutter, North Carolina Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources, and Scott LaGreca, Duke University.
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Scarlet Oak Quercus coccineaObserver
douggoldmanDescription
Photos from a single tree of this species with unusually thick acorn caps.
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Drummond Post Oak Quercus drummondiiObserver
douggoldmanDescription
Quercus drummondii is a very common oak in parts of central Texas. It seems to be intermediate between Q. margarettae and Q. stellata and may represent a hybrid between the two. See the discussion about this in the Flora of North America: http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233501059
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Bluff Oak Quercus austrinaObserver
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Thanks to Brian Keener and Wayne Webb for bringing me to this site.
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Durand White Oak Quercus sinuata var. sinuataObserver
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Thanks to Brian Keener and Wayne Webb for bringing me to this site.
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Southern Red Oak Quercus falcataObserver
douggoldmanDescription
Large, old tree, probably an old field remnant before the cemetery was here.
The wrinkled acorn surface seems to be a reliable feature of this species and the related Q. pagoda.
The bark, leaf close-up and leaf pair photos are from the same tree, but about four years later.
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Ramalina peruvianaObserver
douggoldmanDescription
Growing on twigs of several shrubs, especially Vachellia rigidula (Fabaceae).
Thanks to Scott LaGreca, Duke University, for identifying this lichen.
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Swamp Chestnut Oak Quercus michauxiiObserver
douggoldmanDescription
Everything is big in Texas, including Quercus michauxii.
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Bunched Beaksedge Rhynchospora cephalanthaObserver
douggoldmanDescription
Thanks to Gerry Moore, USDA, for bringing me to this site and identifying this plant.
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Bush Oak Quercus × bushiiObserver
douggoldmanDescription
Quercus marilandica x velutina.
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Wolf's Milk Lycogala epidendrumObserver
douggoldmanDescription
In the Halloween spirit, here's a disgusting looking slime mold growing on mulch.
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Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianumObserver
douggoldmanDescription
In the Halloween spirit, here's a dangerous, toxic, noxious weed.
This six-foot-tall plant had an enormous amount of insect visitation, the most I've ever seen on any plant at one time.
Mature, dry fruit photographed from the same plant about 2.5 months later.
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Atlantic Poison Oak Toxicodendron pubescensObserver
douggoldmanDescription
In the Halloween spirit, here's a toxic plant.
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Quercus × runcinataObserver
douggoldmanDescription
Quercus imbricaria x rubra.
I need to hire some squirrels to collect some branches of this for me.
This hybrid occurs rarely in this area. Quercus imbricaria is scattered in woodlands around here as a naturalized species, derived from some old cultivated trees nearby in Genesee Valley Park. As this species has spread out through the woodands here it has hybridized with Quercus rubra, a common species in this area.
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Balloon Vine Cardiospermum corindumObserver
douggoldmanDescription
This species is popular with red-shouldered bugs (Jadera haematoloma, Rhopalidae).
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Georgia Oak Quercus georgianaObserver
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Thanks to Joel McNeal for bringing me to this site.
