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Italian Thistle (Carduus pycnocephalus)Observer
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Collected in ditch behind Bi-Mart, along Highway 99W, earlier in the day.
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Mints (Genus Mentha)Observer
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Collected in ditch behind Bi-Mart, along Highway 99W, earlier in the day.
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Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea)Observer
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Collected in ditch behind Bi-Mart, along Highway 99W, earlier in the day.
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Prostrate Sandmat (Euphorbia prostrata)Observer
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Date and location approximate but I'll get more accurate data from my collecting book. Prostrate herbaceous plant. Capsules with long hairs on margins, otherwise glabrous. Seeds 4-angled, wrinkled. Seeds 1 mm, capsules 1.5 mm. We seemed to key it to E. micromera, but the hairiness of capsules didn't fit. E. prostrata? South Warner Mountains.
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Western Conifer Seed Bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis)Observer
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Found inside the building and released outside it, but may have traveled with us from somewhere to the south.
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White-tailed and Mule Deer (Genus Odocoileus)Observer
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A squirrel was trying to bury this in urban Portland.
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Green Algae (Phylum Chlorophyta)Observer
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Algae? In the Owyhee River. Organisms anchored on streambanks at and just below the waterline, many individuals growing along river bottom in shallow water with their slender distal tips buried 1-2 cm in soil.
Associated species: Callitriche stenoptera, Potamogeton foliosus
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Bittercresses and Toothworts (Genus Cardamine)Observer
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Otting 9736 Cardamine
1 April 2022
Oregon coast, Surf Pines, north of Gearhart
46.07288,-123.9314
Elevation 10 m
Fence line on stabilized sand dune
Poa annua, Teesdalia nudicaulis
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Hairy Bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta)Observer
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Nick's house. Otting 9728 Cardamine
29 March 2022
Willamette Valley, Portland, Multnomah Village, 7313 SW 29th Ave
45.471647,-122.706971
Elevation 150 m
Heavy soils in flower bed
Poa annua, Vulpia
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Bittercresses and Toothworts (Genus Cardamine)Observer
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Otting 9730 Cardamine
29 March 2022
Willamette Valley, Portland, Tryon Creek State Natural Area
45.4473995044465, -122.67850419658936
Elevation 125 m
Along hiking trail in conifer forest
Pseudotsuga menziesii, Polystichum munitum
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Little Western Bittercress (Cardamine oligosperma)Observer
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Otting 9729a
29 March 2022
Willamette Valley, Portland, Tryon Creek State Natural Area
45.4473995044465, -122.67850419658936
Elevation 125 m
Along hiking trail in conifer forest
Pseudotsuga menziesii, Polystichum munitum
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Peppermint (Mentha × piperita)Observer
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Date approximate, but I think I can look up a more precise date and location at home.
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Rustgills and Gyms (Genus Gymnopilus)Observer
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Elevation 50 feet. Opening in coastal pine forest. Associated species: Festuca rubra, Amanita muscaria, Pinus contorta var. contorta.
Mushroom attached to mostly buried decaying Pinus contorta var. contorta cone
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Fringed Heartwort (Ricciocarpos natans)Observer
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Elevation 25 feet. In shallow water at edge of pond; often loosely attached to lower stems
of emergent plants. Associated species: Azolla, Lemna, Hydrocotyle ranunculoides, Carex lyngbyei
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Pacific Anemone (Anemone multifida var. tetonensis)Observer
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California, Modoc County, South Warner Mountains, 0.5 air miles
northeast of Patterson Lake. Elevation 8575 feet
Growing in sandy soil on sparsely vegetated subalpine slope.
Poa wheeleri, Epilobium obcordatum, Pinus albicaulis
Nick Otting 9265
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Common Lichens (Class Lecanoromycetes)Observer
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Oregon, Clatsop County, western foothills of Coast Range, 1 air mile
west of Angora Peak. Elevation 1500 feet. Seasonally wet vertical rock face in conifer forest. Associated species: Selaginella oregana, S. wallacei, Saxifraga sp. Voucher #9378
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Green Algae (Phylum Chlorophyta)Observer
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Algae? Something else?? Organisms attached to rocks in fast-moving, shallow water of headwater
stream. Elevation 8700 feet. Associated species:
Mimulus lewisii, Salix eastwoodiae, Carex section Phacocystis. Voucher number 9266.
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Field Mushrooms and Allies (Family Agaricaceae)Observer
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barren area in a yard where mushroom compost has been used in the past
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Field Mushrooms and Allies (Family Agaricaceae)Observer
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barren area in a yard where mushroom compost has been used in the past
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Field Mushrooms and Allies (Family Agaricaceae)Observer
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barren area in a yard where mushroom compost has been used in the past
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Field and Button Mushrooms (Genus Agaricus)Observer
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barren area in a yard where mushroom compost has been used in the past
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Field Mushrooms and Allies (Family Agaricaceae)Observer
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barren area in a yard where mushroom compost has been used in the past
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Field and Button Mushrooms (Genus Agaricus)Observer
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barren area in a yard where mushroom compost has been used in the past
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Carrot Family (Family Apiaceae)Observer
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Sidewalk crack weed.
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Dawson Crabapple (Malus × dawsoniana)Observer
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Identification tentative! I'll go back for mature leaves and flowers.