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Rhododendrons and Azaleas (Genus Rhododendron)Observer
frazersmithDescription
Probably not the yellow azalea, (Rhododendron luteum) but is some kind of azalea.
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Virgin's-Bower (Clematis virginiana)Observer
frazersmithDescription
Quite a bit of this stuff here along the trail and more nearby.
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Northern Redbelly Snake (Storeria occipitomaculata ssp. occipitomaculata)Observer
frazersmithDescription
Found in the garage. There was a lot of screaming before the photo. He was gently escorted back into the shrubbery.
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White-fringed Orchid (Platanthera blephariglottis)Observer
frazersmithDescription
A lot of these orchids in this bog.
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Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid (Platanthera psycodes)Observer
frazersmithDescription
A lot of these beside the trail this day, between St Peters and Harmony Junction.
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Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)Observer
frazersmithDescription
A lot of round-leaved sundew in this bog. Small white flower on a long thin stalk.
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White-fringed Orchid (Platanthera blephariglottis)Observer
frazersmithDescription
Saw a lot of these on this day. Some in bogs, some inthe ditch right beside the trail.
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Black Ash (Fraxinus nigra)Observer
frazersmithDescription
Beside the bubbling spring with a little chickenwire fence around it.
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Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina)Observer
frazersmithDescription
With a honey bee.
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Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)Observer
frazersmithDescription
On staghorn sumac.
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Hawthorn Miner Bee (Andrena crataegi)Observer
frazersmithDescription
On false spirea.
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Mountain Ash Sawfly (Pristiphora geniculata)Observer
frazersmithDescription
Small European Mountain Ash tree 80% defoliated by these critters.
