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Northern Red-legged Frog (Rana aurora)Observer
kay_spyDescription
A small frog (2 inches long) with a majority brown body and reddish colored stripes (especially noticeable on its face). The frog also had some darker/blackish spots on its back and a lighter colored underside. This frog was found 3 meters from the wetland’s edge over soft,wet ground.
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Pacific Chorus Frog (Pseudacris regilla)Observer
kay_spyDescription
A very small green frog about 1 inch long. It was found 2 meters away from the edge of the wetland. It was over ground that was soft and wet. The frog had large toe pads, was green on its back, and whitish on its stomach.
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Licorice Fern (Polypodium glycyrrhiza)Observer
kay_spyDescription
A small (palm-sized) green evergreen fern. It has smooth, non-jagged edged thin leaves in an ovular shape. The fern was found growing in moss which was growing in a tree on the side of the trail in Stimpson Family Nature Reserve.
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Western Red-backed Salamander (Plethodon vehiculum)Observer
kay_spyDescription
This salamander was 3-4 inches long. The stripe down it’s back looked more orange than red. The rest of its body was black. It had four legs and moved quickly. It was found under a damp rotting log.
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Rose Spirea (Spiraea douglasii)Observer
kay_spyDescription
This bush had no leaves on its woody lower half. It had very dense branching sticks coming from its base. It is also a deciduous bush that had oval-shaped leaves. Many leaves had holes in them, which showed evidence of insect predation. The bush was found 3 meters from the wetland that occupied the old gravel pit. It was large (approximately 2 meters in width across its top). It’s woody twigs were dark brown in color.
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Slough Sedge (Carex obnupta)Observer
kay_spyDescription
Long grass-like blades that are green, with brownish colored cattail like tops (perigynia) were characteristic of this observed Slew Sedge. The sedge was growing densely in a wetland formed on land that had been previously mined for gravel.
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Yellowfoot Dapperling (Lepiota magnispora)Observer
kay_spyDescription
The mushroom was found in the forest floor amongst sticks and needles and next to a downed tree. The mushroom had a light brown circular center on top with light brown flecks over white for the rest of the top of the mushroom. It had drilled edges and fills on its stalk/
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Western Sword Fern (Polystichum munitum)Observer
kay_spyDescription
The fern was approximately 2 feet tall as it rests normally. Each leaf was jagged edged and pointed. It was found in a primarily shaded part of the forest. The fern was also found approximately 7 meters from the edge of a wetland located within Chuckanut forest.
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Common Lichens (Class Lecanoromycetes)Observer
kay_spyDescription
It was a leafy-looking blackish colored lichen with a white colored underside. The hair-like appendages coming from under the lichen seems like its fruiting bodies. The lichen was found growing on moss, which was in turn growing in the base of a tree. The tree was found growing near the side of the trail down to the beach at Whitehorn Point.
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Oakmoss Lichens (Genus Evernia)Observer
kay_spyDescription
Greyish pale-greenish in color, the branching pieces of the lichen look similar to antlers. This lichen was found on the forest floor on the side of the trail going down to the beach in Whitehorn Point. It was not connected or anchored to any other organisms or inorganic substances and likely fell from the canopy.
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Common Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus)Observer
kay_spyDescription
Found near the edge of the path walking down to the beach at Whitehorn Point. It was a shrub with round leaves and many scars/holes in the leaves. These holes are likely from herbivore by insects. The bush also had white, round berries at the time of observation. The shrub was not very dense and had fern growing around/underneath its branches.
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Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)Observer
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Found next to a Douglas Aster plant. The Canada Goldenrod had lance-shaped leaves with jagged edges. It also had numerous small (millimeters in diameter) yellow flowers in pyramidal clusters. It was found low on the slope from the forest down to the beach.
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Douglas' Aster (Symphyotrichum subspicatum)Observer
kay_spyDescription
A stalky plant with lance-shaped leaves and purple flowers with many (15+) long thin petals and an orange center. The plant had fruiting bodies which looking like beige colored fluff. This plant was on the lower part of the slope between the beach and the forest. Many plants of the same species occupied this slope. The flowers were still being actively pollinated by bees when observations were taking place.
