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Redfin Pickerel (Esox americanus ssp. americanus)Observer
mrizekDescription
Found swimming in a flooded road adjacent to the Okefenokee. Beached himself when the ruts shallowed up so I didn’t have to work too hard for this pic.
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Leeches (Subclass Hirudinea)Observer
mrizekDescription
Very interesting to see how these creatures swim in the water and also how small they’ll shrink when you pick them up.
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Osceola's Plume (Stenanthium densum)Observer
mrizekDescription
Was very excited to see this coming up after a prescribed burn
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Wolf Spiders and Allies (Superfamily Lycosoidea)Observer
mrizekDescription
This thing was huge (to me), roughly 3” or more in length.
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Genus UmmidiaObserver
mrizekDescription
After posting the pictures of the dragonfly, some dragonfly experts came by and explained what was actually going on. I came by a dragonfly half emerged from the ground and assumed it was emerging from being a larvae. After it got out, a spider came out of the hole which I thought was extremely odd and assumed it was a symbiotic relationship of sorts. Well I’m pretty sure I was wrong. They suggested this was the burrow of a trapdoor spider and it had pulled in the dragonfly. So I saved a dragonfly and starved a spider. Winners and losers?
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Blue Corporal (Ladona deplanata)Observer
mrizekDescription
Was able to see a dragon fly emerge today. After it had emerged, I dug up the cocoon (or whatever it’s called) and there was a spider inside. Very odd, not sure if there’s a symbiotic relationship or something.
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Loblolly Bay (Gordonia lasianthus)Observer
mrizekDescription
Loblolly bays are such massive trees, years ago someone tried to put a firebreak through the roots but they didn’t make it through.
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Climbing Fetterbush (Pieris phillyreifolia)Observer
mrizekDescription
Very large vine that had recently fallen off a cypress, never realized it was so papery
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Genus ButiaObserver
mrizekDescription
Very odd to find this in the middle of a natural pine/hardwood stand that was planted pine 25 years ago.
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Climbing Fetterbush (Pieris phillyreifolia)Observer
mrizekDescription
This was the largest climbing fetterbush I had ever found and wasn’t even in a swamp, it’s climbing up a pine in a pine stand.
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Pond Pine (Pinus serotina)Observer
mrizekDescription
This island is almost entirely composed of pond pine.
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Loblolly Bay (Gordonia lasianthus)Observer
mrizekDescription
Very neat hollowed out loblolly bay. Raccoons or squirrels have been using it regularly
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mrizekDescription
This individual would have been over 15 feet tall if it was standing up straight. Definitely the longest individual I’ve ever found of this species.
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Climbing Fetterbush (Pieris phillyreifolia)Observer
mrizekDescription
Growing on a very, very old cut stump.
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Coral Greenbrier (Smilax walteri)Observer
mrizekDescription
Red midvein and petiole, margin slightly revolute, and most leaves have fallen. Found along canoe trail. Caught my eye as the first thing I had seen with bright red berries
