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Giant Hygroscopic Earthstar (Astraeus pteridis)Observer
nicolettekhanDescription
May be some kind of mushroom - cap felt mushroom-like and seemed to emit brown dusty spores. Found along the edge of a fire lane trail - only saw 3 (all next to each other) in a couple mile stretch. First time I turned one over, a swarm of insects was underneath. Dry and black underneath - "legs" texture similar to a fruit rind? Not rooted/connected to anything. Approx. 3.5 inches across.
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Genus PhereoecaObserver
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Missing DateDescription
Found indoors in bathroom
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Say's Mantidfly (Dicromantispa sayi)Observer
nicolettekhanDescription
Found on exterior door frame.
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Big Bur-Reed (Sparganium eurycarpum)Observer
nicolettekhanDescription
ping-pong-sized fruit
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Cypress Spurge (Euphorbia cyparissias)Observer
nicolettekhanDescription
Disturbed area off of highway; upland of woods and stream.
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Meadow-Rues (Genus Thalictrum)Observer
nicolettekhanDescription
Found in woods adjacent to a stream.
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Observer
nicolettekhanDescription
Round, cotton candy-like growths on the underside of a few hickory saplings; about the size of a pencil eraser. Color green to white to pink.
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Scirpus Bulrushes (Genus Scirpus)Observer
nicolettekhanDescription
Round, spongy stem; leaves alternate along stem, sword-shaped, not septate; flowers borne in heads.
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Golden Ragwort (Packera aurea)Observer
nicolettekhanDescription
Heart-shaped, dentate leaves; 3-5 inches; flowers absent.
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Clustered Sanicle (Sanicula odorata)Observer
nicolettekhanDescription
1 foot high wildflower with small clusters of very small, green/yellow flowers; alternate leaves are toothed and palmately divided into 5-6 leaflets.
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Lettuce, Chicory, Dandelion and Salsify Tribe (Tribe Cichorieae)Observer
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American Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana)Observer
nicolettekhanDescription
Less than one foot dbh tree with gray, furrowed bark; alternate, elliptical, and simple leaves with serrate margins.
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Creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia)Observer
nicolettekhanDescription
Creeping, vine-like plant with opposite, entire, rounded leaves (penny- to nickel-sized); flowers absent. Also known as moneywort. Wetland indicator plant for Ohio.
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Joint-toothed Mosses (Class Bryopsida)Observer
nicolettekhanDescription
Gametophytes (stems + leaves) and sporophytes (seta + capsule) of a moss.
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American Hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana)Observer
nicolettekhanDescription
1-2 foot dbh tree; narrow-plated grey bark; alternately arranged simple, ovate, doubly-serrate leaves with rounded bases.
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Hedge Bedstraw (Galium mollugo)Observer
nicolettekhanDescription
Sprawling vine-like wildflower with a square stem, narrow leaves in whorls, and small white flowers with 4 regular parts.
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Field Horsetail (Equisetum arvense)Observer
nicolettekhanDescription
Forb/herb grows about 1 foot high. Whorls of slender,green jointed branches.
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Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (Coccinella septempunctata)Observer
nicolettekhanDescription
Larva with grey, yellow-orange, black, and white markings.
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Sheep's Sorrel (Rumex acetosella)Observer
nicolettekhanDescription
Red flowers in racemes; alternate, arrow-shaped leaves with margins entire; 1-1.5 feet high.
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Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)Observer
nicolettekhanDescription
1-2 feet high wildflower; highly dissected, alternate leaves; small white flowers (with 5 regular parts) in umbels.
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Autumn Olive (Elaeagnus umbellata)Observer
nicolettekhanDescription
About 5 foot tall shimmering shrub; alternate leaves with silver undersides; thorny branches; fruits and flowers absent.
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Narrow-leaved Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium)Observer
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Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)Observer
nicolettekhanDescription
2 foot high wildflower; numerous white ray flowers and yellow disk flowers occurring in a single head; leaves slender, alternate, and irregularly lobed.
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Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth (Malacosoma americana)Observer
nicolettekhanDescription
2 inch caterpillar; grey/blue/black/brown with white hairs/spines.
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Sallow Sedge (Carex lurida)Observer
nicolettekhanDescription
A little over 1 foot high sedge; triangular stem; large female inflorescence (1 inch long, 1/4 inch across); distinct male inflorescence.
