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Ringless Honey Mushroom (Desarmillaria caespitosa)Observer
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Growing in clusters of approximately 30-40 caps. Approx. 3-3.5" tall.
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Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)Observer
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Bloom: .5cm. Ovate leaves: 1.25 cm.
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Breadroot Scurf Pea (Pediomelum esculentum)Observer
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Leaves arranged in five-pointed star formation, approx. 3.5-5cm from tip to tip.
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Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)Observer
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Struck by a vehicle.
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Plume Thistles (Genus Cirsium)Observer
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Growing alongside a dry creek near head of Notch Trail.
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Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)Observer
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Observed on Quinn Road, within a prairie dog colony. Please note: prairie dogs may have plague. Please observe from your vehicle. Image shot with an iPhone up to a pair of Nikon binocs eyepiece x25 (sorry for soft image).
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Common Lichens (Class Lecanoromycetes)Observer
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1/2" wide on a loose pice of limestone.
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Eleodes hispilabrisObserver
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Approximately 5/8" long, observed ascending the side of a sod table at the Old Northeast Road and Castle Trail. Dent in left thorax.
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Sunburst Lichens, Firedots, and Allies (Family Teloschistaceae)Observer
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1.5" across, on south side of channel rock.
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Observer
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3/8", light-graphite in tone. Observed interacting with the pistols and stamen of Creeping Jenny. Flew from this bloom to another 6" away. Flight mechanics similar to a firefly.
Epicauta fabricii, aka "Blister Beetle."
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Tribe PentodontiniObserver
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Approx. 1/2" long. Garnet-rust red.
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Snow-on-the-Mountain (Euphorbia marginata)Observer
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Growing in discreet patches across the street from the Ben Reifel Visitors Center, within proximity of a dry creek.
