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Voles, Lemmings, and Muskrats Subfamily ArvicolinaeObserver
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Identified as HEVO in the field based on tail length and habitat (vs. ROVO) but have no experience with either species. Phenacomys ungava vs. Microtus chrotorrhinus. Caught 4 individuals over a 2 week period. This individual was only 27g and sex unknown (escaped!). Habitat: mature eastern hemlock overstory transitioning into mature sugar maple; nearby were some meadow marshes (old beaver floods). Caught in Sherman livetraps set by Fish and Wildlife Technician students (Sault College - Wildlife Scientific Collector's Authorization 1088996).
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Voles, Lemmings, and Muskrats Subfamily ArvicolinaeObserver
rroutledgeDescription
Identified as HEVO in the field based on tail length and habitat (vs. ROVO) but have no experience with either species. Phenacomys ungava vs. Microtus chrotorrhinus. Caught 4 individuals over a 2 week period. This individual was only 20.5g and sexed as female. Habitat: mature eastern hemlock overstory transitioning into mature sugar maple; nearby were some meadow marshes (old beaver floods). Caught in Sherman livetraps set by Natural Environment Technician students (Sault College - Wildlife Scientific Collector's Authorization 1088996).
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Canada Darner Aeshna canadensisObserver
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w common green darner perched on a Sw
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Eastern Dwarf-Mistletoe Arceuthobium pusillumObserver
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Host = Picea glauca
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Robbins' Spikerush Eleocharis robbinsiiObserver
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culms 3 angled
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Observer
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culm tips rooting with toothed sheaths (vs. E. rostellata)
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Straw-colored Flatsedge Cyperus strigosusObserver
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bulbous-like structures base of culm (diagnostic); have specimens to key if necessary
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Crabgrasses Genus DigitariaObserver
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Have specimens to key; inflorescence axis winged
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Four-toed Salamander Hemidactylium scutatumObserver
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Sault Ste. Marie Airport, 475 Airport Road, Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 5K6, Canada (Google, OSM)Description
Found by Elliot Santoni on conifer leaf litter... body not seen, just detached tail - still moving! My 1,000th species for Algoma (https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/natural-history-of-the-algoma-district-ontario-canada)!
Out w my Ecosystem Classification students...
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Nodding Ladies' Tresses Spiranthes cernuaObserver
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"cernua"
