burkhard_plache's Favorites
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Western Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii)Observer
rosemarycurleyDescription
with Phragmites
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Beeches (Genus Fagus)Observer
burkhard_placheDescription
This tree has slightly purple leaves. However, it is not Copper Beech (F. sylvatica).
Is there a purple variety of F. grandifolia? - Or could this be a hybrid between American and European Beech? Do the two species hybridize?
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seanblaneyDescription
Based on the species in immediate proximity this is Aronia floribunda x Sorbus aucuparia. Each parent is shown in records following this one. It's not in the iNaturalist taxonomy yet. This might not have a properly described scientific name. xSorbaronia hybrida may be closest. It is an aucuparia x melanocarpa/pyrifolia/arbutifolia hybrid described when the latter three were considered a single species.
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
cabottrailfungiDescription
I am not sure what this is! They were small.
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Common Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis)Observer
logybayerDescription
Growing wild in our yard. This image is focus stacked.
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
daisyb0i
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
simkat55
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Northern Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea)Observer
rorymacneil
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Black Ash (Fraxinus nigra)Observer
seanblaneyDescription
quite large for a Nova Scotia Black Ash, but not very healthy. Last picture also shows a twig if you zoom in.
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Common Valerian (Valeriana officinalis)Observer
frazersmithDescription
Seen in the ditch. Nice smell.
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Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid (Platanthera psycodes)Observer
frazersmithDescription
First spotted this June 11 when looking for something else. Revisited June 22, July 7, 12, and 27. Identity not confirmed until final visit. Travelled 900 km on this journey. Several specimens at this location.
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Common Yew (Taxus baccata)Observer
seanblaneyDescription
Single self-seeded individual. We should probably add this species to the wild flora of NB. I've seen it self-seeding elsewhere.
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Wych Elm (Ulmus glabra)Observer
seanblaneyDescription
Thoroughly naturalized at this site. Numerous self-seeded trees of various sizes.
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Creeping Juniper (Juniperus horizontalis)Observer
burkhard_placheDescription
While walking in the Herring Cove Provincial Park Reserve, along the coast, between granite outcrops in the coastal barrens, I found these two twigs on the same plant.
To me, the smaller one is clearly creeping juniper. The larger twig looks different, and further on the trail, there were many places where both forms were growing on the same plant. The scaly form was more frequent, the spiny form restricted to locations where the twig was less exposed (between other plants, off the barren granite).
Any comments/info appreciated.
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Orange-fruited Horse Gentian (Triosteum aurantiacum)Observer
bstarzomskiDescription
Observed Ruffed grouse eating the berries
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Carolina Fanwort (Cabomba caroliniana)Observer
icbrysonDescription
Alien species, per http://halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca/posts/2015/fanwort/index.html
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American Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana)Observer
cosmiccatDescription
Jefferson Nature Center
