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Silver Hair Moss (Fabronia pusilla)Observer
dbltuckerDescription
on quercus agrifolia bark 1631
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Common Crystalwort (Riccia sorocarpa)Observer
rambryumDescription
Another @michael-lueth -styled plate showing a liverwort this time.
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Papillose Bloom Moss (Schistidium papillosum)Observer
rambryumDescription
On concrete barrier.
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Genus BranchinectaObserver
bstarzomskiDescription
Could not resist stopping to check these out on the way home @fmcghee
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Lizard's Claw Stinkhorn (Lysurus cruciatus)Observer
hskeltonDescription
I couldn’t find any images of this fungus online. So I’m not sure that it is a stink horn.
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Hermann's Dwarf Rush (Juncus hemiendytus var. hemiendytus)Observer
scottanistDescription
in semi disturbed gravel seep off side of old road
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Spidery Mossear (Rimbachia arachnoidea)Observer
rambryumDescription
Guessing based on large cream-white, uniformly-thick obconical fruiting body on orthotrichaceae in winter. Also on Nephroma I think.
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Redleg Club (Typhula erythropus)Observer
bradenjudsonDescription
On Gary Oak leaf.
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Larger Pygmy Mole Grasshopper (Neotridactylus apicialis)Observer
fmcgheeDescription
@jimmylegs ?????
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Dinobryon divergensObserver
gyefiriDescription
400x objective magnification. Sampled from Thetis lake during algal bloom warning
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Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)Observer
gavinhDescription
1st confirmed record for Canada, could be a stow-away, nearest population in in Puget Sound, Washington.
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Macoun's Everlasting (Pseudognaphalium macounii)Observer
cgbcDescription
Base of Grasshopper Mountain, Tulameen Ultramafic Complex – Road near Britton Cr.
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Island Hardleaf (Phylica arborea)Observer
remi_bigonneauPlace
Missing Location
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Little Wolverine Moss (Psilopilum cavifolium)Observer
ptilidiumDescription
Alpine. In crevice on cliff face with dripping water. Hogue Mountain. HG04.
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Lyall's Polytrichum Moss (Meiotrichum lyallii)Observer
ptilidiumDescription
In alpine on humus on heather-dominated slope. Thought this would be P. alpinum but not a pappilla to be found on the marginal lamellae so ended up with P. formosum. Not sure about this one. Grennier Peak. GR19. Subsequently changed the id to P. alpinum.
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Texas Balloonwort (Sphaerocarpos texanus)Observer
bradenjudsonDescription
@rambryum - what in the world is this??? at a complete loss
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Water Lettuce (Pistia stratiotes)Observer
surrey-bc_biodiversityDescription
Fraser Heights Park invasive species
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Siberian Myurella Moss (Myurella sibirica)Observer
rambryumDescription
750 on limestone ??? Heterocladium? Claopodium? Something else? On limestone wall of creek
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ptilidiumDescription
on wet mineral soil over bedrock face along steep meltwater channel in the alpine. Hogue Mountain. HG06.
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Scouler's Monkeyflower (Erythranthe scouleri)Observer
cgbcDescription
Lower stem leaves oblanceolate, shallowly tapering towards stem in merging with petioles. Glabrous stem outside of the inflorescence. Narrow estuarine tidal marsh along marina shoreline in Deas Slough.
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Inflated Stippled Lichen (Endocarpon pulvinatum)Observer
eullstromDescription
Endocarpon pulvinatum??
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Wideleaf Racomitrium Moss (Racomitrium canescens var. latifolium)Observer
fmcgheeDescription
on soil/rock
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Haida Gwaii False Rue Anemone (Enemion savilei)Observer
dianalynn1Description
In 1985, this was known as Isopyrum savelei.
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Broad-leaved Pondweed (Potamogeton amplifolius)Observer
cgbcDescription
Lightning Lake, Manning Park. Collected from kayak. Abundant, photos of broken-off stem found freely floating.
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Gold Butte Moss (Didymodon nevadensis)Observer
rambryumDescription
On glacial lucustrine clays
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Elk (Cervus canadensis)Observer
fmcgheeDescription
featuring @bradenjudson for scale
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Hook-beak Tufa-Moss (Hymenostylium recurvirostrum)Observer
rambryumDescription
255 on clay in cave crevice
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Spotted Porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix)Observer
gavinhDescription
Fins with small spots separate this fish from D. holacanthus. Publishing this range record as a 1st for BC and Canada.
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Finescale Triggerfish (Balistes polylepis)Observer
caritaDescription
Dried remains found on shore in the forest by a colleague while monitoring mammals. Eagle prey remains? Doesn't seem to be a species known from here.
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Smalleye Pacific Opah (Lampris incognitus)Observer
caritaDescription
Found by a local and photographed/posted to Facebook. Brought in on Japanese Current?
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Howell's Camas (Camassia howellii)Observer
eralversonDescription
Not the best photo, the flowers of Camassia howellii are only open at certain times, and are often closed in the PM which conditions are the warmest/brightest. The small ovoid fruits clearly spearate this from other Camassias.
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Foothill Deathcamas (Toxicoscordion paniculatum)Observer
johndreynoldsDescription
South Okanagan Grasslands Protected Area - Chopaka West. BC, Canada.
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Yukon Lupine (Lupinus kuschei)Observer
jimmylegsDescription
Roadside where highway touches edge of stabilized dune system
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Stiff Yellow Indian-Paintbrush (Castilleja lutescens)Observer
bstarzomskiDescription
odd one/location? Only one seen all day
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Dwarf Spikerush (Eleocharis coloradoensis)Observer
michael_oldhamPlace
Canada, British Columbia, County, Osoyoos Indian Band land, "The Spit", east shore of Osoyoos Lake; Lat Long accuracy 10m (Google, OSM)Description
M.J. Oldham, B.A. Bennett, J. Gould, J.M. Bowles, B.A. Ford, T. McIntosh, Capone 35983; specimen record, replicates to MICH 1593373, mjo, +2; identified by A.A. Reznicek 17 Jan. 2013 as Eleocharis coloradoensis ; moist muddy open ground; abundant; "Certainly not E. acicularis; but the tubers and spikelet size seem to point towards this rather than E. parvula. I'll double check this. It may be new to BC (or maybe all the BC parvula is this?" (AA Reznicek); GPS waypoint 750
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Rigid Screw Moss (Aloina rigida)Observer
dickcanningsDescription
in yellow circles in image; Identified by Terry McIntosh
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Cruet Collar-Moss (Splachnum ampullaceum)Observer
rambryumDescription
783 over sphagnum and presumed dung in bog
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Spreading-leaved Grimmia (Grimmia ramondii)Observer
dbltuckerDescription
On vertical bedrock face. Note: costa with wing-like lamellae, smooth leave cells, basal cells sinuose, upper leaf cells round, recurved leaf margins are bistratose at the apex, leaf apex muticous.
Coll. 19-492
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Hill Notchwort (Barbilophozia sudetica)Observer
cwardropDescription
Abundant on a rock face with Scapania americana.
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Ostracods (Class Ostracoda)Observer
fmcgheeDescription
in vernal pool. Accessed with permission. Central meadow is closed currently
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Notodromas monachaObserver
ian_gardinerDescription
Habitat small pool.
Ventral view of male. The flattened ventral surface facilitates adhesion to the surface film as this species pursues its hyponeustonic way of life, scooting around just under the water's surface.
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bombusmixtusDescription
Plant was growing in an area that looked like it had standing water earlier in the year. Square stem and opposite leaves indicate that it is in the mint family. Took a sample home and keyed to Teucrium using Hitchcock and Cronquist 2nd edition. Only one Teucrium plant species in our area with purple flowers, T. canadense var. occidentale.
