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Sphagnum Mosses (Genus Sphagnum)Observer
oz4casterDescription
What appears to be tiny plants with tiny red blooms growing in water in a rock drainage basin near Inks Lake. The second photo with a wide view has several fallen live oak leaves for scale. The small pond was about 3 or 4 feet long and maybe an inch or two deep.
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Yellow-eyed Grasses (Genus Xyris)Observer
arenicolaDescription
comparison between Xyris iridifolia (left) and Xyris difformis (right).
first photos show the difference between the shape of the spikes, and the broad flattened scape of iridifolia versus the narrowly winged scape of difformis, highlighted by the sunlight in pic 2.
3rd photo compares habit — iridifolia taller, with longer and much broader leaves; difformis shorter, with narrower leaves.
4th pic shows seed difference — elongate and dark grey in iridifolia, rounded and pale yellow in difformis.
both found together in bottomland forest, as typical; creek in background
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Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis)Observer
teellbeeDescription
Just emerging from a pupa! Newly emerged and growing wings!
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Rainbow Darter (Etheostoma caeruleum)Observer
ktramelDescription
In shallow riffle (maybe 2 inches) with heavy debris and under heavy shade from trees. Approximately 10 feet upstream from drop off into deep pool of longear sunfish
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Flatfruit Beaksedge (Rhynchospora compressa)Observer
ungbergDescription
State record
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Greenbriers (Genus Smilax)Observer
ryan1410Description
This specimen was leafless, and the longest stem was roughly 3 meters in length.
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Girgensohn's Peatmoss (Sphagnum girgensohnii)Observer
elenasuslovaDescription
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Saw Greenbrier (Smilax bona-nox)Observer
jrichardabbottDescription
last photo contrasts proximal stem with that of S. glauca (to left)
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Greenbriers (Genus Smilax)Observer
arenicolaDescription
comparison pic displaying the characteristic leaves of the 4 most common Smilax species locally (S. auriculata, laurifolia, smallii, and bona-nox, respectively), each with one side torn off to show the diagnostic marginal vein, or lack thereof.
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Coyote (Canis latrans)Observer
arenicolaDescription
single coyote (audio 1 & 2) heard howling out in a deep baygall swamp just after dusk. naturally I howled back just for the heck of it, and within a few minutes, several coyotes (audio 3) began howling and barking, coming closer to where I was. then after a bit they just kind of faded out and moved back down into the swamp. pretty cool.
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Human (Homo sapiens)Observer
susanhewittDescription
INat gets a significant mention! In a giant poster in Madison Square Park in Manhattan.
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Green Beetle Hanger (Complex Hesperomyces virescens)Observer
rogerbirkheadDescription
Can be seen on the left side of the picture (right side of the beetle).
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douggoldmanDescription
Naturally occurring hybrid of Quercus falcata and Q. nigra, which often has leaves similar in appearance to Q. georgiana but the buds and acorn cap scales are different. Both parental species are present here.
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Black-spotted Lady Beetles (Tribe Coccinellini)Observer
sharon181Description
Had seen these eggs the day before, but when I checked on them the next day this beetle was eating them. Must have been 25-30 eggs.
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Spotted Phosphila Moth (Phosphila miselioides)Observer
plectrudisDescription
Observation is of the large, green caterpillar[?]. On a Smilax leaf.
From a hike at Buescher State Park. For the 2019 City Nature Challenge.
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Coral Greenbrier (Smilax walteri)Observer
j-staufferDescription
Batsto Lake, Wharton State Forest
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Harper's Bristly-stalked Sedge (Carex leptalea ssp. harperi)Observer
williammcfarlandDescription
Locally common in tupelo-maple-sweetgum swamp
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Smilax Sect. Nemexia (Section Nemexia)Observer
dryopteris2Description
Plants glabrous, not glaucous. Leaves obtuse, smaller leaves truncate, larger slightly cordate.
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Bristly Greenbrier (Smilax tamnoides)Observer
sedgeDescription
Smilax tamnoides on the left with larger flowers and Smilax rotundifolia on the right.
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Roundleaf Greenbrier (Smilax rotundifolia)Observer
ruggedbynatureDescription
Will edit later
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Bathroom Moth Fly (Clogmia albipunctata)Observer
arnelDescription
A Drain Fly (Clogmia albipunctata), photographed in Sunnyvale, CA. Identified by comparing with all of the Moth Flies (family Psychodidae, subfamily Psychodinae) depicted in the reference cited below; C. albipunctata seemed to be the best fit in terms of wing shape, wing ornamentation, hairiness, and antenna characteristics.
Note: C. albipunctata is also known as the Bathroom Moth Midge.
References:
- "Subfamily Psychodinae" (n.d.), BugGuide. Retrieved on 1/10/20 from https://bugguide.net/node/view/64068
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Green Lacewings (Family Chrysopidae)Observer
birderdtDescription
Egg dpiral found on my vinyl back door
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Redspot Darter (Etheostoma artesiae)Observer
ktramelDescription
In shaded riffle area a couple inches deep under overhanging grasses
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American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)Observer
dwabramsDescription
These tracks were about 30 minutes old when the photographs were shot. Three of us watched the gator make them. The consensus estimate was that it was about ten feet long.
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Sandyfield Beaksedge (Rhynchospora megalocarpa)Observer
j-staufferDescription
UCF Arboretum
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Seedbox (Ludwigia alternifolia)Observer
flowntheloopDescription
These beauties have gone to seed and are taking on some more autumnal shades! At the edge of a dense mixed forest, in a clearing.
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etantrahDescription
"Fimbristylis annua (Allioni) Roemer & J.A.Schultes"; achenes lenticular, without a perianth, without a persistent style base/tubercle (pic 2), and with warts scattered over the surface; style branches 2 and fimbriate; plant a small, shallowly-rooted annual.
