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Fawn Lilies (Genus Erythronium)Observer
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Petals lacking auricles
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Life (Life)Observer
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Not sure what this line of organisms is, but thought they looked cool
From a spring and ditch with standing water
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Fan Clubmoss (Diphasiastrum digitatum)Observer
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Spores developing
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Barred Owl (Strix varia)Observer
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I heard a turkey gobbling before I found this feather
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Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)Observer
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Habitat: mesic interior forest
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Sessile Bellwort (Uvularia sessilifolia)Observer
jtuttleDescription
Leaves are sessile. Leaf tips too acute for Polygonatum. (Also, if this were a fertile individual, the stem would be branched, which is never the case for Polygonatum or Maianthemum.) Leaves lack the 3 prominent veins as in Maianthemum (see underside of leaf photo for the many, equally prominent veins). Underside of leaf is glaucous, which is different from the other Uvularia species. Last photo shows a different individual. @johnnybirder and @kburke, I'm working on this!
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Kidneyleaf Buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus)Observer
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Blooming
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Seal Salamander (Desmognathus monticola)Observer
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Under rock on the edge of a stream
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Kanawha Blackbelly Salamander (Desmognathus kanawha)Observer
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Under a rock on edge of a stream
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White-banded Crab Spider (Misumenoides formosipes)Observer
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I've never seen a crab spider this big! It was eating a honeybee.
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Mapleleaf Viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium)Observer
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Pubescent on underside
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Cinnamon Willowherb (Epilobium coloratum)Observer
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Blooming next to a spring (last photo of seed pods opening taken on 11/4/16).
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White-dotted Prominent (Nadata gibbosa)Observer
kburkeDescription
1-2 inches long
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Rose Twisted-Stalk (Streptopus lanceolatus)Observer
eraskinDescription
Leaf margins coarsely ciliate; leaves clasping but not amplexicaul; pedicels not kinked; leaves brighter green than S. amplexifolius var. amplexifolius.
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Silky Dogwood (Cornus amomum)Observer
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Blooming; growing in a thicket on the edge of a meadow next to a river.
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Flat-headed Salamander (Desmognathus planiceps)Observer
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Seemed hurt, so it was alive but not very. Found under a rock on the edge of a stream.
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Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius)Observer
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On yellow rocket mustard blooms.
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False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum racemosum)Observer
shstuddardDescription
Picture taken early on in the flowing stage.
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Nolinoideae
Genus: Maianthemum
Species: M. stellatum
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Northern Redbelly Snake (Storeria occipitomaculata ssp. occipitomaculata)Observer
milopyne
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Genus MutinusObserver
cafDescription
Stinkhorn - We have mulch everywhere on our school campus trees and gardens and we have seen this fungus pop up everywhere after rain all fall and into the winter. We smell it before we see it. These pics are of the "egg" sac, the egg sac cut open, the stalk beginning to grow then the mature fungus stalk which is about 11 cm tall.
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Canada Lily (Lilium canadense)Observer
kburkeDescription
This was part of a deer fence experiment. The lilies occur all over in the wild, but they usually don't get more than 1 or 2 leaves on them and so don't bloom. Because this one was protected from deer for several years, it did.
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Rufous-backed Cellophane Bee (Colletes thoracicus)Observer
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I sent one to an entomologist friend who confirmed this ID. There were a bunch of them buzzing low to the ground and mating.
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North American Racer (Coluber constrictor)Observer
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They were mating!
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Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans)Observer
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In Jefferson National Forest. Oak forest. There were 2 mates, and they had a nest (see pictures)
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Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)Observer
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Pair of mates has taken up residence in a nest box.
