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Hog Plum (Prunus umbellata)Observer
j-staufferDescription
Wekiwa Springs State Park
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Redbay (Persea borbonia)Observer
eickwortDescription
Magnified pictures added, showing the fine, golden pubescence on the twigs, buds, and undersides of the leaves. The hairs on redbay are not really visible by eye; the leaf undersides feel smooth. Swamp bay (P. palustris) leaves have more long and shaggy pubescence. The tongue is sensitive enough to detect this; if you lick the underside of a leaf (trust me), on swamp bay it will feel velvety-fuzzy. The undersides of redbay leaves will feel smooth against the tongue. Compare to swamp bay, here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15019191
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Bearberry (Vaccinium erythrocarpum)Observer
annkatrinroseDescription
Mountain cranberry along the trail up to Clingman's Dome at Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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Eastern Fivespined Ips (Ips grandicollis)Observer
eickwortDescription
Found tunneling in the inner bark of a dying longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) on Seminole State Forest.
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Sixspined Ips (Ips calligraphus)Observer
eickwortDescription
Found in the inner bark of a longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) in a plantation. Pitch tubes on bark shown in second picture. Dorsal close-up image taken over millimeter grid paper, for scale.
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Black Turpentine Beetle (Dendroctonus terebrans)Observer
eickwortDescription
Extracted from the inner bark at the base of a longleaf pine (Pinus palustris). Dorsal picture taken over millimeter grid paper, for scale.
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Deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum)Observer
janetwrightDescription
overgrown pine savanna
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Peach Bark Beetle (Phloeotribus liminaris)Observer
eickwortDescription
From a declining black cherry (Prunus serotina) tree at the edge of a sports field, covered with "gummosis" (globs of resin) where the beetles had tunneled in. I excavated some beetles for ID. Beetle placed on millimeter grid paper, for scale.
Update: added a better lateral picture to use as a thumbnail for this species.
