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Northern Rubber Boa (Charina bottae)Observer
allen_rileyDescription
This is a very exciting find. You usually don't find Rubber Boas with this dark of coloration. I'm 99% sure this a male because of the good sized spurs. I found him on our property in the same little area I have found five others. This is also the first Rubber Boa that has ever musked on me.
Time: 7:45
Elevation: 3800ft
Weather: cloudy and cool. 60*F
Location: Under a rock (picture above) on a rocky hillside in a Ponderosa Pine dominated stand.
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Prairie Pasqueflower (Pulsatilla nuttalliana)Observer
ddubois2Description
Mutant flower with petaloid stamens
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Wandering Garter Snake (Thamnophis elegans ssp. vagrans)Observer
jphickokDescription
Seen in a lake... eating a fish!
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
keyaramccarthyDescription
Camouflaged into the stems
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Western Spotted Coralroot (Corallorhiza maculata var. occidentalis)Observer
liamwaters
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Columbines (Genus Aquilegia)Observer
susanelliottDescription
Aqualegia formosa? The spurs seem too long for that species.
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Bracted Lousewort (Pedicularis bracteosa)Observer
taitsougstadDescription
Someone please help me figure out this species! Specimens were coming in alpine meadows across the Bangtails, all past flowering. I stopped our bike train and shouted, "Peducularis!"
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Western Harebell (Campanula petiolata)Observer
nhflowerboyDescription
These harebells were white with purple speckles (not visible in the photo)...haven't seen them white before. A variant? A random mutation?
