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May 12, 2024
09:46 PM CDT
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May 29, 2022
04:26 AM UTC
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January 10, 2024
01:05 PM CST
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March 28, 2020
12:20 PM PDT
Description
Presumably a parasitic plant since no leaves were observed and no plants nearby.
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April 25, 2024
04:26 PM HST
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May 7, 2024
10:19 AM HST
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March 5, 2024
04:32 AM UTC
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April 3, 2024
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August 16, 2023
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September 11, 2022
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May 4, 2024
05:32 PM EDT
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February 2, 2020
04:22 PM UTC
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May 5, 2024
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May 5, 2024
05:01 PM CDT
Description
All leaves were distinctly surrulate. Lines of hairs on new twigs. Leaves typically widest at the middle or just below with slightly acuminate tips. Leaves larger than V. elliottii but smaller than V. fuscatum.
Outside of known range, but seems to fit.
To be clear, this is how these plants key based on Weakley's FSUS 2024.
- 1 Shrubs rhizomatous, forming clonal colonies, the upright stems < 1 m tall (and often < 0.5 m tall); ["lowbush blueberries"].
- 1 Shrubs crown-forming, single-stemmed or several-stemmed from the base, the upright stems generally > 1 m tall (often 2-3 m tall, and rarely to 7 m); ["highbush blueberries"].
These plants are definitely crown-forming from a multi-stemmed base. The two larger shrubs were each about 5-6 ft. tall. I saw no obvious signs of rhizomatous spreading.
- 9 Leaves with stipitate glands on the lower surface; [Coastal Plain of SC and s. NC south to FL, west to TX]
- 9 Leaves lacking stipitate glands on the lower surface (variously glabrous to pubescent with eglandular hairs); [collectively widespread].
I see no signs of stipite glands on any of leaves, though there appears to be some very small stipitate glands on the emering twigs, though they appear to be lost as the twig matures.
- 11 Leaves 0.7-3.5 cm long, 0.3-1.5 cm wide, with serrulate margins; twigs slender, numerous.
- 11 Leaves 3-10 cm long, 1.5-4.5 cm wide, with entire, ciliate, or serrulate margins; twigs stouter, fewer.
I have yet to take precise leaf measurements, but they seem to be about 3-6 cm in length and 1.5-3 cm in width. They are conspicuously larger than V.elliottii leaves (which one of these shrubs is growing immediately beside for easy comparison), but still on the smaller side for a highbush blueberry.
- 12 Young twigs glabrous (or puberulent in two lines as in V. formosum); leaf surfaces glabrous; leaf margins eciliate or ciliate.
- 12 Young twigs puberulent, at least in lines; leaf surfaces more-or-less pubescent; leaf margins ciliate (rarely eciliate).
Young twigs and undersides of the leaves are clearly puberulent.
- 15 Puberulence of the young twigs merely in 2 lines; [Mountains and montane sites in the upper Piedmont].
- 15 Puberulence of the young twigs extending around their circumference (not merely in 2 lines); [collectively widespread in our area].
The puberulence of the young twigs is predominantly in 2 lines and extends around the twig circumference only on older twigs before becoming mostly glabrous.
- 16 Leaves elliptic to elliptic-obovate, broadest at or beyond the middle, the apex acute to short-acuminate; leaf margins entire to obscurely serrulate; corolla 5-10 mm long; berry blue, glaucous
- 16 Leaves narrowly ovate, broadest below the middle, the apex acuminate; leaf margins distinctly serrulate; corolla 5-7 mm long; berry purple-black, not glaucous (sometimes drying so as to appear somewhat glaucous blue)
The leaf margins are invariably distinctly serrulate, and the leaves tend to be widest in the middle or just below the middle.
This final question arrives us at Vaccinium simulatum.
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May 4, 2024
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May 14, 2023
07:49 PM EDT
Description
Tentative, given scarcity in region; in cool, shaded rocky outcrop. Noted tiny tiny petals (often looking more like 8-10 even tinier petals), weak and leaning habit, and relatively long and slender leaves for a Stellaria
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April 1, 2024
09:47 PM UTC
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September 2, 2023
02:56 PM CDT
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August 29, 2022
10:13 PM CST
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June 17, 2023
06:07 PM CDT
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May 10, 2023
06:42 PM EDT
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April 25, 2024
02:16 PM CDT
Description
Along disturbed woodland border by roadside power line trail.
Seems unlikely. Need to look into further.
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April 18, 2024
06:44 PM PDT
Description
LIFER!!!
Another had road cruised this beauty right before everyone was going to leave for the day. Super happy I finally got to see one and this little one seemed to enjoy all the paparazzi as it was a lifer for many in our group. Got carried away with photos as well because . . . hognose!
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March 14, 2024
06:51 AM CDT
Description
Limestone cliff on the Stones River.
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April 1, 2023
05:50 AM UTC
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March 15, 2024
01:03 AM UTC
Description
seems to be weakley's "carex species 7"
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April 16, 2024
09:02 PM UTC
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July 2, 2021
07:28 PM UTC
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June 25, 2020
05:02 PM EDT
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April 6, 2024
09:27 PM PDT
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April 8, 2024
08:58 AM CDT
Description
Open woodland, regularly cleared with weedeater.
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May 19, 2022
08:26 PM CDT
Description
First time I've ever gotten to see a specimen up close.
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July 13, 2022
09:42 AM HST
Description
Apidae – Psithyrus ashtoni (CRESSON) – USA: Michigan: St. Joseph Co.: Tamarack Lake, 18/23-VI-1981, col. D.C.L. Gosling, det. Psithyrus ashtoni por R.W. Husband (1 hembra en col. Museo Entomológico de León) [Hy-43]
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April 1, 2024
06:46 PM CDT
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September 3, 2022
03:55 PM EDT
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July 22, 2020
12:55 AM UTC
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March 15, 2024
07:59 PM UTC
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March 29, 2024
01:47 AM HST
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May 15, 2022
03:13 PM CDT
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March 22, 2022
09:02 AM CDT
Description
Hardwood forest with exposed Heflin phyllite.
DDS 17,004
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May 10, 2021
08:37 PM CDT
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March 9, 2024
12:46 AM UTC
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March 24, 2024
10:37 PM UTC
Description
on Phacelia bipinnatifida
What
Dicots
(Class Magnoliopsida)
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October 18, 2023
05:41 AM EDT
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February 6, 2024
12:19 AM UTC
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March 22, 2024
04:52 PM EDT
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March 22, 2024
07:45 PM EDT
Description
no @blazeclaw were harmed in the making of this photo
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March 24, 2024
08:29 PM CDT
Description
Unsure of ID. I wrote it off as a two line in the field but now feel silly for not getting proper photos. was in the correct habitat for Urspelerpes sp.
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March 23, 2024
06:12 PM UTC
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April 22, 2023
06:07 PM CDT
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June 14, 2023
10:11 PM UTC
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April 10, 2023
07:40 PM EDT
Description
Looked like smallii but this is not where I would expect that ????
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March 19, 2024
05:58 PM EDT
Description
Different menthol smell, and hairiness on steps and leaves, seemed to have a bit more rounded leaves, compared with the mountain mint I’ve found in middle georgia. This was high elevation, fairly rare/uncommon along the trail up yonah. Only found three different patches, 6 inches wide
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March 18, 2024
10:54 PM EDT
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October 11, 2023
07:02 PM PDT
Description
Not even kidding I found this cutie in an acorn cap under a rock as is.
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December 22, 2023
06:21 PM MST
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July 22, 2021
10:19 AM EDT
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July 15, 2023
11:13 PM EDT
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May 4, 2022
09:29 AM EDT
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April 12, 2022
07:49 PM CDT
What
Sauger
(Sander canadensis)
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October 1, 2018
09:21 AM PDT
Description
My buddy caught this in his cast net! Never thought I'd see a walleye in Tennessee. Released unharmed.
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December 29, 2023
11:22 AM CST
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March 16, 2022
11:16 AM CDT
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March 12, 2024
01:32 PM EDT
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March 12, 2024
12:52 PM EDT
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March 6, 2024
01:24 PM PST
Description
This is the LARGEST cottonmouth I have ever seen. Super happy to see one crossing the path but I was flabbergasted at how huge this snake was!
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March 13, 2024
09:55 AM CDT
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March 31, 2023
01:36 AM UTC
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May 15, 2023
10:38 AM CDT
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April 28, 2023
08:16 PM EDT
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July 11, 2023
11:49 AM CDT
Description
Small-Flower Pawpaw - FYI, I made a sweep in the general area where a first Asimina parviflora was found and stopped counting at 50 plants. These were scattered over a 2 - 3 acre area and I have since located a few more plants farther down the ridge. The tallest A. parviflora is about 10' - 12' tall and was the only plant with any fruit that I could find. Most plants are small in the 1' - 3' range.
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March 9, 2024
08:27 AM PST
Description
The target species for the day! The largest siren I have ever seen, yes I do realize there are larger species, but this one was thick and long. Super happy I was finally able to get one in TN.
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March 9, 2024
08:42 AM PST
Description
Super happy to see some more of these animals. Unsure of the species but maybe its M. partumeium just because this individual was found in a swamp?
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February 21, 2024
08:23 PM UTC
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February 28, 2024
09:13 PM EST
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February 12, 2024
05:50 PM CST
Description
Tentatively. In calcareous hanging seep
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December 12, 2023
08:01 AM JST
Description
ハコネサンショウウオ(O. japonicus)とホムラハコネサンショウウオ(O. pyrrhonotus)の混棲域にて。
写真は無いが腹側に白斑が全く見られなかったことから、狭義のハコネサンショウウオ(O. japonicus)と思われる。
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February 25, 2024
02:36 PM PST
Description
@wp_herping heard and spotted this one walking in the woods as @kristaallen and I chased it down to snap this photo. Ended up getting to see their mating ritual earlier in the night as well thanks to Krista.
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February 20, 2023
10:12 PM CST
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August 3, 2023
08:12 PM CDT
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January 30, 2024
06:14 AM PST
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January 19, 2024
06:25 PM CST
Description
Cyrilla parvifolia Rafinesque.
In Cyrilla parvifolia (overstory) & Sphagnum portoricense (understory) dominated shrub bog viewed from its ecotone with Eleocharis elongata & Eriocaulon lineare dominated peaty lakeshore marsh (at shore of coastal dune lake) and wet pitcherplant prairie. This portion of C. parvifolia shrub bog also grades into wet-mesic Pinus palustris flatwoods and small Taxodium ascendens swamps. Hypericum fasciculatum is common throughout the bog, and elongated, low hummocks with Eriocaulon compressum are present between the shrub bog and lakeshore marsh.
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October 11, 2022
07:34 PM CDT
Description
Crataegus invisa Sargent, likely synonymous with Crataegus mollis var. dumetosa (Sargent) Kruschke.
Remnant calcareous woodland over Grayson Marl & Main Street Limestone near ecotone with calcareous gallery forest.
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February 18, 2024
07:42 PM EST
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February 6, 2024
12:04 AM UTC
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September 9, 2021
04:15 PM EDT
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June 5, 2022
11:37 AM CDT
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June 23, 2019
06:29 PM EDT
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April 25, 2021
04:43 AM UTC
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February 1, 2024
02:24 PM EST
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February 7, 2024
08:28 PM EST
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February 7, 2024
08:28 PM EST
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February 5, 2024
11:33 PM EST
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February 17, 2024
04:08 PM EST
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February 18, 2024
12:39 AM EST
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April 29, 2023
10:29 PM CDT
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August 16, 2023
12:00 AM PDT
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February 21, 2022
09:32 PM UTC
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February 9, 2024
08:30 PM CST
Description
Spring seep / vernal pool in bottom of hardwood of ravine. Final picture was using a black light.
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June 10, 2018
05:00 PM CDT