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Southern Black Widow (Latrodectus mactans)Observer
bjaynesDescription
Unbroken hourglass; this may be first male I’ve seen, though I see females on a regular basis.
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White Flatweed (Hypochaeris albiflora)Observer
bjaynesDescription
Basal leaves not significantly dissected; guessing this happens as plant matures. Stem leaves key this out in Weakley, though.
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Cups (Genus Peziza)Observer
bjaynesDescription
Along edges of a graded, gravel roadway; caps of variable size, but largest were 3cm or so.
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Donkia pulcherrimaObserver
bjaynesDescription
Caps on the wooly side & salmon to pale-orange. Keyed out in Bessette, Smith, & Bessette.
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Stinking Orange Oyster (Phyllotopsis nidulans)Observer
bjaynesDescription
Extremely water-logged substrate; two days after heavy rain. Colors were more orange than images exhibit.
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Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare)Observer
bjaynesDescription
Purple-brown spore print.
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Blewit (Collybia nuda)Observer
bjaynesDescription
In small group of 3-4 fruiting bodies among extensively decomposed hardwood litter & wood.
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Orbweavers and Allies (Superfamily Araneoidea)Observer
bjaynesDescription
Very small; 3mm or so.
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Weak Stellate Sedge (Carex seorsa)Observer
bjaynesDescription
Photos of entire plant are seen in an observation for same park listed as C. canescens subsp. disjuncta. Widest leaves around 4mm. Keyed with SE Flora/Weakley, Godfrey & Wooten, & Radford, Ahles, & Bell. Perigynia beaks not serrulate. All measurements made with Shinwa .5mm ruler & fit this species.
Sorry for crummy inflorescence photo, but it helps show the “horizontally diverging/reflexed” nature of the perigynia.
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)Observer
bjaynesDescription
On Fraxinus caroliniana. About 30mm in length.
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Two-toothed Marsh Snail (Melampus bidentatus)Observer
bjaynesDescription
In saturated, high marsh area dominated by S. patens & B. frutescens; on soil surface. None greater in length than 20mm; found in group of approximately 50 individuals.
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Scarlet Kingsnake (Lampropeltis elapsoides)Observer
bjaynesDescription
Around 14”; rings encircled body; near molt.
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Groundselbush Beetle (Trirhabda bacharidis)Observer
bjaynesDescription
On host plant.
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Sand Cordgrass (Sporobolus bakeri)Observer
bjaynesDescription
Very compressed inflorescences w/ 35+ spikelets; no leaves in excess of 4.5-5mm; cespitose habit. Keyed with SE Flora & Godfrey & Wooten. Significantly large nodes, as per illustration in Tiner from 1993. In flower right now. I’ve seen this species in flower near Garden City, SC (Fall of 2022), & now, near Edisto River. Both were on private property.
