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Something...Observer
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At UCLAby Moore Hall,Healthy leaves appear a bright green, similar to grass. The leaves on the ground feel almost like sandpaper. The fruiting bodies are unique, almost look like they release spores or pollen.
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Peace Lily (Spathiphyllum wallisii)Observer
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Healthy leaves appear shiny with a large vein down the middle splitting it into two halves with curved veins emanating from the central one. Has never flowered. House plant that has not been succeeding as of late. Would like to know what it is to try to save it. Had been thriving until winter. Has been a houseplant for its entire existence
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
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Leaves have one main vein down the center. Seem to grow in vertical clusters. Large bush
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Tall Flatsedge (Cyperus eragrostis)Observer
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Growing amongst a bush. Doesn't appear to be the same species as the bush.
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Genus CyclamenObserver
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5 petaled red flowers with lillypad esque leaves
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Vertebrates (Subphylum Vertebrata)Observer
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Mummified salamander of unknown age from the Red Bluff California area. Unfortunately do not know much more than that.
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Stone Plants (Family Aizoaceae)Observer
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Small pinkish finger like succulents in the low to high salt marsh. Soil was incredibly sandy and salty. On an elevated area near a saltwater inlet.
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Coppery Mesemb (Malephora crocea)Observer
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Large finger like succulent in the lower to upper salt marsh. very thick leaves with bright red flowers. Close to saltwater creek
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Red Sand-Verbena (Abronia maritima)Observer
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Large bush with large succulent like leaves. Had salt and sand on leaves. Small purple flowers. It was on a sand dune between the mudflats and lower salt marsh.
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Shore Grass (Distichlis littoralis)Observer
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Very thin brush like plant mixed in the same area as succulents in low salt marsh. Small individual greenish-grey leaves. Salt water was present on the leaves.
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Alkali Heath (Frankenia salina)Observer
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Small succulent like plant found in the lower salt marsh. Many specimens were in the area and it was mixed with other plants. Rubbing the leaves left a salt residue on fingers. Salt and sand were visible on leaves.
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Broadleaf Sea Lettuce (Ulva lactuca)Observer
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Single specimen seen in area in a small but submerged section of rocky sand near low salt marsh.Presence of kelp and broken shells made it similar to a tide pool.
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California Horn Snail (Cerithideopsis californica)Observer
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In the low salt marsh in a moist area fed by a small creek. Hundreds of shells were found all over the ground, some alive some dead. All appeared to be of the same species.
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Cloudy Bubble Snail (Bulla gouldiana)Observer
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Large snail found on the surface of the mudflat. Shell had a slight purple tint. Snail itself was very orange and was moving very little but alive.
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Earthworms and Allies (Subclass Oligochaeta)Observer
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Thin reddish orange worm found a few inches into the mudflat soil underneath a small hole at the surface. After being exposed to air it quickly reburrowed itself into the soil
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European Searocket (Cakile maritima)Observer
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On a dune like sand structure in between the mudflats and lower salt marsh. Small flowers and leaves and a very short plant. Flowers were a very light lavender color
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California Brittlebush (Encelia californica)Observer
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Found on an almost dune like sand structure between the mudflats and the low salt marsh. Soil was incredibly sandy and salty. Leaves had a greyish tint to them. Flowers were similar in color to sunflowers
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Subgenus EleodesObserver
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Stink bug type beetle. Body was similar in size to a quarter. Engaging in stink bug behavior by sticking rear up but never sprayed. Found in dirt parking lot outside of estuary.
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Polychaete Worms (Class Polychaeta)Observer
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Worn found around 3-4 inches in the sand in low tidal zone. Appears to perhaps be only half a worm, unclear if cut in half before or when we found it. Part of worm we had was around 2 inches long
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Bean Clam Hydroid (Eucheilota bakeri)Observer
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Plant like growth on the bean clams. Some had many individuals whereas others had only one or none. These growths were long and stuck out of the sand when the tide came in. In the low tidal area
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Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)Observer
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Small gull like bird in the low to mid tidal zones away from the tide Had a white stripe over base of tail
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Gould Beanclam (Donax gouldii)Observer
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Many individual clams found in the low tide zone, most had this almost plant like growth that made them easy to spot as the tide receded.
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Genus ChthamalusObserver
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In the high tide/ splash zone on a piece of rocky cliff. Very large group of barnacles.
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Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)Observer
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Wrack in the high tidal zone, mainly one type of kelp which turned a yellowish orangey color.
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Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)Observer
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Bird running along shoreline, with long beak, small and brown with some white feathers
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Gutweed (Ulva intestinalis)Observer
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Found along the cliff in the mid tide zone, tide had just left when observed. Very soft and almost hairlike .
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Perez's Sea Lavender (Limonium perezii)Observer
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In splash zone, large almost cabbage shaped leaves with long stems.Flowers were purple and in large bunches.
