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Twisted-leaf Yucca (Yucca rupicola)Observer
kelseyfsmithDescription
I noticed a handful of these plants but it was hard to take pictures of them, because they tended to be under the shade of bushes and trees.
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Ashe Juniper (Juniperus ashei)Observer
kelseyfsmithDescription
It makes perfect since for an ashe juniper to be found in Austin because it is a drought resistant, evergreen tree. We are currently in a drought, as marked by the dried up pool in Walnut Creek Metro Park, giving this tree a survival advantage.
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Scarlet Pea (Indigofera miniata)Observer
kelseyfsmithDescription
This was a very small plant I say on the side of the trail. It initially remote of clover, but upon closer examination it is something different.
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Ballmoss (Tillandsia recurvata)Observer
kelseyfsmithDescription
Found this ball mass on the floor of the trail. It must have fallen from its perch on a near by tree.
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Tievine (Ipomoea cordatotriloba)Observer
kelseyfsmithDescription
These flowering plants were rare on my walk but they are very common back at my hometown on the outskirts of Houston, TX.
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Prairie Flameleaf Sumac (Rhus lanceolata)Observer
kelseyfsmithDescription
I also saw more full grown forms of the plants, but this younger one was easier to take pictures of because it was shorter and isolated from other trees.
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Arizona Black Walnut (Juglans major)Observer
kelseyfsmithDescription
A fellow hiker saw me take this picture and said it was unusual for this type of tree to be found in this area, which I found interesting.
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kelseyfsmithDescription
Found multiple clusters of this plant on my walk. I also happened across one these plants that someone had pulled out of the ground. I took a picture in case it would help with IDing this plant.
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Prickly Pears (Genus Opuntia)Observer
kelseyfsmithDescription
I found other cacti in the park, but I just happened to take a picture of this patch first. Cacti were randomly interspersed in the park, seemingly at random in the middle of a field of other plants. This was interesting to me because we are used to seeing cacti being isolated in more desert like environments and not in the middle of a lush park.
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Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)Observer
kelseyfsmithDescription
Two squirrels in the trees were chasing each other while the squirrel on the ground is preoccupied with the food they found.
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Genus OxidusObserver
kelseyfsmithDescription
This millipede was found underneath a rock, most likely because they feed off of detritus, which there is plenty of underneath rocks in the form of mulch and leaf litter.
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
kelseyfsmithDescription
The lichen on the trees in this area were all on the northeast side of the trees.
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Feral Pigeon (Columba livia var. domestica)Observer
kelseyfsmithDescription
This pigeon was hanging around an area on campus where students were sitting and eating their lunch. This pigeon was most likely using this area as an "hunting ground" to eat dropped pieces of food.
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Eleodes hispilabrisObserver
kelseyfsmithDescription
Founding walking along the sand at White Sands National Monument in New Mexico
