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Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia)Observer
kylegillDescription
I find this small to medium-sized bright yellow spider on my pants after walking through a mixed conifer-hardwood canopied stand with lots of beaked hazel and large-leaved aster in the understory.
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Twinflower (Linnaea borealis)Observer
kylegillDescription
Growing just off the west side of a sandy road, east of a 130 year old decadent jack pine stand.
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Northern Red Belt (Fomitopsis mounceae)Observer
kylegillDescription
Found on a stump of a black spruce in a spruce peat bog.
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Three-leaved False Solomon’s Seal (Maianthemum trifolium)Observer
kylegillDescription
Growing on peat. 75+ canopy cover of black spruce with some tamarack and paper birch nearby.
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Bog Wintergreen (Pyrola asarifolia)Observer
kylegillDescription
On sandy soil and edge of a infrequently used driveway.
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Northern Oak Fern (Gymnocarpium dryopteris)Observer
kylegillDescription
In the understory of a relatively wet and peaty forested area. Canopy tree species include black spruce, tamarack, and black ash.
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Swamp Laurel (Kalmia polifolia)Observer
kylegillDescription
Located in a peat bog with an interrupted canopy of black spruce.
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
kylegillDescription
Located in a bog dominated by peat at the soil surface and black spruce in the forest canopy.
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Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides)Observer
kylegillDescription
Leaves starting to expand on the mature aspen.
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Something...Observer
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Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera)Observer
kylegillDescription
Leaves starting to expand on this paper birch sapling. It is located under large red pines in an area that was thinned in 2008 of some mature trees and understory brush.
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Balsam Poplar (Populus balsamifera)Observer
kylegillDescription
Leaves starting to expand for the season. Last week, they were covered by snow!
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Red Pine (Pinus resinosa)Observer
kylegillDescription
Canopy trees are nearly all red pine with a couple of white pine. Dendroecological study indicates most of the canopy trees germinated between 1815-1824 and that nine surface fires burned through the understory between 1842-1908. Understory was mechanically cleared in 1984 and 2009 and is now dominated by paper birch and beaked hazel with groups of red maple, white pine, and mountain maple. FDn33 native plant community.
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Balsam Poplar (Populus balsamifera)Observer
kylegillDescription
Buds broken, leaves expanding.
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Prince Rupprecht's Larch (Larix gmelinii var. principis-rupprechtii)Observer
kylegillDescription
Buds beginning to break. Hopefully, needle development will not be negatively impacted by the snow. Tree was planted spring 2017.
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Genus ChlorociboriaObserver
kylegillDescription
Fungus growing on Betula papyrifera.
