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Common Hibiscus (Hibiscus syriacus)Observer
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Cultivated next to a swamp mallow and another similar flowering tree that I can't identify
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Common Hibiscus (Hibiscus syriacus)Observer
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Growing along a chain link fence in Washington DC
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Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus altissima)Observer
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These little trees keep volunteering in pots in my rooftop garden above an alley. They are very tough
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American Bladdernut (Staphylea trifolia)Observer
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Many of these seed pods were hanging from the south facing side of the tree. Most had three chambers that each ended in a point at the bottom. A few seed pods had four chambers.
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American Cancer-Root (Conopholis americana)Observer
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In Rock Creek Park, at the dry top of a hill
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Something...Observer
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Southern Catalpa (Catalpa bignonioides)Observer
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Volunteered itself in a pot on my deck. It sprouted surreptitiously under a bush bean last summer.
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Willow Oak (Quercus phellos)Observer
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Growing along the anacostia River next to RFK stadium.
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American Jumpseed (Persicaria virginiana)Observer
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In Rock Creek Park, up on a hill. A sunny part of the forest. Have I identified it correctly?
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Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)Observer
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The southern slope of the Piney Branch in Rock Creek Park
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
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There are a lot of these in Rock Creek Park Piney Branch. They look similar to the cucumber tree, but the description says cucumber trees tend to grow singly but whatever this is grows all over the hill.
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Beech Blight Aphid (Grylloprociphilus imbricator)Observer
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Thousands of tiny larve with legs squirming in puffy sacks. Covering this lower tree branch and falling on the ground, but not on any other branches.
In Rock Creek Park in DC on a cooler dry day, after weeks of rain, heat and humidity.
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European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)Observer
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At Reykjavik harbor at 17:00 on a rainy day. Had a tracking tag on its leg
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Something...Observer
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Something...Observer
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Genus DytiscusObserver
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Found in an old manure pit that hasn't been used in years. About 1.5 inches long
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Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia)Observer
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This grows on many trails throughout Rock Creek Park
