Is it an Atlantic even tho found on pacific
Casual (introducido) en el arroyo adyacente a CETMAR
comparison of growth form and flower colours with Slippery Elm and American Elm side-by-side. I guess this was before my iNaturalist life stage, i.e. before I was taking many photos per tree to "prove" to any skeptic that the trees are as I state for ID, even though I looked at each tree closely
Wearing a bee suit to keep mosquitos out of my face!
Growing in our office. Maybe this doesn't count since it's captive...
Only known population in VT, on private property. Accessed with permission
Artificial sandplain in a pull-off on the side of the road. First time I’ve seen this species in VT, where it’s rare (S2) though it’s basically a roadside weed just over the border in NH
Originally spotted on the rata in some images, moved for a better focus.
Just about a mile from the profunda population discovered at Van Buren this past fall. F. americana and pensylvanica both present in this wetland, a few individuals with profunda-suggestive bark. Small number of samaras obtained by digging under the snow- nothing large enough for a definitive ID between pensylvanica and profunda, but large calyxes and robust overall.
While performing turtle research with my professor, we caught a painted turtle. It was a female due to her short claws
Possible EAB exit holes on a white ash snag.
Help me! I’m not sure what to make of this single tree who I couldn’t get close to. Partly I’m puzzled because this pine grows on the edge of a swampy/fenny little island, and I was using my binoculars from shore. Needles definitely in fascicles and those appear to be in 2’s and twisted and they seem distinctively short, at 1 to at most 2 inches. All cones on the tree are in 2s and 3s a few feet back from the tips, so probably a few years old and pointing forward. There is a pasture history here on the mainland (old barbwire), there are only a handful of scattered invasive plants and the usual hayfield species, but no other pines except white pine found in region. The tree is still small, but the trunks and limbs don’t have the faintest but of red. Pinus banksiana seems pretty unlikely for Vermont, but there can’t seem to come up with anything else. This doesn’t seem to match P. sylvestris well...
This is another patch of what we’ve been calling Sagittaria australis based on an ID of my 2016 specimen by Robert Haynes in 2017, but I still have a lot of questions—doesn’t fit this or other species very well.
Very unusual flowering growth form.
This looks like a Jefferson Salamander to me, but I'm not familiar with the Jefferson/Blue-Spotted complex, so perhaps others that are can weigh in on this record. Note the relatively long toes on the rear legs, a characteristic I associate with Jefferson Salamander. Thanks.
shadscale spring parsley, Cymopterus basalticus, Nevada, Snake Range, Black Horse Canyon, Snake Valley drainage, elevation 2090 m (6865 ft).
This odd carrot family member is yet another endemic to the eastern Great Basin of west-central Utah and east-central Nevada.
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Presumably a parasitic plant since no leaves were observed and no plants nearby.
approaching C. perplexans, but likely a new taxon
desert mariposa, Calochortus kennedyi var. kennedyi, White Mountains, elevation 1705 m (5590 ft).
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Cones were very similar to Pinus washoensis, resembling miniature Jeffrey pine cones, but prickles were definitely outcurved, and foliage was yellowish green. Good Pinus jeffreyi is mixed in the same stand.
This appears to be a small, isolated relict stand of these yellow pines, and may be in the process of winking out, although no obvious mortality or disease was noted.
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In/near a meadow.
Nutty flowers!
Please note that observation is cultivated, not wild.
All photographed on the same day in the Noyes Pond Basin, Washington and Caledonia counties, Vermont
Is it a pale F. biflora or the rarer F. agrestis? randomtruth has a similar looking flower and a similar dilemma (mine seems pretty brown, though...). This was one of many flowers in a patch, most of which were pretty much done flowering or already gone to seed.
Seen in eastern Greenland, south of Ittoqqortoormiit on remote fjord (Romerfjord) within sight of Greenland Ice Cap. Would REALLY like to have iD of the purple striped flower in the photo. The red, I think, must be mountain sorrel.
Large black with white speckles on back, black head with green sheen, black bill, red eye.
Small (1/2 to 3/4"), purplish-red, ellipsoidal fruits, purple stems with dense, thin prickers, stipules with widely flared tips. The fruits look like Rosa canina, but the thorns do not.
In an old-growth area at HJ Andrews Experimental Forest.
This little population of Jewelweed on the hood of this car has been subsisting only on rain water and just about pure white pine needles. It has flowered and appears to be producing seed.
Beautiful little orchid. My friend Shifty told me they're common along the AT. Go fig.
The snake was resting across the trail. After we mutually recognized each other, and I had obtained some pictures, I made some loud noises that convinced the snake to start moving. It crawled under the visible root system of a nearby dying California Live Oak, and gave a vigorous rattle to warn me away.
Robust, intermediate in leaf shape between 2 parents nearby
Beaver activity in this pond past couple of years. Note fallen trees on bank to the left and lodge at the foot of the bank. Dam is further down to the north.
Small pond created by abandoned railroad grade (bank to left, west) built in late 1800's. I do not believe there is a drainage to the Winooski River. Partridge Farm neighborhood above pond to the east.
This male mountain lion - a migrant from South Dakota - was infamously struck 41-miles east of Greenwich, CT. This was the first verifiable documentation of a cougar in Connecticut since the 1890s. The attributed location and time is from where it was struck by a car. There is no breeding population of cougars in New England, though they historically occupied every continental US state. More information on the "Connecticut Mountain Lion" can be found below.
Photos supplied with permission from Connecticut's Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP), Wildlife Division, courtesy of Cyndy Chanaca.
Individual photo credentials: Paul J. Fusco/ CT DEEP-Wildlife
(http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dfg/dfw/fish-wildlife-plants/mammals/confirmed-reports-of-mountain-lions-in-massachusetts.html)
(http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?Q=483778)
Hf. There is a small patch of old growth here!
sample on basalt near buildings with frost polygons and salt efflorescence. May be a new name for this now
@bobbyfingers, this is one you might appreciate: I made a terrible first impression on this lady by opening my front door two inches and smacking her in the head with it. Presumably, this is a female looking to make a scrape to lay eggs and not a door-to-door saleswoman selling armor. Unfortunately, she chose the tumbling escape route off the side of the front deck and not the stairs I assume she came up in the first place. She then took a second tumble from the bed she landed in down to the paved path below her. She showed no signs of damage and seemed unfazed by what looked like a serious tumble. We were both a bit in shock but thankfully, we both left the scene with digits intact. I'm very interested to hear if anyone else has had such an experience? I've had plenty of garden encounters but not a snapper climbing 5 steps and trying to dig into the front door. Very cool.
A marshy sort of place in a very windy area. The "surface" of dry grass is still about a foot above the ground.