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Sugador-de-Pinhas (Leptoglossus occidentalis)Observador
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Photo by Jane Shull. She wrote to our native plant garden club: "Definitely not boxelder beetles. My photo looks exactly like the Western Conifer Seed Bug in my insect field guide. They are increasing their range east. I seem to have an in-home invasion of these bugs, if I’ve used my insect field guide properly. According to Penn State Extension, they do not harm the firs, but become a nuisance inside houses. This is the first year I’ve experienced this invasion, as is a friend of mine who lives on State Street."
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Diameter (DBH) 11 inches.
Leaves of both Populus deltoides and Populus grandidentata are in the 2nd photo.
There is a Populus deltoides to the left of this tree at 40.05753 -76.34773.
The Populus grandidentata has thin, flexible leaves. This Populus deltoides has thicker, stiff leaves.
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Found in bathtub. Just before Christmas I purchased several plants from Stauffers of Kissel Hill Greenhouse near Lititz. It must have come from there with a Poinsettia.
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Solidago caesiaObservador
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A solitary plant. There are a few Solidago caesia plants about 200 m to the north and iNaturalist suggests that this is a *Solidago species.
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Musgo-de-Samambaia (Thuidium delicatulum)Observador
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Along the eastside ravine trail.
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Rubus canadensisObservador
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Flash photo late on a rainy day. One of iNaturalist's suggested ID's. I will try to look at it next summer.
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iNaturalist top suggested ID, made without confidence. Also suggested were two species of Sanicula.
On floodplain along the beginning of the eastside ravine path.
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Kalmia latifoliaObservador
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Mountain Laurel area on steep west-facing slope.
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Faia-Americana (Fagus grandifolia)Observador
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Looking east up the steep slope above the Goldenrod Trail. There is a cluster of large trees below this. The dark green shrubs are Mountain Laurel.
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Cicuta Oriental (Tsuga canadensis)Observador
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This about 150m north of a ravine with hemlocks.
It looks like this already has Hemlock Wooly Adelgids.
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Tordo-Eremita (Catharus guttatus)Observador
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I heard this bird hit picture window on the north side of the house yesterday, and today I noticed it dead below the window. We have not had any other bird hit this window and get killed in the last 30 years. It made us feel sad and we gave it a proper burial.
There is a Tulip Tree samara (dry fruit) in the photo could be used to estimate the size of the bird.
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Pica-Pau-Mosqueado (Colaptes auratus)Observador
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Of the 8 suggested ID's, this is the bird which we see on our property.
Found by Julie Ambler.
The 1st photo was taken in morning shade on a clear, windless day. The other photos were taken indoors with 1/64 level of flash.
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Quercus montanaObservador
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Mature tree, sapling, and fallen leaves.
Red Maple also in photo.
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Carya tomentosaObservador
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The larger compound leaf in the left side of the photo is Mockernut. It is abundant along the Blue Trail, which parallels the ridge on the north side, where there is mature forest.
The smaller compound leaf in the upper left might be Pignut.
Bright yellow leaves are from Tulip Trees. The brown oak leaves are probably all from Black Oaks, which are abundant in the mature woods on the ridge.
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Viburnum acerifoliumObservador
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A nice patch at this spot. This is an example of a native small shrub which can fill in where Winter Creeper is removed. Some berries were still present on the plant in the lower right of the photo.
One other patch was seen farther east along the Blue Trail.
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Carriços (Género Carex)Observador
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This (one plant) was only noticed at this spot along the west end of the Blue Trail.
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Euonymus fortuneiObservador
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There is extensive ground cover of Euonymus alatus in many places in the park, excluding small native plants.
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Euonymus alatusObservador
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Euonymus alatus can be seen at the bases of the trees in the front center. There are a lot of young plants nearby.