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mjpapayDescription
No sori present, nor any indication they will be produced (no nascent sori).
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Appalachian Oak Fern (Gymnocarpium appalachianum)Observer
milkywhiteDescription
Cold air flows out of the adjacent boulder slope, creating a microclimate particularly suitable for this plant along the Greenbrier River Trail. Elevation approx.1850'.
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Agave ×Observer
mjpapayDescription
Agave ovatifolia x flexispina - created in 2016 by hand-pollinating my Agave ovatifolia with pollen of Agave flexispina provided by Tony Avent of Juniper Level Botanic Garden, Plant Delights Nursery, where this seedling selection now grows.
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American Jumpseed (Persicaria virginiana)Observer
zitsermDescription
The black chevrons are quite thick and extend almost to the margin of the leaf, so I'm not a 100% sure this is P. virginiana.
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Beech Leaf Disease (Litylenchus crenatae)Observer
zitsermDescription
Most of the young beeches here are infected
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Goldie's Wood Fern (Dryopteris goldieana)Observer
chuckt2007Description
growing in a diverse mature forest. No. 870906001.
See also: http://beta.floranorthamerica.org/Dryopteris_goldieana
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Narrow-leaved Glade Fern (Homalosorus pycnocarpos)Observer
chuckt2007Description
syn. Diplazium pycnocarpon (Spreng.) M.Broun, growing in a mature mesophytic forest with a diverse understory. No. 870821006.
See also: https://michiganflora.net/record/527 and
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:123746-2
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mjpapayDescription
On a branch of a Tulip Poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera.
UPPER SURFACE
- black cilia: present at margin
- isidia: profuse, cylindric, non-ciliate
- soredia: absent
- apothecia: absent
LOWER SURFACE
- rhizinate to margin
- dark brown
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Bulging Martian-Eyes (Maronea polyphaea)Observer
mjpapayDescription
On a branch of a Tulip Poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera.
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Curtis's Spurge (Euphorbia curtisii)Observer
mjpapayPlace
North Carolina Botanical Garden, 100 Old Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, USA (Google, OSM)
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Mariana Maiden Fern (Macrothelypteris torresiana)Observer
naturallandsDescription
If correct ID, this apparently non-native fern is documented in FL from the 1930s
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Starved Witchgrass (Dichanthelium depauperatum)Observer
mjpapayDescription
upper leaves much longer than the lower leaves
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Oak-Hickory woodland
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Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)Observer
vvoelkerDescription
Mowed roadside edge of rich mesic forest. Most Polystichum plants here normal looking, a few with some creative rachis divisions.
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Deer Vomit (Fusicolla merismoides)Observer
zitsermDescription
On the cut end of Vitis
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Pine Needle Split (Lophodermium pinastri)Observer
zitsermDescription
On Pinus strobus needles
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Six-spotted Fishing Spider (Dolomedes triton)Observer
mjpapayDescription
Several of these were patiently waiting for any of the abundant Mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis to pass below. Just after I mentioned this to my companion, one of the spiders made an attempt, but failed.
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Fowl Mannagrass (Glyceria striata)Observer
grinninDescription
I like the neat rhyme "Sedges have edges, Rushes are round, Grasses have nodes all the way to the ground" (most of the time): joint-like nodes (where the leaf sheath ends) are found along round, hollow grass stems, stems of sedges & rushes are solid; in cross-section the stems of rushes are round, sedges are triangular (giving them edges, but they have no nodes, & triangular-stem sedges have 3-ranked leaves, leaves arranged on all 3 sides of the stem; like sedges, rush stems also have no nodes)... common names (some of the time) can confuse: Broomsedge is a grass, not a sedge; Bulrush and Woolgrass are sedges, not a rush, nor a grass
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Lesser Smoothcap (Atrichum angustatum)Observer
mjpapayDescription
- margin of leaf toothed more than half its length
midrib occupies 1/3 or more of width of leaf
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Common Mosses of the Northeast and Appalachians, 2013, pages 66, 67
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Frost Grape (Vitis vulpina)Observer
grinninDescription
Notes, many thanks to @ccantley: short, straight erect hairs on underside of young leaves; stems glabrous
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Life (Life)Observer
zitsermDescription
Spiny and thread like projections on a slimy stick submerged under water in a fresh water pond . Could these be aquatic fungi??
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Carolina Climbing-Milkweed (Matelea carolinensis)Observer
grinninDescription
First photo cropped, then full size, as are the rest
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Four-leaved Milkweed (Asclepias quadrifolia)Observer
chuckt2007Description
growing on a small glacial outwash deposit near the top of a steep slope, DNA sample is one of four upper stem leaves and a portion of the inflorescence. No. 870611017.
See also: https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/Asclepias/quadrifolia/
and
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/70941394
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Smallflower Baby Blue Eyes (Nemophila aphylla)Observer
mjpapayDescription
I had originally mis-identified this as Phacelia ranunculacea.
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Iris × hybridaObserver
mjpapayDescription
1st photo
Left = 'Mango Entree'
Right = 'Open Ocean'
2nd photo
'Best Bet'
3rd photo
garden view
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Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)Observer
mjpapayDescription
- lobed margin
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Hemp Dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum)Observer
grinninDescription
For the Peatland Sheetweb Weaver (Hypselistes florens) spider, cf. inaturalist.org/observations/207238913
For this Hemp Dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum) 2 days later, cf. inaturalist.org/observations/207517818
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Streamside Leptodictyum Moss (Leptodictyum riparium)Observer
zitsermDescription
On a submerged branch in a vernal pool
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Hairy Solomon's-Seal (Polygonatum pubescens)Observer
zitsermDescription
Floating sheaths, hairy lower leaf surface
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Goldie's Wood Fern (Dryopteris goldieana)Observer
chuckt2007Description
growing in a rich bottomland area near the trail. No. 870728013.
See also: http://beta.floranorthamerica.org/Dryopteris_goldieana
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Spinulose Wood Fern (Dryopteris carthusiana)Observer
chuckt2007Description
growing in a well-drained upland forest. No. 870728010.
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Blackhaw (Viburnum prunifolium)Observer
grinninDescription
Notes, many thanks to @ccantley: opposite, finely serrated leaves with reddish petioles
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Eastern Fairy Shrimp (Eubranchipus holmanii)Observer
zitsermDescription
Female. Oblong ovisac
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Bacidia suffusaObserver
grinninDescription
For the adjacent Bacidia suffusa, cf. inaturalist.org/observations/205421248
For nearby Bacidia suffusa I found in the photos after I got home, cf. inaturalist.org/observations/205137676
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Wasp's Nest Slime Mold (Metatrichia vesparia)Observer
zitsermDescription
Under a log
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Honey Mushrooms (Genus Armillaria)Observer
zitsermDescription
The less commonly seen red coloration on Armillaria rhizomorphs. I sliced a rhizomorph in half lengthwise and discovered that it was very woody / cellulose looking.
