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Porcelain Berry (Ampelopsis glandulosa)Observer
tania06355Description
Fast growing vine with tendrils. Develops teal, blues, purple berries later in season.
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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)Observer
mostbitternDescription
Caught, drowned, and swallowed whole three California Ground Squirrels while I watched in abject horror
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Porcelain Berry (Ampelopsis glandulosa)Observer
ashley_bradfordDescription
Second and third photos show fluorescence in 365nm UV LED light - in person it’s quite red
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Bell's Honeysuckle (Lonicera × bella)Observer
douggoldmanDescription
Weedy shrubs with either orange or red berries.
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Winter Honeysuckle (Lonicera fragrantissima)Observer
douggoldmanDescription
Weedy in a narrow strip of young, disturbed woodland.
Most young branches glabrous, but some definitely not, and some branches with glabrous sections and densely pubescent sections.
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Amur Honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii)Observer
douggoldmanDescription
Fruiting branches have leaves that look like they may be herbicide damaged.
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Muscadine (Vitis rotundifolia)Observer
safronDescription
No Vitis we're harmed in the making of this observation
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Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)Observer
gillydillyDescription
Very cool lobes! This was the only frond in the population that was like this.
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Slender Bush Clover (Lespedeza virginica)Observer
ciafreDescription
Second and third photos are a comparison of L. cuneata (left) and L. virginica (right).
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Slender Bush Clover (Lespedeza virginica)Observer
gillydillyDescription
Pee Dee NWR
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Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)Observer
snethercottDescription
Squirrel is carrying the skull of a raccoon up the tree where it proceeded to chew on the bone.
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Crane-fly Orchid (Tipularia discolor)Observer
carolinabeanDescription
Variegated
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American Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)Observer
smullerDescription
Sweetgum seeds on the ice
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Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)Observer
leahmfultonDescription
Whoa! Thought they were only supposed to have a single “apple”
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Asian Jumpseed (Persicaria filiformis)Observer
esummerbellDescription
How to ID P filiformis vs P virginiana without flowers:
This is a patch of P filiformis hiding among P virginiana. Fortunately even without flowers, you can tell the two species apart from these features.
LEAF MARKING:
-P filiformis has a dark chevron that stays on the leaves after they have matured. This dark chevron extends almost all the way to the edge of the leaf
-P virginiana leaves often have a fainter blotchy chevron marking while they are younger, but this chevron fades as the leaves mature. The chevron does NOT extend to the edge of the leaf; it’s confined to the middle ~50% of the leaf.
LEAF SHAPE:
-P filiformis leaves are widest at the middle of the leaf or above (elliptic to obovate)
-P virginiana leaves are widest at or below the middle of the leaf (ovate)
HAIRS ON STEMS:
-Both species have long hairs on the ochrea (papery sheath around the stem where the leaf attaches), but only P. filiformis has long spreading hairs on the stems between nodes.
Bonus: P. filiformis leaves tend to be a lighter shade of green and hairier on the top surface than P. virginiana, but those details are really only easily seen if comparing the two side-by-side.
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White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)Observer
jlcullerDescription
I was watching four White-tailed Deer does when this big buck came running from the woods. He stopped long enough for a quick photo. I counted eight does altogether including the one hiding in the bushes. Crest Lawn Memorial Gardens, Howard County, Maryland.
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Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)Observer
bilchaDescription
Courtship display.
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Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)Observer
edhassDescription
Red-shouldered Hawk
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Green Heron (Butorides virescens)Observer
hollyjaroDescription
it caught probably some of the bullfrog's tadpole
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Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)Observer
allenbrowneDescription
Chipmunk - Tamias striatus - dead in Eastern Evens Alley.
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Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)Observer
dtread1Description
Near a dead deer in the median on University Blvd about 100 yards east of Sligo Creek Parkway
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Delmarva Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger ssp. cinereus)Observer
conuropsisDescription
Seen along the Woodland Trail.
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Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)Observer
edhassDescription
Eastern Gray Squirrel
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Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)Observer
edhassDescription
Eastern Chipmunk
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Organisms and Viruses (Life)Observer
davidenriqueDescription
This obs is for the disease/condition causing the abnormal growth on this Lespedeza sp. (next obs)
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American Robin (Turdus migratorius)Observer
bilchaDescription
Leucistic, banded bird; already reported.
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Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)Observer
krystam11Description
The squirrel was brown, grey, and white. It had stopped to pick up a nut but then quickly. put it in its mouth and ran away.
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White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)Observer
moonchild_161Description
Not captive
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Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)Observer
hollow_bonesDescription
Albinism confirmed, previous low-quality observation deleted.
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Eastern Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)Observer
hollow_bonesDescription
In an oak tree. Someone’s stocking up for winter.
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Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)Observer
beastmaster_briereDescription
Black-capped Chickadee dining on an Eastern Cottontail Rabbit
💀🦴🐇🪶
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American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)Observer
hollow_bonesDescription
No skull, but synsacrum and feathers right size and shape for C. brachyrhynchos. Found next to the remains of a campfire and bones arranged by me for ease of photos. Last photo in situ.
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House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)Observer
rekursivDescription
Given the unusual amount of white features, this is very likely a leucistic house sparrow.
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Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)Observer
hollow_bonesDescription
Wanted my peanut butter pretzels. I’m not sharing.
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Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)Observer
edhassDescription
Eastern Chipmunk
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Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis)Observer
zygotestarDescription
cane/ stem is a powdery blue color - powdery bloom glaucous?
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Creeping Cucumber (Melothria pendula)Observer
treegrowDescription
Melothria pendula. Heritage Island, Anacostia River, Washington, DC, USA.
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White-necked Rockfowl (Picathartes gymnocephalus)Observer
sgodoukpeDescription
Beautiful and mysterious species
