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Wool Sower Gall Wasp (Callirhytis seminator)

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markmcknight

Date

March 30, 2023 06:03 PM EDT

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Wool Sower Gall Wasp (Callirhytis seminator)

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markmcknight

Date

April 28, 2023 10:39 AM EDT

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Hornworm Parasitoid Wasp Bracovirus (Cotesia congregata bracovirus [inactive])

Observer

macshamrock

Date

August 30, 2020 04:17 AM CDT

Description

Thank you @douch for your suggestion to post this duplicate observation because the Hornworm parasite (white structures on the Hornworm) carries this virus species which is required for suppressing the development of the parasitised caterpillar.
Further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotesia_congregata

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kyleopreston99

Date

October 12, 2023 11:13 AM EDT

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Salamanders (Order Caudata)

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jasonedelkind

Date

October 22, 2023 09:54 AM CDT

Description

Found under a damp log in a drying floodplain. Not entirely sure what this mass (presumably an egg mass) belongs to. My guesses are some type of snail or salamander.

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Silverbells (Genus Halesia)

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parkerparker

Date

December 8, 2023 01:25 PM EST

Description

What is this tree ? Smokey Mountains NP

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Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)

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cjmatheson

Date

May 1, 2022 09:03 AM EDT

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Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis)

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markmcknight

Date

December 19, 2023 05:22 PM EST

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markmcknight

Date

June 2, 2023 11:32 AM EDT

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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)

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kim323

Date

July 22, 2023 11:36 AM CDT

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Amur Honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii)

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markmcknight

Date

May 1, 2023 11:06 AM EDT

Description

Strange growth habit

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Mountain Camellia (Stewartia ovata)

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suzanne90

Date

June 9, 2023

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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)

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cstabler

Date

June 23, 2023 08:32 AM EDT

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Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis)

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prestonthomas

Date

June 12, 2022 08:07 PM EDT

Description

Six baby skunks were meandering around on our driveway! They were so adorable! But they were very bold! They just walked right up to us! My dad and I sat down, and the skunks began to climb on my dad’s legs. It was a little bit unnerving! But they were super cute! They even made of strange noise. Notice that there is only one primarily black skunk with stripes. The rest are mostly white. Also they seemed to find refuge by hiding behind this tree.

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Locust Borer (Megacyllene robiniae)

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dyork97

Date

November 9, 2023 11:19 AM EST

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Common Reed (Phragmites australis)

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douggoldman

Date

September 16, 2019 03:41 PM EDT

Description

Both subsp. americanus (native to North America) and subsp. australis (introduced to North America) are found at this site, sometimes growing intermixed. In the photos the former is indicated with an “N” and the latter with an “I”. On the date I visited this site, 16 September 2019, these are the differences I observed with living stems between the two subspecies:

•Relative stem height: subsp. americanus usually shorter, subsp. australis usually taller.
•Relative stem spacing: subsp. americanus usually more dispersed, subsp. australis usually denser (rarely solitary).
•Stem breaking: subsp. americanus fibrous and hard to break off, subsp. australis often breaks off easily.
•Stem color (lower/older internodes): subsp. americanus red and often shiny, subsp. australis yellow-green and not shiny.
•Stem texture (lower/older internodes): subsp. americanus smooth, subsp. australis minutely ridged.
•Stem & leaf sheath dots: subsp. americanus often present, subsp. australis absent.
•Leaf condition: subsp. americanus has lots of senescence, subsp. australis generally are healthy.
•Margins of upper leaves near panicle: subsp. americanus finely serrated, subsp. australis coarsely serrated.
•Sterile stems more abundant than fertile: subsp. americanus yes, subsp. australis no.
•Panicle branches for panicles of similar length: subsp. americanus fewer, subsp. australis more.
•Panicle branch spacing: subsp. americanus farther, subsp. australis closer.
•Flowering status: subsp. americanus finished flowering, subsp. australis flowering.

There probably are other characteristics I overlooked that distinguish these two subspecies from each other. Perhaps these characteristics listed above hold up at other sites in North America. I don’t use leaf color to tell them apart because although some clones of subsp. australis are strongly blue-green, some clones of that subspecies are more green or yellow-green. See this observation for an illustration: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/30610594

Observation of P. australis subsp. americanus from this location: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32878566

Observation of P. australis subsp. australis from this location: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32888630

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Golden Darter (Etheostoma denoncourti)

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markmcknight

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Sequatchie Darter (Etheostoma blennius ssp. sequatchiense)

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markmcknight

Date

September 29, 2023 03:21 PM CDT

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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)

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d-finch

Date

September 23, 2023 03:45 PM EDT

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Goldentop Pedicellate Gall Midge (Rhopalomyia pedicellata)

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markmcknight

Date

August 24, 2023 05:30 PM EDT

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Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

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markmcknight

Date

August 2023

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North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)

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markmcknight

Date

August 24, 2023 06:40 PM EDT

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Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)

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markmcknight

Date

August 23, 2023 01:48 PM EDT

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Orange-fringed Orchid (Platanthera ciliaris)

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markmcknight

Date

August 2023

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Orange-fringed Orchid (Platanthera ciliaris)

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markmcknight

Date

August 2023

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Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

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markmcknight

Date

August 7, 2023 04:55 PM EDT

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dlnarango

Date

July 30, 2023 07:15 PM EDT

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Underwood's Trillium (Trillium underwoodii)

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glewis76

Date

March 10, 2023 08:35 AM EST

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Gall Wasps and Allies (Superfamily Cynipoidea)

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markmcknight

Date

July 2023

Description

On Coreopsis major

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New York Fern (Amauropelta noveboracensis)

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markmcknight

Date

May 31, 2021 12:39 PM EDT

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Little River Canyon Onion (Allium speculae)

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markmcknight

Date

May 25, 2023 01:51 PM CDT

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Netleaf Leather Flower (Clematis reticulata)

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chestnutoak1979

Date

May 27, 2023 04:32 PM CDT

Description

Roadside

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Woodland Tickseed (Coreopsis pulchra)

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markmcknight

Date

May 2023

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Running Crab Spiders (Genus Philodromus)

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markmcknight

Date

May 2023

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Boykin's Milkwort (Polygala boykinii)

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markmcknight

Date

May 25, 2023 06:10 PM CDT

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markmcknight

Date

April 2023

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markmcknight

Date

May 10, 2023 03:18 PM EDT

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Deutzia (Deutzia scabra)

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betsybowden

Date

April 29, 2023 03:31 PM EDT

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Eastern Prairie Blue Wild Indigo (Baptisia australis var. aberrans)

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markmcknight

Date

April 29, 2023 10:57 AM EDT

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Lesser Smoothcap (Atrichum angustatum)

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markmcknight

Date

May 1, 2023 03:53 PM EDT

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Coyote (Canis latrans)

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markmcknight

Date

May 1, 2023 05:51 PM EDT

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Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)

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markmcknight

Date

May 1, 2023 04:42 PM EDT

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markmcknight

Date

May 1, 2023 03:31 PM EDT

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Golden Rain Tree (Koelreuteria paniculata)

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betsybowden

Date

April 29, 2023 08:08 AM EDT

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Mayapple Rust (Allodus podophylli)

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markmcknight

Date

March 30, 2023 06:09 PM EDT

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Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)

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markmcknight

Date

March 28, 2023 05:41 PM EDT

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Lanceleaf Wakerobin (Trillium lancifolium)

Observer

markmcknight

Date

March 2023

Description

4-leaf trillium!

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Fremont’s Leather Flower (Clematis fremontii)

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alainakrakowiak

Date

February 2023

Description

At a known C. fremontii site.

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Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (Leptoglossus phyllopus)

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markmcknight

Date

August 18, 2022 05:16 PM EDT

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alexis_orion

Date

January 18, 2022 03:17 PM CET

Description

Lots of fruiting bodies at various stages on one log

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Hedgehog Gall Wasp (Acraspis erinacei)

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markmcknight

Date

August 29, 2022 02:22 PM EDT

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Lady Beetle Parasitoid Wasp (Dinocampus coccinellae)

Observer

markmcknight

Date

May 2022

Description

Parasite cocoon

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Nessus Sphinx (Amphion floridensis)

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markmcknight

Date

April 3, 2019 04:13 PM EDT

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markmcknight

Date

June 23, 2020 01:35 PM EDT

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Feral Pigeon (Columba livia var. domestica)

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mikephelps

Date

October 14, 2010 09:41 PM CEST

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Rust Fungi (Order Pucciniales)

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markmcknight

Date

October 1, 2021 06:45 PM EDT

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Mediterranean House Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus)

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birdturntable

Date

July 25, 2022 05:19 PM EDT

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Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei)

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wetlandsuzanne

Date

January 18, 2018 02:04 PM CST

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Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei)

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dnoell

Date

February 22, 2015

Description

Brown anole who fell in love with a fairy!

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Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)

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kcross7

Date

September 3, 2022 06:13 PM EDT

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Acorn Plum Gall Wasp (Amphibolips quercusjuglans)

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markmcknight

Date

September 29, 2022 10:29 AM EDT

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Japanese Mazus (Mazus pumilus)

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markmcknight

Date

September 29, 2022 10:51 AM EDT

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Blackberry Psyllid (Phylloplecta tripunctata)

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markmcknight

Date

September 2, 2022 04:56 PM EDT

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Typical Lobelias (Section Lobelia)

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markmcknight

Date

September 7, 2022 03:04 PM EDT

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Round-leaved Fameflower (Phemeranthus teretifolius)

Observer

nealkelso

Date

July 2006

Description

Date approximate, found back in 2006. Here's an excerpt from the "report" I wrote up when I found this flower:

"A few months ago my dad and I went to the Nottingham Serpentine Barrens which are near our house to look for interesting plants like the Round-Leaved Fameflower. This flower first appeared after the last Ice Age.

When we went to the Barrens I was all exited when I was the first to find the Round-Leaved Fameflower and Small’s Ragwort. The Fameflower leaves are at its base and look like stretched green eggs. It blooms from June to September and opens in the afternoon. I like the Fameflower because of its leaves and that it can only be found in serpentine barrens."

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Hibiscuses (Genus Hibiscus)

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markmcknight

Date

July 22, 2022 10:05 AM EDT

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Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)

Observer

markmcknight

Date

August 2022

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Lanceleaf Wakerobin (Trillium lancifolium)

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markmcknight

Date

June 2022

Description

Finally saw some seeds from this group of individuals! Each of the three remaining had bent over toward the ground and one had a fruit almost touching the ground and another had dropped its fruit. That fruit had some seeds starting to fall out on the ground. I didn’t see any ants around but the fruit does look like something has munched on the side of it.

@trscavo Check it out!

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Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)

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markmcknight

Date

June 2022

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Cedarglade St. John's Wort (Hypericum frondosum)

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markmcknight

Date

July 2022

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White Leaf Leather Flower (Clematis glaucophylla)

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markmcknight

Date

July 2022

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White Leaf Leather Flower (Clematis glaucophylla)

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markmcknight

Date

May 2022
Other Animals

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Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

Observer

buncombe_nc

Date

June 1, 2022 10:28 PM EDT

Description

ecoEXPLORE Username: leomax

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Carolina Mantis (Stagmomantis carolina)

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markmcknight

Date

May 27, 2022 01:44 PM EDT

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markmcknight

Date

May 27, 2022 02:55 PM EDT

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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

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markmcknight

Date

May 2, 2022 06:07 PM EDT

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Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)

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markmcknight

Date

May 2, 2022 03:25 PM EDT

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Cutleaf Meadowparsnip (Thaspium pinnatifidum)

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markmcknight

Date

May 2022

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Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria)

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hdegaetano

Date

May 2020

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North American Racer (Coluber constrictor)

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markmcknight

Date

May 2, 2022 02:49 PM EDT

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Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)

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markmcknight

Date

May 2, 2022 05:52 PM EDT

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Rose Aphid (Macrosiphum rosae)

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nickglowsindark

Date

April 30, 2022 04:22 PM EDT

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markmcknight

Date

April 25, 2022 05:26 PM EDT

Description

On underside of Arundinaria gigantea leaves.

I went looking today where I work in TN and found this again @rogerbirkhead - I’m still going with insect. I did observe something tiny and aphid-like moving around on the back of the leaf but I have no idea if it’s related to the wormy-shaped things.

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Lanceleaf Wakerobin (Trillium lancifolium)

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markmcknight

Date

April 2022

Description

Favorite 😍

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California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)

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ekoberle

Date

March 16, 2019 12:54 PM PDT

Description

Blooming in mass numbers throughout Walker Canyon Area, with a preference for south facing slopes.

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Lanceleaf Wakerobin (Trillium lancifolium)

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markmcknight

Date

April 2022

Description

@trscavo what might be happening here? Perhaps a fungus?

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Evening Bats (Family Vespertilionidae)

Observer

markmcknight

Date

March 30, 2022 03:48 PM EDT

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Fire Pink (Silene virginica)

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markmcknight

Date

April 2022

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Widow's-Cross (Sedum pulchellum)

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markmcknight

Date

April 2022

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Cutleaf Meadowparsnip (Thaspium pinnatifidum)

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markmcknight

Date

April 2022

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Peach Root Weevil (Pseudoedophrys hilleri)

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markmcknight

Date

March 10, 2022 05:39 PM EST

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Prairie Dock (Silphium terebinthinaceum)

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bouteloua

Date

June 13, 2020 06:35 PM CDT

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Alabama Leather Flower (Clematis socialis)

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markmcknight

Date

June 2021

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North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis)

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markmcknight

Date

December 2017

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Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)

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markmcknight

Date

November 1, 2021 03:55 PM EDT

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Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)

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markmcknight

Date

August 23, 2021 04:58 PM EDT

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Reflexed Sedge (Carex retroflexa)

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markmcknight

Date

May 14, 2021 05:21 PM EDT

Description

I see this a lot and can’t ID- don’t feel like it’s C. vulpinoidea but that’s as close as I can get

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Fire Pink (Silene virginica)

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markmcknight

Date

May 19, 2021 02:21 PM EDT

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Pink Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium acaule)

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sarahphillips

Date

May 2021

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Freshwater Drum (Aplodinotus grunniens)

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markmcknight

Date

May 3, 2021 11:31 AM EDT

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