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Virgin Creepers (Genus Parthenocissus)Observer
trscavoDescription
At the Shaw Mountain Natural Area
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Early Meadow-Rue (Thalictrum dioicum)Observer
naturalnortheastDescription
Male individual.
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Early Meadow-Rue (Thalictrum dioicum)Observer
naturalnortheastDescription
Female individual.
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Canada Violet (Viola canadensis)Observer
naturalnortheastDescription
Caulescent; corolla white w/ yellow center, petals ventrally pink; stipules thin, attenuate
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Smooth Yellow Violet (Viola eriocarpa)Observer
naturalnortheastDescription
Caulescent; corolla yellow; lvs unlobed, ~ as broad as long, cordate, acute, mostly glabrous (thinly pubescent at abaxial base, petiole and upper stem)
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Plantainleaf Sedge (Carex plantaginea)Observer
naturalnortheastDescription
Cespitose; styles deciduous; perigynia glabrous, many-veined, tapering to base and apex, w/o beak, sharp-angled; lvs flat with 2 prominent marginal veins; sheaths brown at base
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Golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea)Observer
naturalnortheastDescription
Basal lvs ternately divided
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Smooth Shadbush (Amelanchier laevis)Observer
naturalnortheastDescription
Arborescent; Infl racemose; lvs reddish at flowering, densely toothed, mostly abaxially glaucous; ovary apices glabrous
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True Sedges (Genus Carex)Observer
naturalnortheastDescription
Attempted to rough key w/o dissecting achene. Leaning pensylvanica but not confident. Stigmas 3; perigynium pubescent; lvs and stems glabrous
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British Soldier Lichen (Cladonia cristatella)Observer
naturalnortheastDescription
Thallus usnic, corticate, with few secondary squamules; primary squamules w/o soredia; apothecia red
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White Bog Violet (Viola lanceolata)Observer
naturalnortheastDescription
Acaulescent; corolla white; lower sepals ovate-triangular; lvs longer, lanceolate, decurrent onto petiole, margin appearing subentjre, w/ marginal glands
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Gray Birch (Betula populifolia)Observer
naturalnortheastDescription
Lvs abaxially glabrous, attentuate
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Red Chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia)Observer
naturalnortheastDescription
Lvs densely abaxially pubescent.
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Pussytoes (Genus Antennaria)Observer
naturalnortheastDescription
Didn’t measure involucre.
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Loose-flowered Sedge (Carex laxiflora)Observer
naturalnortheastDescription
Cespitose; spikes erect, not crowded; stigmas 3, becoming deciduous; perigynia glabrous, many veined; bract sheathed
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Annual Meadow-Grass (Poa annua)Observer
naturalnortheastDescription
Stem w/ soft base; lemma lacking arachnoid hairs
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Smooth Rockcress (Borodinia laevigata)Observer
naturalnortheastDescription
Fruiting pedicels spreading; stem lvs clasping; petals white, slightly exceeding sepals; stem glaucous
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Sweet White Violet (Viola blanda)Observer
naturalnortheastDescription
Acaulescent; small flowered; lvs ~ long as wide, not decurrent, paler below, adaxially sparsely pubescent, acute, w/ short sinus
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Downy Blue Violet (Viola fimbriatula)Observer
naturalnortheastDescription
Acaulescent; lvs all longer than broad, shallowly cordate, spreading, hirtellous; petioles winged; peduncle hirtellous
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Heath Wood-Rush (Luzula multiflora)Observer
naturalnortheastDescription
Cespitose; fls in glomerules of 5-12; lvs flat, blunt-tipped, w/o swollen bases
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Giant Ragweed (Ambrosia trifida)Observer
zitsermDescription
Next to some Giant ragweed
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Hongos (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
nycbotanistDescription
Does anyone know what this is? It resembles Beech Bark disease but it’s affecting Lindera benzoin throughout the city. This photo is Inwood but I’ve also seen it on spiecbush in Staten Island and Queens
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Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare)Observer
calendsofaprilDescription
Growing at the side of the road. Previously observed about 10 days prior: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/126686527
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LifeObserver
matthew_willsDescription
What is causing the swellings on the branches and twigs of this Liquidambar tree? They're all over the tree. I cut open a fallen twig's swelling; no chambers within of insect--that I could see.
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Genus PseudomonasObserver
matthew_willsDescription
Lots of these mini burls/galls on this viburnum. (I think it's Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Shasta'). Notably, another viburnum of the same type about fifteen feet away doesn't have a single one. (Example cut in half was from twig on ground.)
Reminiscent of Pseudomonas savastanoi on Forsythia.
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American Black Bear (Ursus americanus)Observer
hrhillDescription
Noticed tracks in the mud on the road. They were large - bigger than my hands.
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White Ash (Fraxinus americana)Observer
jharknessDescription
No sign of EAB, all nearby ashes dead or dying.
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Bitternut Hickory (Carya cordiformis)Observer
sadawolkDescription
This was exciting to find! I’ve never seen a Bitternut hickory winter bud, break bud and leaf out
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Hickories (Genus Carya)Observer
rangerharlesDescription
This is the associated tree to this root sucker from past: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/108909322
@peakaytea you identified that one as Shagbark. Still feel the same? After you identified it I came back to see if the tree matched that, but trunk looks very tame for a Shagbark this age. What do you think?
