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Asclepias sauroniiObserver
cesargzzDescription
Alguien conoce el nombre de esta flor
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Pease Blossom (Periphanes delphinii)Observer
stevem4560Description
UVA Blacklight (Sylvania) UVA F15W / 350BL-T8
Waning Crescent 2.0% 3km/hr 23C Humidity 46% 995.1pa 117m Thunder
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Mountain Pink (Zeltnera beyrichii)Observer
gnattatDescription
A white mountain pink! The only one in a field of pink.
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Barred Fire Salamander (Salamandra salamandra ssp. terrestris)Observer
karl_questelDescription
Found in a salad box in a supermarket. Coming from France.
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Genus LeuenbergeriaObserver
i_eat_pineconesDescription
Looks like an escaped greenhouse specimen from nearby.
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Mexican Blindcat (Prietella phreatophila)Observer
toblerDescription
Specimen originally collected in a deep limestone cave at Amistad National Recreation Area near Del Rio, Texas; currently held at San Antonio Zoo
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Prokoenenia wheeleriObserver
hydaticusDescription
Same spot as Tuesday, but this one has the full flagellum. These seem to be somewhat common at BFL--I saw them down closer to the river as well in a completely different soil type.
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Macneill's Wapiti (Cervus canadensis ssp. macneilli)Observer
philbensteadDescription
I think this introduced population is sibiricus?
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Chaparral Yucca (Hesperoyucca whipplei)Observer
velodromeDescription
Human is 5'2", for scale. One of the biggest chaparral yuccas I've seen so far.
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Bolson Tortoise (Gopherus flavomarginatus)Observer
scottphillipgDescription
Recently encountered remnant individual on the Bolson Tortoise Appleton translocation program. Found in the road at 4:05 pm on Audubon's Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch (PRIVATE) property with permission. The following week we encountered Borderlands Program Coordinator/researcher Myles Traphagen attempting to relocate it. Contact him for details about updated research initiatives!
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Sand Verbenas (Genus Abronia)Observer
ericloprestiDescription
Reference photo: hybrid umbellata var. umbellata x ameliae
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Common Cotula (Cotula australis)Observer
franpferDescription
Uh oh I thought iNat would know what this was.
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Feral Pigeon (Columba livia var. domestica)Observer
kjsalatheDescription
It landed on the Carnival Vista cruise ship while we were sailing in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico. Interesting that it had color coded bands on its legs.
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Oxymitra incrassataObserver
pufferchungDescription
Grow on granite soil
Soil type: The Keese series consists of well drained shallow soils to bedrock that formed in residuum weathered from granite, granite grus, or gneiss of pre-Cambrian age.
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Limestone Fameflower (Phemeranthus calcaricus)Observer
aidancamposDescription
Phemeranthus calcaricus (S.Ware) Kiger.
On flat ridgetop Walnut Glade developed upon Cretaceous (Albian) Walnut Clay Formation.
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Jemez Mountains Salamander (Plethodon neomexicanus)Observer
mlwatsonDescription
Jemez Mountains Salamander Plethodon neomexicanus near Pajarito Ski Basin
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Common Raven (Corvus corax)Observer
currenfraschDescription
Wild raven interacting with Pogo, the rescue raven, at Austin Nature Science Center.
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Palmer's Cryptantha (Oreocarya palmeri)Observer
pufferchungDescription
Found it on the side of road while looking for Amsonia
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Little Nipple Cactus (Mammillaria heyderi ssp. heyderi)Observer
pufferchungDescription
I am uploading all the cacti that I found in this area.
with @myriada
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Lilac-crowned Parrot (Amazona finschi)Observer
ricknirschlDescription
on left
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Red-crowned × Yellow-headed Parrot (Amazona viridigenalis × oratrix)Observer
ricknirschl
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Birdwing Passionflower (Passiflora tenuiloba)Observer
douggoldmanDescription
An assemblage of leaves from one plant each from Edwards, Jim Wells, and San Patricio Counties, Texas. All were collected from flowering or fruiting individuals.
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aidancamposDescription
More accurately Q. fusiformis introgressed with Q. oleoides however this hybrid name is the best approximation for these well-known south TX populations.
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Ponderosa Pine Dwarf-Mistletoe (Arceuthobium vaginatum ssp. cryptopodum)Observer
ck2az
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Largeflower Crested Coralroot (Bletia mexicana)Observer
billdoddDescription
In an oak-juniper woodland with limestone cliffs and thin rocky soils. This area was quarried for limestone in the 1890s and is labeled "old quarry north" in a BFL habitat and land use map.
Associated species: Quercus fusiformis, Juniperus ashei, Fraxinus albicans, Nandina domestica
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Canyon Muhly (Muhlenbergia × involuta)Observer
mycoheterotrophismDescription
in pop. of M. lindheimeri & riverchonii
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Texabama Croton (Croton alabamensis var. texensis)Observer
gcwarblerDescription
This historical set of images needs a bit of context; the 3rd and 4th images show pages of my field journal which describe this "observation." A longer version of the story will be uploaded to a journal post.
Short version: This is the first ever photograph of Texabama Croton (Croton alabamensis var. texensis) on the day I showed the population to graduate student Steve Ginzbarg (U. Texas Botany Dept.; L in photo). I had discovered the shrubs during field work on May 31, 1989. I invited Steve Ginzbarg and John Gee (R in photo) to examine the plants on my next visit to the tract. Steve went on to name the plants as a new variety of Alabama Croton (Sida 15(1):41-52, 1992):
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41967533
At the time, this was a private ranch. The croton became one of the focal plant Species of Concern for the Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan. The tract was later acquired for the Refuge of the same name, primarily for its population of Black-capped Vireos and Golden-cheeked Warblers, but also because this spot (where this photo was taken) is the "Type Locality" for Texabama Croton.
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Gypsogenus Ringstem (Anulocaulis leiosolenus var. gypsogenus)Observer
aspidoscelisDescription
Anulocaulis leiosolenus var. gypsogenus, east of the Guadalupe Mountains between the Yeso Hills and Whites City, Chosa Draw, 32.1185 -104.3912, Eddy County, New Mexico, 25 Sep 2021.
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Dune Dalea (Dalea austrotexana)Observer
knightericmDescription
prominent glands
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Humped Bladderwort (Utricularia gibba)Observer
pufferchungDescription
My friend found these massive blooming bladderwort plants at a retention pond in Austin.
She sent me a picture asked me if these are bladderwort.
We couldn't get a closeup picture because all the cattail.
I obscured the location to protect them from poaching.
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Desert Yaupon (Schaefferia cuneifolia)Observer
franpferDescription
I think, but NO FRUITS were present.
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Ladder Brake (Pteris vittata)Observer
katelynn25Description
More crazy vines growing all over this abandoned brick factory building.
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Skeleton Fork Fern (Psilotum nudum)Observer
kimbrintDescription
Growing at the bottom of sycamore tree among catclaw vine branches
