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Author: Dan Nelson

Kindbergia praelonga

February 25, 2021 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

A couple years ago, on one of my first moss walks, the leader pointed out a moss and said it…

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Posted in: Brachytheciaceae, Bryophyta (Mosses), Bryopsida, Hypnales, Kindbergia, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Kindbergia praelonga

Hypnum subimponens

February 23, 2021 Dan Nelson 9 Comments

There are a couple of reasons why I’m going to discuss the comedy of errors surrounding my identification of this…

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Posted in: Bryophyta (Mosses), Bryopsida, Hypnaceae, Hypnales, Hypnum, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Hypnum subimponens

Cladonia furcata

February 22, 2021 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

I had to find this lichen 3 times before getting a positive identification on it. The first time I found…

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Posted in: Ascomycota, Cladonia, Cladoniaceae, Fungi, Lecaneromycetes, Lecanorales, Species Profiles Filed under: Cladonia furcata

Isothecium stoloniferum

February 21, 2021 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

This is a very common moss in the forests of our region, and a fairly recognizable one, once you’ve identified…

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Posted in: Bryophyta (Mosses), Bryopsida, Hypnales, Isothecium, Lembophyllaceae, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Isothecium stoloniferum

Nemognatha lutea

February 20, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

For my first post about the fascinating family Meloidae (blister beetles) I am profiling Nemognatha lutea, a relatively common denizen…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Meloidae, Nemognatha, Species Profiles Filed under: Nemognatha lutea

Cirsium cymosum var. canovirens

February 19, 2021 Dan Nelson 8 Comments

When many of us think of thistles we do so with less than charitable thoughts, because most of the thistles…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Asteraceae (Sunflowers), Asterales, Cirsium, Eudicots, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Cirsium cymosum var. canovirens, Grey Green Thistle

Bucephala albeola (Bufflehead)

February 18, 2021 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

Buffleheads are small ducks (in fact they are the smallest sea duck in North America), although the bold, black and…

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Posted in: Anatidae, Animals, Anseriformes, Aves (Birds), Bucephala, Chordata, Species Profiles Filed under: Bucephala albeola, Bufflehead

Callospermophilus lateralis (Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel)

February 15, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

Golden-mantled Ground Squirrels are not rare, but it was only a couple of years ago that I photographed and identified…

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Posted in: Animals, Callospermophilus, Chordata, Mammalia, Rodentia, Sciuridae, Species Profiles Filed under: Callospermophilus lateralis, Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel

Homalothecium fulgescens

February 14, 2021 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

I spent a good chunk of yesterday unsuccessfully trying to identify a moss I had thought would be relatively easy.…

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Posted in: Brachytheciaceae, Bryophyta (Mosses), Bryopsida, Homalothecium, Hypnales, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Homalothecium fulgescens

Pontia beckerii (Becker’s White)

February 12, 2021 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

Since I’m hanging out indoors today while snow falls steadily, covering every exposed horizontal surface, I thought I’d look back…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Pieridae, Pontia, Species Profiles Filed under: Pontia beckerii

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