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Author: Dan Nelson

Drepana arcuata (Arched Hooktip Moth)

May 21, 2021 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

It is always a treat to find these members of the family Drepanidae, with their distinctive and unusual hooked forewings…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Drepana, Drepanidae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Species Profiles Filed under: Arched Hooktip, Drepana arcuata

Asarum caudatum (Western Wild Ginger, Long-tailed Wild Ginger)

May 20, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

In our region the family Aristolochiaceae (birthworts) is only represented by the genus Asarum. Asarum caudatum (most common common names…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Aristolochiaceae, Asarum, Eudicots, Piperales, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Asarum caudata, Long-tailed Wild Ginger, Western Wild Ginger

Buprestis aurulenta (Golden Buprestid)

May 19, 2021 Dan Nelson 11 Comments

During last Sunday’s nature stroll on the Cape Horn Trail, in addition to the thrill of finding that rare, vagrant…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Buprestidae, Buprestis, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Species Profiles Filed under: Buprestis aurulenta, Golden Buprestid

Claytonia perfoliata

May 18, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

At one point in our exploration of the altered ecosystem wrought by the Holiday Farm fire, my friend Mike asked…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Caryophyllales, Claytonia, Eudicots, Montiaceae, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Claytonia perfoliata

Claytonia rubra

Dan Nelson 6 Comments

Because they are all members of the Claytonia perfoliata polyploidy pillar complex, I am writing linked posts about C. parviflora, C. rubra, and C. perfoliata, and…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Caryophyllales, Claytonia, Eudicots, Montiaceae, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Claytonia rubra

Claytonia parviflora

Dan Nelson 2 Comments

Because they are all members of the Claytonia perfoliata polyploidy pillar complex, I am writing linked posts about C. parviflora, C. rubra, and C. perfoliata, and…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Caryophyllales, Claytonia, Eudicots, Montiaceae, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Claytonia parviflora

Amphispiza bilineata (Black-throated Sparrow)

May 16, 2021 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

When I asked my wife if she’d like to visit the area on the Cape Horn trail where we got…

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Posted in: Amphispiza, Animals, Aves (Birds), Chordata, Passerellidae, Passeriformes, Species Profiles Filed under: Amphispiza bilineata, Black-throated Sparrow

Sphinx chersis (Great Ash Sphinx Moth)

May 15, 2021 Dan Nelson 8 Comments

 These were unquestionably the moths of the night on my trip to the McKenzie River, having never seen Sphinx chersis…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Species Profiles, Sphingidae, Sphinx Filed under: Sphinx chersis (Great Ash Sphinx Moth)

Oxalis suksdorfii

May 14, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

One of the more personally exciting finds on my first trip to explore the resurrection of the landscape ravaged by…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Oxalidaceae, Oxalidales, Oxalis, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Oxalis suksdorfii, Western Yellow Woodsorrel

Zale lunata (Lunate Zale Moth)

May 13, 2021 Dan Nelson 7 Comments

When I was at Mike and Sue’s, in the midst of the charred landscape of the Holiday Farm fire, they…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Erebidae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Species Profiles, Zale Filed under: Lunate Zale, Zale lunata

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