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Abortiporus biennis (Blushing Rosette)

October 2, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

This fascinating polypore fungus would appear to have been a member of the family Meruliaceae, but seems to have been…

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Posted in: Abortiporus, Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, Fungi, Podoscyphaceae, Polyporales, Species Profiles Filed under: Abortiporus biennis, Blushing Rosette

Tyria jacobaeae (Cinnabar Moth)

October 1, 2021 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

These beautiful moths in the family Erebidae are not native to our continent. Instead they were imported as biocontrol for…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Erebidae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Plants, Species Profiles, Tyria Filed under: Cinnabar Moths, Tyria jacobaeae

Alnus alnobetula ssp. sinuata (Sitka alder)

September 30, 2021 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

First off, I apologize to anyone who wondered what happened to me for the past 2 weeks. I have been…

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Posted in: Alnus, Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Betulaceae, Eudicots, Fagales, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Alnus alnobetula, Sitka Alder

Clogmia albipunctata

September 28, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

First off, I apologize to anyone who wondered what happened to me for the past 2 weeks. I have been…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Clogmia, Diptera (Flies), Insecta, Psychodidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Clogmia albipunctata

Gazoryctra mathewi (Mathew’s Ghost Moth)

September 11, 2021 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

Getting dressed for work one morning last week I spied my TG 5 camera on the edge of my dresser,…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Gazoryctra, Hepialidae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Gazoryctra mathewi, Mathew's Ghost Moth

Lemna minor (Common Duckweed)

September 9, 2021 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

For hundreds of years these tiny aquatic plants were considered to form part of the family Lemnaceae. But morphological similarities…

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Posted in: Alismatales, Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Araceae, Lemna, Monocots, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Common Duckweed, Lemna minor

Anodonta nuttalliana/californiensis (Winged/California Floater)

September 7, 2021 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

I am somewhat embarrassed to admit that I didn’t know we even had multiple genera of freshwater mussels in our…

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Posted in: Animals, Anodonta, Bivalvia, Mollusca, Plants, Species Profiles, Unionida, Unionidae Filed under: Anodonta californiensis, Anodonta nuttalliana, California Floater, Winged Floater

Azolla filiculoides

September 6, 2021 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

Although I had read about these interesting, and rather beautiful, tiny ferns in the family Salviniaceae (water ferns), I had…

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Posted in: Azolla, Plants, Polypodiophyta, Polypodiopsida, Salviniaceae, Salviniales, Species Profiles, Tracheophytes Filed under: Azolla filiculoides, Duckweed Fern, Pacific Mosquito Fern

Xestia xanthographa (Square-spot Rustic Moth)

September 4, 2021 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

This distinctive and handsome Noctuid moth is a Eurasian import that was first found in North America in the Portland,…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Noctuidae, Species Profiles, Xestia Filed under: Square-spot Rustic Moth, Xestia xanthographa

Oxalis corniculata (Creeping Yellow Wood Sorrel)

September 3, 2021 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

I know that many people really dislike Oxalis corniculata, but, as a non-gardener or lawn enthusiast, I’m rather fond of this pretty…

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

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