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Uroctonus mordax

December 19, 2022 Dan Nelson 11 Comments

There were many moments of discovery on my trip to sw Oregon, many moments of joy and wonder, many ‘Yeehaw!’…

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Posted in: Animals, Arachnida, Arthropoda, Chactidae, Plants, Scorpiones, Species Profiles, Uroctonus, Uroctonus, Vaejovidae Filed under: Uroctonus mordax, Western Forest Scorpion

Larix occidentalis (Western Larch)

December 16, 2022 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I’m going to take a short break from talking about the organisms I found on my trip to sw Oregon/nw…

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Posted in: Gymnosperms, Larix, Pinaceae, Pinales, Pinophyta, Pinopsida, Plants, Species Profiles, Tracheophytes Filed under: Larix occidentalis, Western Larch

Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (Purple Sea Urchin)

December 15, 2022 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

I am embarrassed to admit that I knew almost nothing about the biology and ecology of purple sea urchins (or…

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Posted in: Animals, Echinodermata, Echinoida, Echinoidea, Plants, Species Profiles, Strongylocentrotidae, Strongylocentrotus Filed under: Purple Sea Urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Vaccinium ovatum (Evergreen Huckleberry)

December 9, 2022 Dan Nelson 11 Comments

Anyone who has spent time in the coastal forests of our region has undoubtedly seen Vaccinium ovatum (which is also apparently known…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Ericaceae (Heathers), Ericales, Eudicots, Plants, Species Profiles, Vaccinium Filed under: Evergreen Huckleberry, Vaccinium ovatum

Pisaster ochraceus

December 7, 2022 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

For me Pisaster ochraceus, with their bright colors, tenacious clinging to the rock, and utterly alien lifestyle (by that I mean that…

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Posted in: Animals, Asteriidae, Asteroidea, Echinodermata, Forcipulatida, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Ochre sea star, Pisaster ochraceus, Purple sea star

Garrya elliptica

December 4, 2022 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

I first found this plant in October of this year, at Devils Churn, just south of Yachats, Oregon, although I…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Garrya, Garryaceae, Garryales, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Garrya elliptica

Parcoblatta americana (Western Wood Cockroach)

December 3, 2022 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

The best critters that I personally found on my day of exploring with Sam McNally (although he did find the…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Blattodea, Ectobiidae, Insecta, Parcoblatta, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Parcoblatta americana, Western Wood Cockroach

Polypodium scouleri

December 1, 2022 Dan Nelson 9 Comments

I made a mistake on my recent trip to the coast by assuming that all of the Polypodium to be found where…

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Posted in: Plants, Polypodiaceae, Polypodiales, Polypodiophyta, Polypodiopsida, Polypodium, Species Profiles, Tracheophytes Filed under: Polypodium scouleri

Black Turnstones (Arenaria melanocephala)

November 29, 2022 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

Black Turnstones are fun birds to watch, with their darting ways and debris flipping, hammering at barnacles and prying off…

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Posted in: Animals, Arenaria, Aves (Birds), Charadriiformes, Charadriiformes, Chordata, Plants, Scolopacidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Arenaria melanocephala, Black Turnstones

Sequoia sempervirens (Redwood)

November 27, 2022 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

As I mentioned in ‘Pivoting’, I hadn’t been in a redwood forest since I was a kid, and at that…

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Posted in: Cupressaceae, Cupresssales, Gymnosperms, Pinophyta, Pinopsida, Plants, Sequoia

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