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Campyloneura virgula

July 5, 2022 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

This was another interesting yard bug that I found when I tagged along whilst Pam watered for her friend. There…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Campyloneura, Hemiptera, Heteroptera (True Bugs), Insecta, Miridae, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Campyloneura virgula

Frangula purshiana

July 3, 2022 Dan Nelson 10 Comments

I don’t often find Frangula purshiana (also known as cascara buckthorn, bearberry, cascara, cascara sagrada, chittam bark, coffee-tree) in isolated spots where…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Frangula, Plants, Rhamnaceae, Rosales, Species Profiles Filed under: Cascara, Frangula purshiana

Phylus coryli

July 1, 2022 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

This past weekend Pam was asked to water for a friend who was out of town. Since we live in…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Hemiptera, Heteroptera (True Bugs), Insecta, Miridae, Phylus, Species Profiles Filed under: Phylus coryli

Holcus lanatus

June 29, 2022 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

When I found these grasses on the Cowlitz River dike the first thing I noticed was that the inflorescence was…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Holcus, Holcus, Monocots, Plants, Poaceae, Poales, Species Profiles Filed under: Holcus lanatus

Smerinthus opthalmica

June 27, 2022 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

The first time I ever found this species I was hiking out to Warrior Rock Lighthouse on Sauvie Island, outside…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Smerinthus, Smerinthus, Species Profiles, Sphingidae Filed under: Smerinthus opthalmica

Hordeum murinum

June 25, 2022 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

I’m sure many parents and hikers, and especially pet owners, are not fond of this species (which goes by a…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Hordeum, Monocots, Plants, Poaceae, Poales, Species Profiles Filed under: Hordeum murinum, Mouse Barley, Wall Barley

Pacific Jumping Mouse (Zapus trinotatus)

June 23, 2022 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I have to admit that, because they are often nocturnal and shy, I know very little about the small mammals…

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Posted in: Animals, Chordata, Mammalia, Rodentia, Species Profiles, Zapodidae Filed under: Pacific Jumping Mouse, Zapus trinotatus

Iris tenax

June 21, 2022 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

Due, I’m assuming, to our cool and abnormally wet spring, it has not been a banner year for Iris tenax.Though I…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Asparagales, Iridaceae, Iris, Monocots, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Iris tenax, Oregon Iris, Toughleaf Iris

Odonteus obesus

June 19, 2022 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

I was excited to have two male (though no female) Odonteus obesus come to my lights whilst mothing on the…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Geotrupidae, Insecta, Odonteus, Species Profiles Filed under: Odonteus obesus

Acer circinatum (Vine Maple)

June 17, 2022 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

Bigleaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) get all of the press because they are huge, beautiful, shade providing, moss and lichen and…

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Posted in: Acer, Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Plants, Sapindaceae, Sapindales, Species Profiles Filed under: Acer circinatum, Vine Maple

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