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Pickerel Frog (Lithobates palustris)Observer
thejasperpatchDescription
Hesitant ID.
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Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)Observer
frontyardscientistDescription
Finally! I have fulfilled my wish of seeing one of these 😄
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Northern Spring Salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus ssp. porphyriticus)Observer
bradleyfishes
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Northern Wild Raisin (Viburnum cassinoides)Observer
ama75Description
Parc de la rivière Godefroy
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Northern Wild Raisin (Viburnum cassinoides)Observer
jean_sebastien_chartier_dumais
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Northern Wild Raisin (Viburnum cassinoides)Observer
ellenjones6Description
In a sunny area along the causeway between Lake Colby and Little Colby Pond on the Lake Colby Railroad Tracks near Saranac Lake: https://wildadirondacks.org/lake-colby-railroad-tracks.html
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Northern Wild Raisin (Viburnum cassinoides)Observer
ellenjones6Description
On the lake shore at Heart Lake: https://wildadirondacks.org/heart-lake-trail.html
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Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)Observer
ludovicnlDescription
Common names : Common snapping turtle [English] ; Tortue serpentine [Français]
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Prickly Ash (Zanthoxylum americanum)Observer
frontyardscientistDescription
Could it be another species of Zanthoxylum or Rosa? If not this is one of Québec's only Zanthoxylum americanum observations directly east of Montréal. Exciting! As you can see in the third shot I picked some trash out of the leaf pile 🙂
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Spurge Hawkmoth (Hyles euphorbiae)Observer
ludovicnlDescription
This hawk moth was in a laboratory to see its evolution from a caterpillar (that was found in nature) to a butterfly.
Common names : Spurge hawk-moth [English] ; Sphinx de l’euphorbe [Français]
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Chusan Palm (Trachycarpus fortunei)Observer
botanistbrendanDescription
Down town nan
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Amu Darya Sturgeon (Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni)Observer
alexey-chernyakDescription
Detailed info: http://life-on-earth.ru/sokhranenie-bioraznoobraziya/amudarinskie-lopatonosy-reka-vakhsh-tadzhikistan
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Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni (Small narrownose form) caught in the lower stream of Vakhsh River (Tadjikistan) in 2012-2013 for conservation purposes and its eggs (on various stages of theier development) and larva (the photos of eggs and larva were taken by Dmitry Balashov - a member of EARAZA the most rare Eurasian sturgeons conservation group).
The last photo:
Alexey Chernyak with Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni (Вig broadnose form) caught at the same place in 2012 for conservation purposes (Вig broadnose form is a rare guest in Vakhsh River coming from Amu Darya River time to time.
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Section MelioidesObserver
frontyardscientistDescription
The biggest I've seen thus far. It obviously died to EAB like the others
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
biolab3haggDescription
long, oval leaves, small clusters of seeds. not very tall but spreads out in width
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Kentucky Coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus)Observer
agrout27Description
Seed pods in second picture
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Red Dwarf Honey Bee (Apis florea)Observer
fahoodie1852Description
Abandoned nest
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Rum Cherry (Prunus serotina)Observer
andythompson1Description
Odd jelly like secretion from this tree. Looks like possibly a spruce?
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Amur Corktree (Phellodendron amurense)Observer
rowdyjack3Description
Quite tall tree. Has black berries in fall.
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Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)Observer
jameskamstraDescription
on sandy soil near beach
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Thornless Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos inermis)Observer
jean_sebastien_chartier_dumaisDescription
the tree with the pod on which the woodpecker is perched.
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Yellow Birch (Betula alleghaniensis)Observer
rosemarycurleyDescription
mature catkins in centre, focus not so good.
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High-latitude Oaks (Subgenus Quercus)Observer
chaoticrystalDescription
An odd oak. I'm unsure if this is just a mutation on a garry oak, or if this is something else entirely. Found in the Summit Park garry oak meadow.
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White Oaks (Section Quercus)Observer
take2thetrailsDescription
Rathtrevor Provincial Park
