bschmi's Identifications

Mistletoe spp. (Misodendrum) Found growing on Lenga tree outside of Lago Jenimeni. about 300 m from the main road. Used this tree for seed collection and found this species along the northern side of the tree.

Poplar spp. (Populus) very tall at above 50 feet tall. Found very abruptly along campsite. Common occurrence in location due to tree helping with blocking wind. Found a wall of these trees at Los West Winds campsite that is located in Chacabuco Valle in Patagonia National Park in the pampas region.

Two small invertebrates found on the underside of a rock, completely submerged in the Rio Cochrane, in a slow-moving, shallow area. They wiggle around quite a lot. There are small green bubbly eggs of some sort, or maybe an algae, on the rock with them. Maybe a nymph of some kind.

5 to 7 terns flew about above our camping area—a mixture of pastures and quinchos— for 12 to 16 minutes. It was partially cloudy as seen in the photos but the sun still shone through. There was a steady breeze of 10 to 15 Beaufort scale. The terns made sweeping circles above the camp ranging 2 to 10 meters above the ground, landing for just a second every minute or so to peck at something unknown by me. They had long narrow wings with black patches near the ends and smaller white patches at the very ends of their wings. They had black heads and white bodies.

Spiders found on the window pane of a rustic building at 10pm. It was found crawling up the wall near a window. The building it is living in is fully enclosed. It could have entered the building under the door (there’s a crack 2cm between door and cement floor). There are also windows in the room which could’ve been left open. I think it’s name is Jeff

Notes: Skinny poplar with red stem branching in an alternating pattern. DBH of around 8cm. Trunk was smooth and grey with some splotches of white lichen or green mosses. The tree was around 7 meters in height. Izzy (5ft 5inches) for scale.

Habitat: found in Tortel in south western Chile near the pacific coast. Tortel is built right onto the coastline and between the mountains. Most of the town was on boardwalks above oceans and soggy wetland substrate loaded with absorbent spaghnum. We learned that the spaghnum takes in so much water that it often reduces the water resources to nothing during the dry season. Based on our observations it rains frequently in Tortel with rain everyday since our arrival and cool, foggy temperatures. The ecology is that of a temperate rainforest with species at each level dominating accordingly.

Also called mistletoe and old man’s beard. Different growth structure, protruding straight from lenga twigs. Has parts similar to leaves with dark red mosh brown appearance. Found on eastern aspect of hill.

I found this caddisfly larva crawling on the bottom of a rock in a small quick moving stream in an old growth Lenga forest. The center tail is broken off but I can still tell that there are three tails. I hypothesize that this little macro invertebrate was looking for material to make a casing house in so it could transform into its adult form. We found stone fly larva and other caddisflies making casings in the same stream