Felt like I needed to post this weirdness from the Baltimore days.
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White Spruce (Picea Glauca)
Young specimen
Sand blasted fragment of eggshell. There are many such fragments scattered in the area
Wet mossy vertical cliffs in spray zone of river (Ghunsa Khola). Tens of thousands in bloom. Scale is in cm with mm divisions. KATH Herbarium collection 143010. E. Byers # 2032.
Titirangi, Auckland.
Zigzag Track, in Atkinson Park.
Not typical yuccifolium. Flowering later and in wetland.
Image courtesy of the NZ Department of Conservation. Sensational find!
In cypress drain surrounded by wet pine savanna.
one of the greatest close encounters of my life
Unusually far north for the species and in Ridge-and-Valley region.
Encontrado en uno de los dos pequeños parques
another example of the spectacular individuals of the disputed subspecies Anaxyrus americanus copei
On Chinese chestnut (or perhaps a Chinese-American hybrid), http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/135058118
Granite glade.
Probable Quercus georgiana × nigra.
A few small trees along power line trail border. I think this might be the remains of a historic Q. georgiana population that has dwindled and hybridized with Q. nigra.
Unusual red oak that I suspect to be the unnamed hybrid Quercus coccinea × falcata.
This tree caught my eye because its drooping leaves were reminiscent of southern red oak, but they were not turning the characteristic chocolate brown of that species and had an irregular shape.
The upper canopy leaves, despite favoring southern red oak, especially with the deep yellow petioles, were entirely glabrous besides small tufts of hair in the vein axes. The petioles and twigs were also glabrous. Only the bud scales remain densely hairy.
The lower canopy leaves, however, look very uncharacteristic for southern red oak. They're closer to the lower canopy leaves of black oak, or perhaps enlarged versions of the lower leaves of scarlet oak. They're also hairy on the underside, with the hairs clustered in the vein axes but also sparsely distributed over the whole leaf surface. This hair distribution is very similar to that of Garland's oak, another southern red oak hybrid. The lower twigs and petioles are also pubescent.
Few acorn remains were present and only one that seemed well-developed and intact. The cup has loose scales that resemble black oak, but they're rather wide and cover most of the nut as with scarlet oak.
The only mature red oaks in the immediate vicinity were scarlet oak, but southern red oak and black oak are abundant in the general area.
SPECIMEN COLLECTED with the great help of @coolcrittersyt - Currently in possession of Dr. Fassbender of FGCU to look further into the identification.
roadside ditch in farm complex. roughly 3 individuals in same ditch.
With fasciation
Found on roadside near large river
Both Photinus and Photuris, at least.
Every time I see this photo it cracks a smile... this is probably one of the funniest photos I've ever taken.
iNat's recommendations (without location):
Chimpanzee
Tasmanian Devil
White-lipped Peccary
Binturong
White-faced Saki
Emu
White-bellied Spider Monkey
Domestic Dog
Abundant flying by day in diverse cushion-turf of mostly indigenous plants
A reverse one!!
Moth, attempting to hide on a mossy trunk...
Found in a bird bath, still alive. Moth is in water, first image.
Drawn to 10W UV LED light at Moturau Hut on the Kepler Track. Several of these extraordinary moths seen, only one captured to photograph.
Possible American toad X Fowler’s toad hybrid. The paranoid glands are greatly reduced, no “warts” on hind limbs, colouration darker than other observed Fowler’s toads and markings present on the underbelly. This location has been documented having F1 and F2 hybrids in published papers
Photo shared with me from anonymous source, confirmed found in Bell Canyon vicinity. The only case of bicephalia I’ve seen confirmed in the Santa Monica Mountains vicinity. Can’t confirm date/year of original observation. Animal was supposedly donated to an Audubon Zoo facility after being kept in captivity, can not confirm this or current status of the animal. Apparently likely no longer living but lived at least 14 years in captivity supposedly.
Interestingly it seems like this fern turns white during Autumn
multiple fasciated branch
WHY ARE THERE SO MANY