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Common Lichens (Class Lecanoromycetes)Observer
carolinaaDescription
Found on the underside of a tree branch. About half an inch wide. Found on fremontodendron
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Wild Boar (Sus scrofa)Observer
carolinaaDescription
Scat on a grassy slope about 3 inches long and 1.5 inches wide. The hoofprint was about 3.5 feet away with a cleft "print" an inch or two behind it.
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Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus)Observer
carolinaaDescription
About two feet tall, found about 8 ft. from the trail in savanna/oak woodland.
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Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)Observer
carolinaaDescription
About 6 inches long. In fallen tree in a dry creek bed and on a bay tree. A second termite design found on tree trunk. On a stick nearby, covered in them. About 1 1/4 inches in diameter.
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California Sister (Adelpha californica)Observer
carolinaaDescription
By a pool in a redwood forest. A little less than 3 in. long.
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Pacific Madrone (Arbutus menziesii)Observer
carolinaaDescription
About 1 ft. tall alongside trail in oak/bay woodland. About 8 inches in diameter. Trunk 1/2 cm wide.
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Pink Honeysuckle (Lonicera hispidula)Observer
carolinaaDescription
Woody branches. Opposite leaf arrangement. Branching leaf venation. Avg. leaf size about 2 1/2 inches long. Found in redwood forest by a creek. Whole plant reaching about 5 ft. in length. Spacing between leaves about 3 1/2 inches.
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Armenian Blackberry (Rubus armeniacus)Observer
carolinaaDescription
Blackberry, either native or Himalayan. About 20 plants in the 30 ft. from the trail to creek bed. Found in a redwood forest on an east facing slope.
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Crevice Alumroot (Heuchera micrantha)Observer
carolinaaDescription
10 inches in diameter growing along the side of the trail in between two sword ferns on steep slope in the redwood forest. In almost constant shade. Only one in the area.
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Hooker's Fairybells (Prosartes hookeri)Observer
carolinaaDescription
On side of trail, higher slope. Leaves about 2 inches long. About 75 ft. above creek bed. Parallel venation. Alternate Leaf arrangement.
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Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)Observer
carolinaaDescription
3/4 inches in diameter. About 25% dried up
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Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)Observer
carolinaaDescription
About 8 ft tall. About 1 inch in diameter w/ 1 stump sprout
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Potter and Mason Wasps (Subfamily Eumeninae)Observer
carolinaaDescription
moving its abdomen back and forth. Only one in area, not moving anything else. Seems to have burnt wings. About 1 cm long. Found in mixed grassland on the edge of trail
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Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)Observer
carolinaaDescription
Redwood w/ burn marks. In redwood forest w/ a low understory. Burn marks up to 30 ft. up the tree. Marks on the bottom of bare branches and on the trunk. Tree about 4 ft. in diameter
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Coastal Woodfern (Dryopteris arguta)Observer
carolinaaDescription
about 5 in. long. 2 others about 1 ft. away.
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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee (Bombus vosnesenskii)Observer
carolinaaDescription
pollinating star thistle. In mixed grass by the side of the pond habitat. About 3/4 in long.
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Pacific Chorus Frog (Pseudacris regilla)Observer
carolinaaDescription
Frog with extra leg. In reed grass about 8 ft from pond. About 1 cm long.
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Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus)Observer
carolinaaDescription
Only one in area. On a slope in oak woodland amid duff. Cluster about 4 inches wide.
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Subgenus RumexObserver
carolinaaDescription
Flowering part 5 in. long. Green/red flowers. Found on the edge of pond habitat. About 100 in a 30 sq. ft. area
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Mountain Lion (Puma concolor)Observer
carolinaaDescription
Fresh scat, found in oak woodland on trail. Two pieces about 4 inches in length. No others found in area or on trail.
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Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)Observer
carolinaaDescription
About 8 ft tall and about 1 in in diameter with 1 stump sprout.
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Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)Observer
carolinaaDescription
50% dried up. about 1/2 inches in diameter. almost 6 ft. tall.
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Western Sword Fern (Polystichum munitum)Observer
carolinaaDescription
10 fronds all infertile about an average of 1 1/2 ft. long.
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Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)Observer
carolinaaDescription
Burnt Redwood about 3 ft wide with three stump sprouts, all dead.
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Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)Observer
carolinaaDescription
About 3 1/2 inches in diameter with one stump sprout.