From lichen sample mixed with water

Likely a flagellate because of the slow, jittery movement

From lichen sample mixed with water

From a lichen sample mixed with water

Mite??

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Numerous shrubs naturalized along the riverbank

Didn't notice the stem. I was fixated on the smooth bark and the green olive like berries.
iNaturalist suggests hackberry but doesn't hackberry have that wild deeply cut bark?

Weed to pull or flower to keep?

Some sort of tree that recently fell in the woods. Maybe 20-30 feet tall and very slender. No leaves but these fuzzy little catkins. I'm no good at plant/tree ID unfortunately.

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Ground spreading, small burs that stick to clothes

Back porch lichen is "blooming"

Huge grapevine