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Lindera benzoinObserv.
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Spicebush blooming - female. This one still had a few dried-up old fruits from last year on it - not sure if that still counts as fruiting or not.
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Arañas Saltarinas (Familia Salticidae)Observ.
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Little jumping spider on a leaf behind the pine seedling I was documenting. I didn't notice it when I took the picture or I would have tried to get a better close-up. I only saw it once I processed the pictures on the computer.
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Laurel de Montaña (Kalmia latifolia)Observ.
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Mountain laurel, with some of that weird stuff on its leaves seen in this exact location before (compare to: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/151456815 and https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/151457084). I'm hoping to find it again at a foray later this week where we have a permit to collect things for microscopy. In the meantime, I think that "stuff" is probably more likely pine pollen than a fungus.
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Wild ginger foliage, based on signage along the trail and what I've seen here before probably Asarum heterophyllum. Growing right next to this one: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/202331125
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Pinos, Ocotes Y Piñones (Género Pinus)Observ.
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Probably white pine, based on the saplings growing underneath it (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/202331126) but there's a mix of pines along this trail.
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Pino Blanco Americano (Pinus strobus)Observ.
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White pine sapling - five needles per fascicle. Found growing underneath this tree: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/202331127
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Wild ginger foliage, based on signage along the trail and what I've seen here before probably Asarum heterophyllum. Growing right next to this one: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/202331128
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Pinus echinataObserv.
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Shortleaf pine, according to bark and signage along the trail. There's a mix of pines in this section, with white pine present as well.
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Pinos, Ocotes Y Piñones (Género Pinus)Observ.
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Pine seedling - there's a mix of mature trees in this section including both white pine (P. strobus) and shortleaf pine (P. echinata). I'm leaning towards shortleaf pine with this one.
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Mora de Codorniz (Mitchella repens)Observ.
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Partridgeberry foliage.
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Pussytoes just about starting to bloom. One of these patches had signage identifying it as Antennaria solitaria.
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Liverwort on a fallen tree, growing on top of bark and whatever lichens and fungi were growing on the bark. Based on the overlapping rounded leaves, I think probably Radula.
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Epigaea repensObserv.
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Trailing arbutus blooming along the trail. This patch had signage identifying the plants, and their flowers made them easy to spot.
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Clase BryopsidaObserv.
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Moss on tree bark - I think the tree was a pine.
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Hepáticas Foliosas (Clase Jungermanniopsida)Observ.
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Leafy liverwort among the mosses on tree bark - I think the tree was a pine.
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Líquenes (Clase Lecanoromycetes)Observ.
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Lichen among the mosses on tree bark - I think the tree was a pine.
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Moss cushion growing on the ground along the trail.
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Wild ginger blooming. The signage along the trail identified this as Hexastylis heterophylla.
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Quimafila Manchada (Chimaphila maculata)Observ.
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Striped wintergreen, quite a few plants still holding onto their fruits from last year's bloom.
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Boneteros (Género Euonymus)Observ.
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I suspect strawberry bush/hearts-a-bustin' on this one but not sure.
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Flor Cadáver (Amorphophallus titanum)Observ.
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Unexpected update to the titan arum bloom at the university greenhouse. We tried (and failed) to get pollen, but somehow it seems to still have managed to get pollinated and is setting fruits. Plants in this family are known to form hybrids, too. Either that, or it may have somehow managed to self-fertilize or is going parthenocarpic. I'm curious if those fruits will have viable seeds inside and what they might turn into. Mongo teaching us the same lesson as learned in Jurassic Park, where they scientists made only female dinosaurs so they couldn't reproduce but then they started laying eggs anyway: "Life finds a way." Hah, yes, it does! (Just like some of the invasives out there that were introduced as supposedly "sterile" garden cultivars.)
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Viola blandaObserv.
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Sweet white violet - or one of its look-alikes.
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Ipecacuana de la Carolina (Podophyllum peltatum)Observ.
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Mayapple foliage.
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Based on what I've seen in bloom along this section before, I'm leaning towards T. sulcatum on this, but can't rule out T. erectum.