syn. Diplazium pycnocarpon (Spreng.) M.Broun, growing in a mature mesophytic forest with a diverse understory. No. 870821006.
See also: https://michiganflora.net/record/527 and
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:123746-2
On a branch of a Tulip Poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera.
UPPER SURFACE
LOWER SURFACE
If correct ID, this apparently non-native fern is documented in FL from the 1930s
upper leaves much longer than the lower leaves
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Oak-Hickory woodland
Mowed roadside edge of rich mesic forest. Most Polystichum plants here normal looking, a few with some creative rachis divisions.
Several of these were patiently waiting for any of the abundant Mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis to pass below. Just after I mentioned this to my companion, one of the spiders made an attempt, but failed.
I like the neat rhyme "Sedges have edges, Rushes are round, Grasses have nodes all the way to the ground" (most of the time): joint-like nodes (where the leaf sheath ends) are found along round, hollow grass stems, stems of sedges & rushes are solid; in cross-section the stems of rushes are round, sedges are triangular (giving them edges, but they have no nodes, & triangular-stem sedges have 3-ranked leaves, leaves arranged on all 3 sides of the stem; like sedges, rush stems also have no nodes)... common names (some of the time) can confuse: Broomsedge is a grass, not a sedge; Bulrush and Woolgrass are sedges, not a rush, nor a grass
midrib occupies 1/3 or more of width of leaf
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Common Mosses of the Northeast and Appalachians, 2013, pages 66, 67
Notes, many thanks to @ccantley: short, straight erect hairs on underside of young leaves; stems glabrous
Spiny and thread like projections on a slimy stick submerged under water in a fresh water pond . Could these be aquatic fungi??
growing on a small glacial outwash deposit near the top of a steep slope, DNA sample is one of four upper stem leaves and a portion of the inflorescence. No. 870611017.
See also: https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/Asclepias/quadrifolia/
and
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/70941394
1st photo
Left = 'Mango Entree'
Right = 'Open Ocean'
2nd photo
'Best Bet'
3rd photo
garden view
For the Peatland Sheetweb Weaver (Hypselistes florens) spider, cf. inaturalist.org/observations/207238913
For this Hemp Dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum) 2 days later, cf. inaturalist.org/observations/207517818
Floating sheaths, hairy lower leaf surface
growing in a rich bottomland area near the trail. No. 870728013.
See also: http://beta.floranorthamerica.org/Dryopteris_goldieana
Notes, many thanks to @ccantley: opposite, finely serrated leaves with reddish petioles
For the adjacent Bacidia suffusa, cf. inaturalist.org/observations/205421248
For nearby Bacidia suffusa I found in the photos after I got home, cf. inaturalist.org/observations/205137676
The less commonly seen red coloration on Armillaria rhizomorphs. I sliced a rhizomorph in half lengthwise and discovered that it was very woody / cellulose looking.
For several of the Common Chrysalis-Snail (Lauria cylindracea), cf. inaturalist.org/observations/204448267
growing on steep walled rock faces along the edge of the gorge, rachis not winged between the lowest two pairs of pinnae. No. 870611023.
See also: https://michiganflora.net/genus/Phegopteris
growing throughout the area near the bridge. No. 870611011.
See also: http://beta.floranorthamerica.org/Vitis_riparia
Several colonies were lost to a controlled burn that was conducted two yeas ago. So, I was elated to find this one thriving on a rock outcrop.