Found on edge of moist poplar forest near trail and drainage ditch.
Stamens 6, although very difficult to show in photos at this stage of flowering. Photo 6 showing half of inflorescence with 3 tepals and 3 stamens. Photo 8 showing 5 tepals and 5 stamens, with the other tepal and stamen destroyed trying to pull apart inflorescence for photographs.
Stems ridged and slightly glacous with a blueish green look.
Collected.
This leucistic individual is Salamander C. This one has been photographed and observed since 2010 many times by Don Scallen and it had at least been alive two years before that, making it thirteen years old- two years older then me!
All of the wild gingers (Asarum canadense sensu lato) I was able to find throughout this sandy floodplain forest had glabrous, short-acuminate, strongly reflexed petals like this plant. I am not sure how widespread this variety is in Canada, but certainly is expected to be Carolinian in distribution.
WDV 255 (to UWO).
Could these be from crayfish? Also found claw/pincers in the area, but no intact carcasses
This record was published in: https://specimenpub.org/publications/specimen_25/
Third photo shows a comparison between the stems of Blue-Fruited Dogwood (on the left) and Red Osier Dogwood (on the right)
Columbia River bank. The shells were very thin (as with most Anodonta) and hardly inflated at all.
On right, with pappus white and elongated beak on achene (L. biennis on left).
Growing in 50-75cm of still water on deep organic soil along Dedrick's Creek with Ceratophyllum demersum.
Stipules are free (not adnate for any part of their length). Leaves ~2.2-2.4mm wide, all submersed. Stipules are fairly coarse (pulling them with tweezers takes some force to break them apart), whitish to brownish in colour. Leaf tips fairly sharp-pointed. Fruits smooth with no obvious ridge/keel. Leaves with few veins.
Fresh shell - several live individuals present as well.
Hugely inflated individuals in a pond with silt substrate.
Fresh Shell - several live individuals present
Hugely inflated individuals found in a pond with silt substrate.
Fresh shells exposed due to low water levels. Live specimens present.
Identification a best guess. Many individuals of this small fly were hovering low over mossy vegetation, but none of them would land for a photo except this one.
Samples collected for DNA analysis on this date by Fisheries and Oceans staff.
DNA testing confirmed as Pyganodon Lacustris.
Credit goes to @pcareless for finding these beauties! I was looking at some half frozen Crematogaster sp. under a rock when I looked over and noticed that Phil was eating some things off the ground. He turned to me and said "Try this tasty crunch moss!" I assumed he was suffering from March Madness but he was right! They had the sweet crunchy tang of Buxbaumia! It was then that we came up with the idea for our forthcoming field guide entitled "A guide to identifying mosses by shoving them in your mouth"
He was taking an evening walk down the road. I moved him back into the pond.