Either Commersonia bartramia or Commersonia macrostipulata (both closely related).
Different sized stipules provides the initial diagnostic feature to observe, check and photograph, for distinguishing these two species.
Relevant quotations from Guymer (2006):
Commersonia macrostipulata Guymer,
species nov. affinis C. bartramiae sed ab ea
stipulis ovatis vel ovati-lanceolatis, et foliis ...
Weather: very cold
Coverage: Aldercroft Heights intersection to the first stop sign. I walked with Kat.
Newts: we had ?? dead newts, a few of them juveniles, including very small ones again. I had 14 of the newts on the reservoir side, and 24 on the hill side.
Other roadkills: toads, earthworms, millipedes, Jerusalem crickets, centipedes, a slug.
Traffic: 42 cars, 7 trucks (carrying tractors to clear the road), 3 motorcycles, 7 bikes, 0 pedestrians, 3 parked cars.
On...
Думаю, никому не надо доказывать, что свои фотонаблюдения дикой природы важно в конце концов сделать достоянием мировой общественности и науки. Наш экспериментальный биоблиц по "расчехливанию" архивов о дикой природе Казахстана завершился. Давайте подведем итоги!
Для определения рейтинга самых-самых, в наибольшей степени мобилизовавших свои архивы с фотонаблюдениями за последние годы, мы использовали следующие параметры. Базовый проект "Nature of Kazakhstan". Время наблюдений: с ...
Start time: 3:30
End time: 4:30
Date: 3/10/23
Location: Barrington, Rhode Island
Weather: 49 degrees, cloudy, no wind
Habitat: Residential area, suburbia, neighborhood, patches of woodlands
I headed home for spring break and decided to take a walk with my dogs around my neighborhood because I knew tons of different birds lived in the area. I could hear many different species, one in particular, the Mourning Dove, which I hear all the time in my backyard but ne...
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清水重要濕地為國家級重要濕地，濕地內有著豐富的生態資源。連江縣政府產業發展處近年於此地積極發展環境教育，並且期望能透過社區參與環境教育活動，進一步保育家鄉的自然環境。因此本年度辦理「清水濕地綠寶石」社區培力工作坊，邀請對於濕地生態有興趣的民眾或地方NGO組織、旅遊業成員等相關工作者參與。參與者將透過工作坊瞭解清水濕地的生態資源，以及體驗環境教育活動，瞭解在地的美好與保育的重要性。工作坊的目標包括：
認識清水濕地的生態特色與面臨的議題。
瞭解環境教育與永續發展教育之基本概念。
體驗清水濕地的環境教育活動。
【辦理單位】
主辦單位：連江縣政府產業發展處。
承辦單位：諾亞方舟生態工...
Hello everyone who has cabin fever and is finally getting out of doors. It is so rewarding to feel the sun and reach for it like the plants are doing.
Well, although our hike to Whipple Creek was cool, it was not wet, nor snowy. but it was cold enough to keep the oso berry blossoms tucked inside. I have since seen many blooming, as is evidence by our list of observations.
Please continue to gather some GREEN as St. Patrick's Day and the official start of SPRING arriv...
Друзья, проект "Птицы Югры" наконец-то достиг отметки в 4.000 наблюдений!
"Юбилейным" стала загрузка наблюдения пухляка, сделанное Татьяной Струсь @tls-60
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/151126361
10 марта спикером Лектория «Флоры России» стал сотрудник Гербария МГУ, ведущий эксперт проекта «Флора России» Дмитрий Александрович Бочков (@convallaria1128).
Чем отличаются условия произрастания растений вдоль железных дорог от окружающих территорий? Какие виды заносятся в регион по железной дороге? Как они смогли закрепиться в составе его флоры? Эти и другие вопросы вы узнаете из лекции Д.А...
Spotlight Species #7:
Eastern river cooter (Pseudemys concinna concinna)
What to Look For:
The eastern river cooter is often confused for the yellow-bellied slider. These two species look very similar. They are both black and yellow, but there are some good ways to tell them apart.
While both have yellow bellies, the yellow-bellied slider is ALL yellow while the eastern river cooter’s belly will have black pigments. The eastern river cooter has...
Mark your calendars... On Saturday, April 22nd, @megachile and I will be going on a Gall Walk together and YOU'RE INVITED!! Come listen to us talk about all things galls while we explore one of DFW's parks! Great for all interest levels, so don't feel like you need to know anything to show up. We'll be happy to answer all your questions, in return for you helping us to find lots of galls!!
Locat...
Note to all members of what was previously the "Lichens of Ohio" project -
This project will now be serving as an extension of Ohio Moss and Lichen Association where we will use the data to better understand lichens and bryophytes in Ohio. In addition to including all lichenized, lichenicolous, and allied fungal taxa, this project will now also be aggregating observations of mosses, liverworts, and hornworts! We believe that having a presence in the iNaturalist community will he...
Date - 3/11/23
Start time - 3:00pm
End time - 4:20pm
Location - Shelburne Farms
Weather - 30℉, medium wind, sunny
Habitat(s) - Lake Champlain shores and patches of forest (mixed aged trees, bushes, evergreen trees) between roads
Species list:
4 American Crows
4 Black-capped Chickadees
3 Ring-billed Gulls
7 American Robins
3 Mallards
20 European Starlings
The American Crows were perched together in a tree on the edge of the park...
I was walking to the bus stop from Redstone when I heard a Tufted Titmouse call. I know that Im suppose to go out and purposefully look for them and all of that, but I saw an opportunity. I was able to hear a Tufted Titmouse but I wasnt really able to see the bird. After a while looking for the bird, I was able to hear another titmouse, but again, I wasnt able to see them. From standing there and hearing them, I was able to tell that the birds were moving around and they called. After a...
While most issids seem to blend with tree bark or branches, there are some that take camouflage to the next level - And Issus lauri is the perfect example! It looks like a leaf instead, and is found in Europe. It's small, less then 1.5 cm long, which also lets it drink plant's sap without being noticed by predators easily. But it's camouflage isn't perfect, as the veins on the wings and the legs, head, thorax, abdomen, are coloured peach and eyes dark red in most specimens, there are som...
Last week we featured a Cherry Plum Tree - because it was the first tree in Meanwood to blossom. Since then not only have two of its branches crashed down under the weight of snow but, when things warmed up, the white flowers became a massive magnet for honey bees. In the warmer days this week it has been covered in hundreds of bees that have just woken up from their winter hibernation.
Bee society is not an equal one. All of the bees harvesting on the tree pollen are fe...
I created a new place:
Most of Colchester Pond Natural Area is located in the town of Colchester, Vermont but a sizable portion extends into the neighboring town of Essex where it is adjacent to
Αγαπητά μέλη της κοινότητας του iNaturalist Greece, ενημερώνουμε ότι στις 20 Μαρτίου, το Facebook ενδέχεται να αφαιρέσει τη δυνατότητα σύνδεσης στο iNaturalist μέσω λογαριασμού Facebook. Δεν είναι βέβαιο αν αυτό θα συμβεί ή όχι, αλλά εάν συνδέεστε τακτικά στο iNaturalist με τον Facebook λογαριασμό σας, ακολουθήστε τα παρακάτω βήματα για να βεβαιωθείτε ότι δεν θα προκύψει κάποιο ζήτημα με την σύνδεσή σας (αν δεν συνδέεστε ποτέ μέσω Facebook, μπορείτε να αγνοήσετε αυτό το μήνυμα):
Un poco más de calor esta mañana, pero el aire sigue siendo fresco y seco con una ligera brisa.
A las ocho de la mañana observé a tres piqueros pescando en los alrededores del muelle de Los Muertos. Estaban bellamente iluminados por la luz del Sol que acaba de alcanzar su punto máximo sobre las montañas detrás de mí hacia el este.
Key to species of Podalyria
KEY TO THE SPECIES
The species are often hard to identify because many features are variable. To identify species, flowers, buds, and particularly bracts must be photographed.
Bracts are crucial, but in many species the bracts are shed, which poses a problem.
The length of the flower stalk relative to leaves is often useful, but must be for open flowers as it changes as the flowers open.
Leaf shape and size is not really useful, because...
12 марта прилетел первый? белый аист
@sandraf (see https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/27110196) is keen to get some of these identifications sorted out.
Please help her out.
These 1,590 (4%) are desperate and dont even have a family ID:
Notes on the non-native European Wood Anemone (Anemonoides nemorosa) in Vermont
Aktuell fängt die Salweide (Salix caprea) an zu blühen. An vielen Orten in Deutschland präsentieren sich in den letzten Tagen die pelzigen Weidenkätzchen. Mit ihnen kommen die ersten Wildbienen des Jahres, darunter auch die rotpelzige Gehörnte Mauerbiene (Osmia cornuta). Sie hat in Ritzen und Hohlräumen überwintert und schlüpft mit den ersten wärmeren Sonnenstrahlen aus Ihrer Nisthöhle, um sich zu paaren. Fleißig sammelt sie in unseren Gärten auf Salweide und Co. Nahrung für ihre Nachkom...
Aktuell fängt die Salweide (Salix caprea) an zu blühen. An vielen Orten in Deutschland präsentieren sich in den letzten Tagen die pelzigen Weidenkätzchen. Mit ihnen kommen die ersten Wildbienen des Jahres, darunter auch die rotpelzige Gehörnte Mauerbiene (Osmia cornuta). Sie hat in Ritzen und Hohlräumen überwintert und schlüpft mit den ersten wärmeren Sonnenstrahlen aus Ihrer Nisthöhle, um sich zu paaren. Fleißig sammelt sie in unseren Gärten auf Salweide und Co. Nahrung für ihre Nachkom...
