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sunny clay soil, perennial, dry, leaves turn more purple in summer.
Two pictures of a swamp very close to the the beach at
Fronds 1-2 feet high, firm leaflets with an ear at each base.
Tan cap (1" diameter), white gills. Stipe 1.5" tall. Solitary.
Unusual succulent like wildflower growing in eastern US deciduous forest.
In the Orchid genus Cypripedium. Also known as Moccasin Flower.
Resembles turkey tail fungus but lacks pores. Shell like, no stem.
Begins as grayish sponge and develops into yellow pitted cap.
Shiitake, cultivated at first and then spread to nearby oak logs. Growing ...
Pale yellow mushroom. White spore print. Cap is 1 inch in diameter. Stipe is ...
Goblet-shaped and dark-colored fruit bodies have earned it the common names ...
buttery yellow petals, emerging mid April - Early May. large dark green spots ...
trillium... not sure the Latin name or which species. forest growth. tall green ...
Calvert Island, Great Bear Rainforest, BC
Green dragonfly with the elongated section in black and green rings. Spotted ...
Grows from a short rhizome and produces a single, showy white flower atop a ...
Used in Japan, Korea and China for centuries to prevent ailments as diverse as ...
Its leaves are scale-like and appressed, like a mature cedar, and it is glossy ...
small (under 2 ft. high and wide) evergreen perennial native to Central U.S. ...
Very large morel growing in loosely compacted, moist soil under sycamore trees.
Cap: 3-12 cm; convex, sometimes becoming broadly convex or nearly flat; dry; ...
Resembles a cob of corn growing from the roots of oak or beech trees.
Young fruiting bodies are characterized by a moist, rubbery, sulphur-yellow to ...
M. angusticeps was clarified in 2012 prior to which this species may have been ...
Formerly known as Psathyrella velutina, and easily recognized by its dark, ...
Fruit body 1-2.5cm high, 1-6cm wide, a large, lobed, brain-like mass; bright ...
It has a distinctive orange cap, yellow gills and stem. Organic acids have been ...
Shelf or bracket shaped fungi, 6-12 inches in width in interconnected rows ...
Eastern newts dwell in small lakes, ponds, and streams or near-by wet forests. ...
It is orange or yellow, meaty and funnel-shaped. On the lower surface, ...
The stems grow to 30–40 cm tall, with 2 or occasionally 3 palmately lobed ...
M. aquifolium grows to 1–2 m (3 ft 3 in–6 ft 7 in) tall by 1.5 m (5 ft) wide, ...
Medium-sized toad usually ranging in size from 5–9 cm (2.0–3.5 in);[7] record ...