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The mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) or black-tailed deer
The mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) named for its large mule-like ears.
Lake Roosevelt Washington In the mid-lake area there is a transition from sage-steppe to second-growth ponderosa pine. Bluebunch, wheatgrass, hard fescue, and forbs such as balsamroot, northern buckwheat, brittle prickly pear, alum root and lupine are common here. Shrubs such as sagebrush, bitterbrush, rabbitbrush, snowberry, greasewood, and service berry characterize this region. Trees in this portion of the watershed include: black cottonwood, ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir.
Spotted on Sep 19, 2011
Submitted on Sep 19, 2012
3 Comments
You're welcome Sharon.Now, the scientific name is only made of the Latin binomial name (Odocoileus hemionus in this case). This is all the info you need in that field. For habitat, although general info is interesting what we want is a short description of the actual habitat you spotted the animal or other organism in. Thanks for your efforts!
Thank you! I am assuming I completed the correct information.
Hi Sharon, and welcome to Project Noah! Where you know the species in your spotting please compete the scientific name field.Scientific names can easily be found out using Google. Project Noah uses scientific names to index and organize all spottings on the site, and your spottings will remained on the Unidentified list until this field is completed. Also please provide habitat information for your spottings. Click on the FAQ link at the bottom of this pace if you need to know more. Thank you, and enjoy your time on Project Noah!