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Photos from MarbleRidge near FisherBranch on 2004-Jun02:
Arrow-leaved coltsfoot (Petasites frigidus var sagittatus): seed-stage plant Arrow-leaved coltsfoot (Petasites frigidus var sagittatus): seed-stage clump Swamp red currant (Ribes triste): flowers (bad focus) Fairy-slipper (Calypso bulbosa var americana): with mosquito+spots Fairy-slipper (Calypso bulbosa var americana): with mosquito+spots Fairy-slipper (Calypso bulbosa var americana): pair Fairy-slipper (Calypso bulbosa var americana): Fairy-slipper (Calypso bulbosa var americana): pair Fairy-slipper (Calypso bulbosa var americana): with teeth Morel mushroom (Morchella sp): light-brown Crowfoot violet (Viola pedatifida): Mouse-eared chickweed (Cerastium fontanum): Yellow whitlow-grass (Draba sp)?: or Sand bladderpod (Lesquerella ludoviciana)? Yellow whitlow-grass (Draba sp)?: or Sand bladderpod (Lesquerella ludoviciana)? Pygmy-flower (Androsace septentrionalis): Dwarf cinquefoil (Potentilla canadensis): Three-flowered avens (Geum triflorum): Least mousetail (Myosurus minimus): Hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus): nest with eggs White spruce (Picea glauca): male flower Bog violet (Viola nephrophylla): Sandhill crane (Grus canadensis): many Sandhill crane (Grus canadensis): many Sandhill crane (Grus canadensis): many
-- photo 05227, tentatively labelled as Seaside plantain (Plantago_maritima), has been identified by Cathy Foster of the MB-CDC as Myosurus minimus (least mousetail) [email 04aug31]
-- photo 05216 was tentatively identified as Yellow whitlow-grass (Draba nemorosa) by Doris Ames; or it may be Lesquerella ludoviciana (sand bladderpod) according to Marilena Kowalchuk and Cary Hamel of MB-CDC [email 04sep07]


Photos from Narcisse snake-dens on 2004-Jun02:
Eastern cottontail-rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus): Heart-leaved alexanders (Zizia aptera): Marsh wren (Cistothorus palustris): Red-sided gartersnake (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis): many Red-sided gartersnake (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis): many Red-sided gartersnake (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis):