Identificaciones de certifiedcephalopod

Habitat: Mixed conifer forest, primarily Doug Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) and Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla). Shady understory dominated by mosses, ferns, and salal (Gaultheria shallon).

Leaves triternate and deeply lobed, mostly basal. Modified petals extend into a spur above and blades below.

Weather: Sunny 89 degrees
Habitat: Doug fir forest
Diagnostic features: small single fern, growing on a creeping horizontal rhizome. Generally growing on sides of rocks or trees. Root has a licorice taste.
Phenological phase: none

Weather: ~80F
Habitat: Conifer forest, canopy dominant

The diagnostic features that led to the Pacific Trillium ID were its herbaceous nature, its three large, veined leaves, and its three sepals.

•T.E.S.C Forest
•Clear blue skies ~75°F
•Temperate coastal rainforest, with a dominant overstory of Thuja plicata, Pseudotsuga menziesii, and Acer macrophylum.
•Growing on the side of a trail near some down branches next to some Gaultheria shallon, Polystichum munitum and Rubus ursinus.
•ID'd with "Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast" By: Pojar and MacKinnon.

•McLane creek trail, Capitol State Forest.
•Clear blue skies ~75°
•Temperate rainforest, with a dominate overstory of Alnus rubra, Acer macrophylum and Thuja plicata. ~10-15 yards from a wetland/pond.
•Dark evergreen leaves.
•Berries and flowers present.
•Growing on an old large cedar stump, engulfing it with its plant body.
•Surrounding vegetation consisted of: Dryopteris expansa, Vaccinium parvifolium, Polystichum munitum, and Rubus spectabilis.
•ID'd with "Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast" By: Pojar and MacKinnon.

The photos are kind of unfocused. Found along a forested trail on an old lava dome (part of the Boring Lava Field). Sunny out today, mild heat and mild humidity - berries ripe - took a few with me for "lab analysis".

Field notes:

•Clear blue skies
•Temperate coastal rainforest, with a dominate overstory of Pseudotsuga menziesii and Acer macrophylum.
•ID'd with "Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast" By: Pojar and MacKinnon
•Flowering present

•T.E.S.C. Beach bluff
•Clear blue skies
•Temperate coastal rainforest, with a dominate overstory of Acer macrophylum, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Tsuga heterophylla and Thuja plicata.
•ID'd with "Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast" By: Pojar and MacKinnon
•Field notes:
-No flowering present
-Growing next to Vaccinium parvifolium, Gaultheria shallon, and Mahonia nervosa.
-Growing under a small Tsuga heterophylla.

•T.E.S.C Forest
•Partly cloudy skies ~65°F
•Temperate coastal rainforest, with a dominant overstory of Thuja plicata, Pseudotsuga menziesii, and Acer macrophylum.
•ID'd with "Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast" By: Pojar and MacKinnon.
•Field notes:
-Dark evergreen green color
-Rusty spores present on backside of fern leaf.
-Growing near a nurse log next to some Gaultheria shallon, Vaccinium parvifolium and Rubus ursinus.