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March 2010 Photos
Sandy Creek Park, Durham, NC 3/30/10
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| Moss, with sporophytes. Seen near the lake. | Horsetail | Winged Elm flowers and fruit | Field Pansy (Viola bicolor) | Green Six-spotted Tiger Beetle |
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| Common Vetch | Common Wood-Sorrel | Common Blue Violets | Forget-me-nots (view from above) |
Durham, NC 3/29/10
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| Moss #1 | Moss #2 | Moss #3 |
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| Mint family member, maybe | Female Red Maple flowers, some with forming fruit | Carolina Jessamyn flower | Sugar Maple flowers |
Eno River State Park, Old Cole Mill Road access, 3/27/10
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| Other side of Crane Fly Orchid leaf | Toothwort | Early Saxifrage | Ground Ivy |
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| Rue Anemone |
Uwharrie Trail, Troy, NC 3/25/10
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| Hepatica nobilis flowers and leaves. Photo taken by Karl D. Gottschalk |
North Carolina Zoo, Asheboro, NC 3/24/10
All photos taken by Karl D. Gottschalk
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| Bloodroots | Ostrich | Jeep in zoo store |
Durham, NC 3/24/10
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| Winged elm flowers, just starting to develop fruit | Another winged elm, with maturing fruit | Red Maple female flowers, with some producing fruit | Mazus japonicus, very small (probably because it was in mowed grass). ID thanks to Janie Harmon Owens. | Weeping Willow flower and leaves |
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| Violet | Common Blue Violet | Also a Common Blue Violet, perhaps in a different (brighter) light, hence the initially puzzling common name. |
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| Water striders, the bottom one with prey, apparently a leafhopper | Same water striders, with possibly different prey |
Sandy Creek Park, Durham, NC 3/22/10
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| American Toads mating | Periwinkle | Mysterious tracks on the creek bed | Horsetails |
Occoneechee Mountain Natural Area, Orange County, NC 3/21/10
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| The beginnings of a tree, apparently a Chestnut Oak that has discarded its nutshell. | Hair-cap Moss (Polytrichum commune), showing sporophytes that have shed their calyptrae "caps," releasing spores, with their operculum capsules remaining. Shown with small mushroom, with a cap ~2 mm across. | Hair-cap Moss in an earlier stage, with developing calyptrae (after fertilization) | Tachinid fly |
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| Chestnut Oak tree starting out |
Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange County, NC 3/20/10
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| Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) flowers | Miner bee, digging a hole in the ground for its nest. Its head is mostly hidden. | Toothwort | Bloodroot flower |
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| Trout Lilies, a few of hundreds currently blooming | Trout Lily flower |
Sandy Creek Park, Durham, NC 3/19/10
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| Green Six-spotted Tiger Beetle, actually with 10 spots | Plum flowers. This ID is disputed. | Wolf spider | Common Blue Violet |
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| Mating Boxelder Bugs, two of dozens, maybe hundreds, where the trail first came besides Sandy Creek. | Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) |
Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange County, NC 3/18/10
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| Mourning Cloak | Boxelder Bug | Field Pansy | Spring Beauties | Bluets |
Duke Gardens, Durham, NC 3/16/10
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| Japanese Apricot Tree (yes, the flowers were growing out of large branches! |
Durham, NC 3/15/10
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| Red Maple (male flowers) | Purple Dead-nettle | Speedwell | Rockcress? | Red Maple tree |
Carolina Beach State Park, New Hanover County, NC 3/9/10
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| Queen and drone Yellow Ants mating. The tiny drone is clasping the queen at the end of her abdomen. His head (with similar long, curly antennae) is partially obscured by her wings. |
Fort Fisher Recreational Area, New Hanover County, NC 3/9/10
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| Dung beetle (Copris fricator) | Hop Clover (Trifolium genus). This is a composite of maybe twenty typical pea family flowers. | A group of hop clover plants. These plants were ubiquitous in grass. | Maybe a Common Vetch |
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| Rock Slater (Ligia genus), a kind of crustacean. This one had wandered just off the sand. | Common Dandelion. You can see the reproductive parts of the many individual flowers. | Henbit |
Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 3/9/10
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| Ground Beetle (Gnaphosa genus). The presence of wings is a mystery, maybe the remains of prey. | Purple Dead-nettle |
Penny's Bend Nature Preserve, Durham, NC 3/6/10
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| Little Periwinkle (Vinca minor), in the process of unfolding | Spring Beauty | Trout Lily (leaf only) |
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| Buckeye leaf buds | Shield-backed katydid nymph |
Durham, NC 3/6/10
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| Henbit | Ground spider (Gnaphosa genus) | Red Maple (Acer rubrum) male flowers, fallen out of a tree |
Durham, NC 3/1/10
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| Rockcress, probably Arabis genus | Common Chickweed |
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