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Durham, NC 9/30/21
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Female Northern Cardinal |
Bearded Beggarticks (Bidens aristosa) seedhead |
Bearded Beggarticks (Bidens aristosa) bloom |
Buckeye nuts |
Buckeye nut |
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Devil's Beggarticks (Bidens frondosa) forming seedhead |
Dog Fennel (Eupatorium capillifolium) |
Eastern Bluebird |
Marsh Dewflower (Murdannia keisak) |
Pennsylvania Smartweed (Persicaria pensylvanica) |
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Red-spotted Purple |
Spanish Needles (Bidens bipinnata) flower and leaves |
Spanish Needles (Bidens bipinnata) bloom |
Spanish Needles (Bidens bipinnata) plant |
Spanish Needles (Bidens bipinnata) seedhead |
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Spanish Needles |
Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) |
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Durham, NC 9/29/21
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Fork-tailed Katydid |
Gray Hairstreak |
Same Gray Hairstreak |
Same Gray Hairstreak |
Jumping spider |
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Another jumping spider |
Yet another jumping spider |
Katydid |
Long-legged fly |
Nursery Web Spider |
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Nursery Web Spider |
Tropiduchid planthopper (Pelitropis rotulata). ID thanks to Vassily Belov. |
Field Cricket |
Milkweed pods |
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Durham, NC 9/28/21
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Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata) |
Common Starlings |
Tufted Titmouse |
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Juvie Turkey Vulture |
Another Turkey Vulture |
Carolina Wren |
Female Eastern Bluebird with katydid prey |
Eastern Bluebirds at Purple Martin apartment house |
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Eastern Bluebirds arriving at Purple Martin apartment house |
Hairy White Oldfield Asters (Symphyotrichum pilosum) |
Northern Mockingbird |
Pennsylvania Smartweed (Persicaria pensylvanica) |
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Durham, NC 9/25/21
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Airliner |
American Goldfinch |
Juvie Northern Mockingbird |
Eastern Phoebe |
Same Eastern Phoebe |
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Prominent moth caterpillar |
Spotted Jewelweed |
Spider web |
Another spider web |
A section of a spider web |
Jumping spider |
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Red-humped Caterpillars (Schizura concinna) |
Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle pair |
Same Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle pair |
Clouds, one near |
Ferns |
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Green Lynx Spider with egg sac |
Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) seedhead, just beginning to split |
Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) seedhead |
Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantius) |
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Durham, NC 9/24/21
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Stalked Bugleweed (Lycopus rubellus) |
Chloropid fly |
Issid planthopper |
Same issid planthopper |
Malaysian False Pimpernel (Lindernia crustacea) |
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Purple False Foxglove (Agalinis purpurea) |
Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) |
Clasping St. John's Wort (Hypericum gymnanthum) |
Probably Paniculate Tick Trefoil (Desmodium paniculatum) |
Tick Trefoil flowers |
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Wild Sensitive Plant (Chamaecrista nictitans) |
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Durham, NC 9/23/21
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Brown-headed Nuthatch, which attempted to attack this streetlamp but gave up after a few pecks |
Brown-headed Nuthatches, which eventually left the streetlamp |
Common Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris), showing how its little flowers, making a brief appearance before turning into mostly white seedheads |
Common Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) seedhead |
Devil's Beggarticks (Bidens frondosa), in transition from blooms to seedhead |
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Male Eastern Bluebird |
Same male Eastern Bluebird |
Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) |
Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) |
Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) |
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Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) |
Tiny orb weaver |
Seeds caught in spider web |
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Durham, NC 9/22/21
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Great Golden Digger Wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus) |
Great Golden Digger Wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus) |
Juvie Northern Mockingbird |
Juvie Northern Mockingbird |
Smartweed |
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Stalked Bugleweed (Lycopus rubellus) |
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Durham, NC 9/20/21
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Daring Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax) |
Bearded Beggarticks (Bidens aristosa) |
Bess Beetle |
Common Dodder (Cuscuta gronovii) |
Crab spider |
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Another crab spider |
Same Daring Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax) |
Downy Lobelia |
Fly |
Goldenrod |
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Goldenrod |
Another goldenrod |
Ironweed (Vernonia genus) |
Jumping spider (Colonus sylvanus), with prey |
Flower from a Tall Tick Trefoil (Desmodium glabellum) |
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Malaysian False Pimpernel (Lindernia crustacea) |
Malaysian False Pimpernel (Lindernia crustacea) |
Spotted Ladysthumb (Persicaria maculata) |
Swamp Agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora) |
Tall Tick Trefoil (Desmodium glabellum) |
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Aphid |
Same aphid |
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Durham, NC 9/18/21
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Red-banded Hairstreak |
Red-shouldered Hawk |
Same Red-shouldered Hawk |
Beefsteak Plant (Perilla frutescens) |
Bumblebee and mating Pennsylvania Leatherwing Beetles on Common Wingstem |
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Bumblebee |
Common Wingstem (Senecio vulgaris) |
Fly |
Geometrid moth |
Thread-waisted wasp |
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Hearts-a-bustin (Euonymus americanus) |
Another Hearts-a-bustin (Euonymus americanus) |
Moth |
Nursery Web Spider |
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Durham, NC 9/17/21
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Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) |
Bearded Beggarticks (Bidens aristosa) |
Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) |
Carolina Dayflower (Commelina caroliniana) |
Marsh Dewflower or Asian Spiderwort (Murdannia keisak) |
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Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) |
Jumping spider |
Orb weaver |
Purple False Foxglove (Agalinis purpurea) |
Spanish Needles (Bidens bipinnata) seedhead, just opening |
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Spanish Needles (Bidens bipinnata) opening flower, with aphids |
Spanish Needles (Bidens bipinnata) seedhead |
Spotted Ladysthumb (Persicaria maculosa) |
Stink bug (Mormidea lugens) |
Thread-waisted wasp |
Durham, NC 9/15/21
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Arrowleaf Tearthumb (Persicaria sagittata) |
Arrowleaf Tearthumb (Persicaria sagittata) |
Arrowleaf Tearthumb (Persicaria sagittata) and Pennsylvania Smartweed (Persicaria pensylvanica) |
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Black Vulture |
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Common Wingstem |
Devil's Beggarticks and Pennsylvania Smartweed (Persicaria pensylvanica) |
Northern Mockingbird |
Mourning Dove |
Mourning Doves |
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Pennsylvania Smartweed (Persicaria pensylvanica) |
Pennsylvania Smartweed (Persicaria pensylvanica) |
Ocola Skipper on Pennsylvania Smartweed (Persicaria pensylvanica) |
Red-banded Hairstreak |
Same Red-banded Hairstreak |
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Sleepy Orange |
Smartweed |
Swamp |
Swamp |
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Arrowleaf Tearthumb (Persicaria sagittata) |
Arrowleaf Tearthumb (Persicaria sagittata) |
Beefsteak Plant (Perilla frutescens) |
Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum) |
Bumblebee on Beefsteak Plant (Perilla frutescens) |
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Carolina Dayflower (Commelina caroliniana) |
Carolina Dayflower (Commelina caroliniana) |
Common Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) |
Common Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) |
Common Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) |
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Common Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) |
Common Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) |
Devil's Beggarticks (Bidens frondosa) and Small White Morning Glory (Ipomoea lacunosa) |
Flower fly |
Milkweed Assassin Bug nymphs |
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Small Skullcap (Scutellaria parvula) |
Prostrate Spurge (Euphorbia maculata) |
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Ocracoke Beach, Hyde County, NC 9/11/21
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Mystery succulent aster |
Foam |
Breeding Sanderling |
Waves |
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Waves |
Waves |
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Ocracoke, Hyde County, NC 9/11/21
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Dogday cicada exuvia |
Flower fly |
Palamedes Swallowtail pair |
Squirrel Treefrog |
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Ocracoke Beach, Hyde County, NC 9/10/21
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Looking south |
Breeding Sanderling |
Another Breeding Sanderling |
Willet |
Same Willet |
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Willet |
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Ocracoke, Hyde County, NC 9/10/21
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Eastern Kingbird |
Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella) |
Another Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella) |
Another Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella) |
Great Egret |
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Great Egret |
Same Great Egret |
A sign on a shop |
Anamalous blue morning glory |
Tall Tick Trefoil (Desmodium glabellum), bowed over but probably 4 feet tall. |
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Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriaticus) |
Common Starling |
Succulent aster |
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Ocracoke, Hyde County, NC 9/9/21
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Fuzzybean (Strophostyles genus) |
Little Blue Herons |
Marsh grass |
Palamedes Swallowtail |
Purple False Foxglove |
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Rattlebox (Sesbania punicea) |
Saltmarsh Mallow (Kosteletzkya virginica) |
Saltmarsh Mallow (Kosteletzkya virginica) |
Sanderling |
Brunner's Mantis (Brunneria borealis) |
Ocracoke, Hyde County, NC 9/8/21
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Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia) |
Canal |
Coastal Waterhyssop (Bacopa monnieri) |
Crablike Spined Orb Weaver |
Creeping Cucumber (Melothria pendula) |
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Cypress Vine (Ipomoea quamoclit) and fuzzybean (Strophostyles genus) |
Dogday cicada |
Lanceleaf Fogfruit (Phyla lanceolata) |
Mourning Dove |
Pinewoods Rose Gentian (Sabatia gentianoides) |
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Slender Glass Lizard |
Squirrel Treefrog |
Same Squirrel Treefrog, staring to turn green (eventually became all green) |
Whitetop Sedge (Rhynchospora colorata) |
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Springer's Point Nature Preserve, Ocracoke, Hyde County, NC 9/7/21
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American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) |
Beach Pennywort (Hydrocotyle bonariensis) |
Another Beach Pennywort (Hydrocotyle bonariensis) |
Big fish |
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Ghost Crab |
Same Ghost Crab trying to scale a log |
Same Ghost Crab entering a hole (after having gone under the log) |
Pea, maybe Panicled Tick Trefoil (Desmodium paniculatum) |
Another such pea |
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Sea Oxeye Daisy (Borrichia frutescens) |
Spotted Bee Balm (Monarda punctata), with only one flower left |
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Ocracoke Beach, Hyde County, NC 9/6/21
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Black-backed Gull |
Not quite breeding Black-bellied Plover |
Not quite breeding Black-bellied Plover |
Female Cloudless Sulphur on a Beach Morning Glory (Ipomoea imperati) |
Another female Cloudless Sulphur on a Beach Morning Glory (Ipomoea imperati) |
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Female Cloudless Sulphur on a Beach Morning Glory (Ipomoea imperati) |
Male Cloudless Sulphur on a Beach Morning Glory (Ipomoea imperati) |
Another female Cloudless Sulphur on a Beach Morning Glory (Ipomoea imperati) |
Bonaparte's Gull |
Breeding Sanderling |
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First-year Sanderling |
Female Seaside Dragonlet |
Tern |
Same tern |
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Ocracoke, Hyde County, NC 9/6/21
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Assassin bug (Zelus luridus) |
Birdfoot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) |
Carolina Anole |
Chaste Tree (Vitex agnus-castus) |
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Lanceleaf Fogfruit (Phyla lanceolata) |
Paper wasp |
Pin-striped Slug Moth |
Porcelain Berries |
Rattlebox (Sesbania punicea) flowers |
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Rattlebox (Sesbania punicea) seed pods |
Carolina Saddlebags |
Same Carolina Saddlebags |
Male Seaside Dragonlet |
Male Seaside Dragonlet |
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Clouded Skipper |
Old or diseased Squirrel Treefrog |
Same old or diseased Squirrel Treefrog |
Another Squirrel Treefrog |
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Sunset |
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Ocracoke, Hyde County, NC 9/5/21
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Coastal Waterhyssop (Bacopa monnieri) |
Squirrel Treefrog |
Another Squirrel Treefrog |
Another Squirrel Treefrog |
Another Squirrel Treefrog |
Pamlico Sound, Hyde County, NC 9/5/21
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Boat leaving Ocracoke as we were coming in |
Departing ferry |
Ferry wake |
Midge on ferry |
Paraglider near Ocracoke |
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Brown Pelicans on Big Foot Island |
Closer view of Brown Pelicans on Big Foot Island |
Shrimp boat |
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Swan Quarter, Hyde County, NC 9/5/21
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Dogday Cicada |
Great Blue Heron |
Osprey |
Passionflower |
Pokeberry on piling |
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Royal Tern |
Another Royal Tern |
Royal Terns |
Saltmarsh Morning Glory |
Male Seaside Dragonlet, still marginally teneral |
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Male Seaside Dragonlet |
Another male Seaside Dragonlet |
Female Seaside Dragonlet |
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Durham, NC 9/4/21
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Leafhopper (Graphocephala versuta) |
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Durham, NC 9/3/21
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Bearded Beggarticks (Bidens aristosa) |
Black-tailed Red Sheetweaver |
Same Black-tailed Red Sheetweaver |
Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum) |
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Common Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatatum) |
Common Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) |
Common Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) |
Common Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) |
Common Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) |
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Juvie Eastern Bluebird |
Same juvie Eastern Bluebird |
Male Fiery Skipper |
Fungus gnat |
Ironweed, apparently with a blight |
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Jumping spider |
Same jumping spider |
Another jumping spider |
Wasp (Scolia nobilitata) |
Small Skullcap (Scutellaria parvula) |
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Stiff Marsh Bedstraw |
West Indian Nightshade (Solanum ptychanthum) |
Wild Sensitive Plant (Chamaecrita nictitans) |
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Durham, NC 9/2/21
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Wandering Glider |
Same Wandering Glider |
Orb weaver |
Creeping Cucumber (Melothria pendula) |
Carolina Saddlebags |
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Duckweed and Water Fern |
Eastern Phoebe |
Song Sparrow |
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Durham, NC 9/1/21
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Garlic Chives (Allium tuberosus) |
Devil's Beggarticks (Bidens frondosa) |
Elephant's Foot (Elephantopus tomentosus) |
Gray Catbird |
Same Gray Catbird |
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Hearts-a-bustin' |
Seedbox (Ludwigia alternifolia) |
Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) |
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