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Family: Poaceae
Florida Distribution: peninsula
Ecosystem Type: dry flatwoods, scrub, dry disturbed sites
Rarity: occasional
Here we have discovered a large colony--several thousand individuals-- of the shrub known as "sand myrtle, or Leiophyllum buxifolium which is a member of the curious "crowberry" family (Empetraceae). Some of the plants today exhibited a few open flowers...but the real display starts at the beginning of April, when they all bloom, and it looks like a blanket of snow.
Taken at the Library of Congress Jefferson Building.
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Cleavers (Galium aparine). I didn't recognise it at first having never seen it after flowering before.
BIOL 527, "Spring Flora"...first off-campus field trip of the semester, to Peachtree Rock Nature Preserve in Lexington County SC
University of Washington Botany Greenhouse, Seattle. Blog post: tina-koyama.blogspot.com/2013/09/uw-botany-greenhouse.html (Platinum Carbon ink, watercolor)
Pleurotus ostreatus
Lamington National Park
South east Queensland
Australia
"Nitrogen is an essential element for all living organisms, but wood has a low nitrogen content. Many wood-rotting fungi can grow at very low nitrogen levels and are very efficient at both scavenging and re-cycling nitrogen, but some have additional strategies. The mycelia of some wood-rotting fungi also trap and feed on nematodes that can often be found in decaying wood. By trapping nematodes (using hyphae with sticky knobs, for example), these fungi supplement their nitrogen intake. Species in the genus Hohenbuehelia and Pleurotus trap nematodes. These fungi produce stemless-mushrooms as fruiting bodies, the caps being attached directly to the wood – either at the top or side of the cap." www.anbg.gov.au/fungi/ecology-woodrot.html
BIOL 527, "Spring Flora"...first off-campus field trip of the semester, to Peachtree Rock Nature Preserve in Lexington County SC
Botany Bay is the name of the northernmost range of cliffs at Broadstairs, Margate, along the north-easterly tip of Kent. The sandy beaches lie at the foot of tall chalk cliffs that are steadily being eroded by the sea, creating many inlets and caves.
Also the location for Fury from the deep
Today I found a wonderful, beautiful plant in botany lab.
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