collection # 45633 to CAN; rare and local on upper dry sand beach with abundant C. lupulinus; inflorescences multi-headed, spikelets browner and more inflated in appearance
mature Acer rubrum
via Crum 1976; var. rupestris via FNA (Zygodon viridissimus var. rupestris)
abundant gemmae (images)
9-22-21
Found Lake, Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada
M.J. Oldham 13928, replicates at MICH 1359841, NHIC# 00140 (home), mb, jac, sdj, +1; identified as Carex acutiformis by M.J. Oldham, !AA Reznicek; population discovered by P.M. Catling (specimens at DAO), mainly S side of road; extensive colony in open woods & ditches, only fruiting in open areas
M.J. Oldham, A.A. Reznicek & P. Ashley # 31015, specimen record, replicates at NHIC# 05672 (home), +2, OAC; identified as Carex nigromarginata by M.J. Oldham; open Red Oak woods, with Carex albicans, Poa compressa, Orzopsis asperifolia; locally common; 20+ plants
M.J. Oldham # 14387, specimen record, replicates at MICH 1402028; identified as Scirpus expansus by M.J. Oldham, !A.A. Reznicek "stigmas 3, bristles 6"; circa 20 fruiting culms in moist open ground at top of small waterfall; with Aster novae-angliae, Muhlenbergia mexicana, Chelone glabra, Equesetum arvense, Eupatorium perfoliatum
Credit goes to @pcareless for finding these beauties! I was looking at some half frozen Crematogaster sp. under a rock when I looked over and noticed that Phil was eating some things off the ground. He turned to me and said "Try this tasty crunch moss!" I assumed he was suffering from March Madness but he was right! They had the sweet crunchy tang of Buxbaumia! It was then that we came up with the idea for our forthcoming field guide entitled "A guide to identifying mosses by shoving them in your mouth"
Black lighting for other insects was a bit like playing Where’s Waldo...
On right, C. molesta on left (for side-by-side shots). Perigynia scale-like.
Plains Emerald...? -> ! At Nashville Conservation Reserve, Kleinberg ON. Habitat was a long-grass type area interspersed with rows of younger planted pines. Short appendages, yellow face, pattern and colour match. Basal plate match.
herb; the last 6 photos contrast this species with the similar-looking C. grisea which was growing in the same field (C. grisea to the left, C. amphibola to the right)
Sandy opening in oak woodland. I'm wondering about C. inops but perigynia are right on 1.7mm wide, maybe 1.8mm. No experience with this species other than knowing it's around in St. Williams/Turkey Point area.
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=302673
on this tree:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/72948293
M.J. Oldham # 42852, specimen record, replicates at TRT, DAO, CAN, MICH, NHIC# 01903 (home), NHIC# 12052, OAC, dfb, J. Koopman, OSC, HFN; identified as Carex nigra by M.J. Oldham 2015, !A.A. Reznicek 2015 (from specimen scan), !P.W. Ball Aug. 2016; roadside ditch; 100+ robust clumps; new to Ontario
Photos were verified by Reznicek and Oldham, specimen now at NHIC.
M.J. Oldham # 44423, specimen record, replicates at CAN, DAO, MICH, NY 3908801, TRTE, NHIC# 02501, NHIC# 02528 (home), +2; identified as Schoenoplectiella mucronata by M.J. Oldham, !P.W. Ball March 2019; moist edge of created pond on shallow soil over limestone; 100-200 plants on muddy pond shore, with Populus deltoides seedlings; cited in Oldham, et al. 2022. Seven plant species new to Ontario documented recently using iNaturalist. Ontario Plant Press 34(4): 6-13.
Can't really tell from the photos, but lots of small incurved hairs are covering the stem and on the upper side of leaves.
2 plants seen; roadside ditch in front of 220 Emerald Street, Timmins
Dry sandy upper edge of hay field, along a hedgerow of mature Norway spruce.
The midges were...just a little abundant and annoying, even to the critters.
with E. flavescens (larger, paler plant on right)
Continuing bird found by Roxane Filion
Growing on bank of Nith River. Collected.
Sept. 28 edit: plants found to be cultivated either intentionally or seed in with other plant material in the same plug.
Stems with outer hyalodermis, single costa terminating beyond mid-leaf, truncated leaf cells, non-plicate leaves; calcareous fen along shoreline of Lake Huron. Specimen keys well but I have no previous experience with this species.
M.J. Oldham # 44620, specimen record, replicates at CAN, +1; identified as Carex x kneiskernii by M.J. Oldham; woods along Cemetery Trail; several robust clumps with C. arctata and C. castanea; field photos
Second from left.
To left is S. faberi. To right is S. viridis, S. pumila.
I spent ~3 hours exploring the area around where this cicada was recently reported. I heard the first one probably within 10 minutes of getting here, but wandered around looking for more and making observations of other taxa. I heard more than 5 individuals, including about 4 at once, so there is definitely a population here. Unfortunately they were all high up and out of reach for me to catch them. My camera battery died before I found one visually so I resorted to photographing it with my phone through my binoculars.
Most individuals were in the willow/walnut savannah floodplain around the creek, which has hemlocks on either side, although I did hear one in a more upland pine forest area nearby.
They were singing sporadically, I'm guessing related to the many cloudy periods.
I went back the next day and got a better recording, couldn't find any visually though: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/51855666