NC, Smokies, 20060622
CabinCove, pond and field, various.
Diadophis punctatus
He's back under the welcome mat, again.
Parmotrema hypotropum [voucher]
Tobacco Road.
| GEN | foliose lichen, on live eastern white pine branch |
| THAL | frilly, finely lobed but broad (lobes 3-5mm wide but scalloped or toothed), marg ascending, lt grey-green, min white patterning (maculae?), conspic soredia in lip-like soralia on marg of tips, conspic long mostly unbr black cilia, black bel w broad white to pale tan splotches along marg bel, long black rhiz at marg and in center but sp between in white splotches, K+ weak yell, KC-?, C- |
| MED | white, thin, cottony, C-, K+ yell turning quickly bright red, KC- or fades bright red to orange-yell |
| ALG | green |
| APO | none |
Platanthera lacera []
Starting to bloom; along fence-line between lawn and road below upper cabin.
Solanum carolinense
On slope ab pond; in fl.
| GEN | herb, spiny |
| HAIR | stell, sess, about 1mm long, 5 rays |
| ST | stell pubesc |
| THORN | 5mm, straight, v sharp, stiff but can bend them a little |
| LF | ov, rounded tip, trunc to broadly rounded base, 80x60+10mm, lobed 40% to midv, stell tom, midv and 1-vein v r bel, sp short spiny on midv bel |
| INFL | term cymes, sev fls, pedicel 3-4mm |
| SEP | 5, join at base, 8x3mm, subulate-delt, tips reflex sl in fl, stell |
| PET | 5, join, lobes ~7x9mm ov-delt, total ~25mm wide, rotate, spread 90deg, periwinkle w faint soft white radial streaks and whitish in center |
| ANTH | 5, yell, 7-8mm, term pore, erect, fil < 1mm |
| OV | 1, sup, sp clear gland-puber |
Hydrangea macrophylla
The one hiding the utility box. Blooming spectacularly this summer.
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Ramalina culbersoniorum
