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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: More Thursday Flowers
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:15:22 -0500
Pacific willow recovering from fire?

Chuck Norcutt


On 11/23/2012 10:08 AM, Chris Trask wrote:
>>
>> Those are impressive blue anthars.  Very cool wildflower.  Thanks for
>> posting.
>>
>
>       I finished identifying two more plants from that trip.  First one is 
> Brownplume Wirelettuce (Stephanomeria pauciflora):
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/8210344065/in/photostream/
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/8211431628/in/photostream/
>
> Many field guides describe this entire genus as having ten petals, whereas it 
> can be five or ten.  The bifurcated anthers make a good identification key.
>
>      Second one is Pacific Willow (Salix lucida ssp. lasiandra syn S. 
> lasiandra):
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/8211430876/in/photostream/
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/8211430224/in/photostream/
>
>       I've walked past this tree for years, not noticing anything out of the 
> ordinary as it was more than 6 meters tall with the leaves out of close 
> range.  But this time I happened to notice that the leaves were quite large, 
> very dark in colour, and had small clasping leaves along the stem.  There are 
> at least four species of willow in the area (Goodding, Red, and Arroyo being 
> the other three) and this was the last of those four that I had not yet 
> observed.
>
>       Now that I've completed the initial USFS work in setting up 
> photopoints, I can go through the area more casually, leaving the notebook 
> behind and instead carrying a suitable (ie - heavy and reversible) tripod and 
> spend an entire day looking carefully for interesting plants.
>
> Chris
>
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