And now it is time for a new edition of Name that Organism. Each of the following photos was taken at Itasca State Park, except one. Extra points for naming which photo was not taken in the park.
Write your ID’s in the comments section.
A)
B)
C)
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D)
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E)
F)
G)
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a. Tree
b. Marshy-type plant
c. Baby tree
d. Fish
e. Weed
f. Squirrel
g. Duck
How’d I do?
D appears to be some sort of Centrarchidae. Possibly a bluegill.
A- spruce? could be white spruce or black hills spruce.
C- Tamarack
D- Bluegill?
F- Grey squirrel
G- Wood Duck. Immature?
Spruce tree (Norway Spruce, maybe?)
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Cypress tree (I think this one is not from the park)
One of the gazillion sunfish species
Joe-pye weed
Gray squirrel
Wood duck (juvenile)
a. Mycorrhiza
b. Sclerotinia sclerotiorum growing on Oxalic acid made by Jack-in-the-pulpit
c. Rhizopus stolonifer
d. Vibrio anguilbarumn
e. Rhodospirilla, on leaves seen using microscope.
f. Microsporum cookei, although normally associated with the grey squirrel
g. Schistosoma of some type. Maybe
A) The Larch
B)
C) The Larch
D)
E)
F) Grey Squirrel in a Larch?
G) Mallard (immature)
Hope there are bonus points for Monty Python references.
a: spruce tree
b: tracheophytes
c: tamarack
d: blue gill
e: tracheophytes
f: red squirrel
g: duck
The tamarack does not belong.
Inspired by Lorax (LOL)
A) Pinaceae
B) Liliaceae
C) Laricaeae
D) Centrarchidae
E) Asteraceae
F) Sciuridae
G) Anatidae
Oops. The larch does not belong.
A) A plant
B) Another plant
C) Yet another plant
D) Swimmy thing
E) A flowery plant
F) A furry thing
G) The odd one out as it’s a BIRD and the only interesting picture here. An immature Wood Duck. YAY.
As usual, we are not necessarily sure of some of these (well, clueless in some cases). Here are our best guesses so far:
A) Black Spruce Picea mariana, or some other kind of spruce. It is not a pine or a tamarack.
B) No clue. Amanda has some guesses. These are large leaves, by the way, a few inches wide. It is definitely not a Jack-in-the-pulpit. That thing sticking out the top is just another leaf unfolding.
C) Tamarack Larix laricina
D) I’m pretty sure this is a bluegill Lepomis macrochirus, and not some sort of hybrid. But I’m open to suggestion. The last fish I pulled out of this spot was hard to classify, so I had the camera ready this time. This is the organism that was not at Itasca.
E) I like the suggestion of joe-pye weed.
F) This is a red squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus. It is interesting that so many people said gray squirrel. I suppose it’s the angle and lack of scale. For gray squirrels in your yard, click here.
G) This is the immature Wood Duck.
I should also mention that Lorax was also correct in all of his ID’s.
B = False Salomon’s Seal (Maianthemum racemosum)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maianthemum_racemosum
E is indeed Joe Pye Weed. (Sorry, this is also a bad spoonerism, but to my defense I have a probable hereditary condition that keeps me earing spooners the wrong way, just like some are typoing most common words all way down :).
Thank you Laurent!