Our first look at H. sitchensis on the peninsula. On one of the first few large sitkas we checked, leaning out of the forest over the beach. This area is open but fairly sheltered from wind, directly below a swathe of big firs beloved by eagles that regularly visit the nearby stream to bathe. Around 5 ft off ground level, on a live defoliated branch maybe 20mm diameter. Second pic by @aiva.
Confirmation ID by @eullstrom!
On scapania bolanderi and Dicranum
Not sure if Lepidoderma later in development or something else entirely. On Scapania bolanderi on Abies
On Scapania bolanderi on log over river
On scapania bolanderi
Likely radula but collected just in case. On riverbank holodiscus? No- On Physcocarpus
Specimen collected by @thyg. Original posting here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/185994469
Found washed up on Brady’s beach. Pretty sure it was dead but it was opening/closing it’s mouth and twitching so we put it back in the water.
Duplicate to show leaf detail. Leaf is 14 mm long.
On Homalothecium fulgescens on oak.
lichen miner on Peltigera same as https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/201503149
lichen miner on Peltigera duplicated from https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/148212996
On silty bank of Fraser River. Derby Reach Regional Park, Fort Langley, BC, Canada
The only Boreus species recorded from Vancouver Island. ID'd on Bug Guide by Ben Coulter:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/492658#3637618
Alpine rock forming cushion
In cups of Polytrichum juniperinum
Very thin soil over exposed granite. Leaves 2-3mm, Costa 50-75um wide at base. Not entirely convinced by the basal marginal cells, but the basal juxtacostal cells and the costa seem good for microcarp.
@fmcghee - legitimately shocked to see you haven't already posted this
on planted rhododendron beside parking lot
New popn (as far as I'm aware). Habitat is typical saline pond bank in transition zone where Distichlis ends and Artemesia begins
unlabeled and somewhat incomplete life cycle diagram for Neckera menziesii.
Composite showing habit, leaves and cilia for all three species of Ptilidium found in BC.
Duplicate observation for plate.
A. Micrograph showing entire gametophyte. Shoot is 3.2 mm tall.
B. Habitat shot showing large conifer tip-up above seasonal pool formed by root divot.
C. Individuals on oxidized, sandy soil under UV light.
D. Detail of gametophytes under daylight.
E. Individual gametophyte isolated in daylight. Shoot is 2.5 mm tall.
On rock with last photo showing it next to lookalike isothecium (?)
w/ calcareous peridium. or whatever the outer wall is called. On dead alder twig
1885, UID 14
Habitat: on branch; Bark texture: smooth; Height above ground(m): 13.5
Leaves concave, costa sub percurrent, leaves with hairpoint, cells not papillose.
Strathcona Provincial Park, Vancouver Island, BC
Gametophytes, previously reported from this stump. Far smaller than I realized!
Step 1: Consult the iNat app from Port Alberni to confirm the location in a last-second plan before driving to Kennedy Lake.
Step 2: Walk the access road, find a small trail in the right area, and walk until my location dot on the iNat map matches the middle of the cluster of sightings.
Step 3: Spend at least 10 minutes searching the nearby forest for a stump matching the ones in the photos.
Step 4: After finding the right stump, spend another solid 10 minutes in miniature world searching the stump for the ferns, including going back to the photos several times for every clue I could find!
I thought I was looking for something larger, but the biggest ones were only about 2mm in size. Even more fun than Botrychium searches ;-) And I must say, I only saw them through the iPhone lens/screen, as they were too small to really see unassisted.
Now that I've seen them once (with all this tech help), hopefully I can find more!
Lichen on peaty pank over rock 425
I am quite literally begging anybody with experience with amphipods to help me ID this because MAN it was cool to see! Scroll through to photo #2 for a close up of the amphipod in question.
Watched this dipper catch amphipods in a semi marine environment where xwesam (Roberts Creek) runs into the ocean. Honestly, would consider going back and diving here just to find out what these are.
Spotted by. @bstarzomski over DOM and bryophytes
On clay bank adjacent river. Terrible photo but sample taken
Somewhere in this world. On earth bank
Growing with Riccia cavernosa and algae. Female and male plants
Cross section of a trembling aspen showing extent of rot from Phellinus tremulae.
lazily flying and approachable when perched on Juncus effusus in sun, 14' C. All photos of same individual, one of 2 individuals of this species seen at this location today. My first midwinter meadowhawks on VI!
Duplicate observation. On silt of shoreline bank over siltstone.
(a) Habitat on silt and clay-rich shoreline bank. (b) Habit (c) Older plant showing reddish orange hues. (d) Younger plant in green. (e) Long striate capsule with peristome. (f) Leaf whole mount showing obtuse apex and percurrent costa. (g) Leaf cross section showing wide band of guide cells in costa, uniseriate lamina. (h) Abundant and branched papillae in surface view. (i) Margin of leaf showing thickened walls of peripheral cells.
Growing near foundation of house, in lava rock pebbles (scoria) over landscape fabric. Identified by @seanblaney
ID based on red dot on upper lip. Limestone basement, Summit Peak Trail, Stone Mountain Provincial Park, BC, June 1/23.
Observation: if I have the species correct, and if I were posting in Yukon, I would have called this Pedicularis labradorica var. labradorica. Yet, to the south of the BC - YT border, there are virtually no Pedicularis labradorica var. labradorica. In the geosciences, we call this a "border fault" and in the F-P-T system, we would work to reconcile that border fault. Just an observation about the value of iNat, because iNat species and variety distributions yields some really interesting patterns.
On silty clay trail bank.
@terrymcintosh
Edge of alkali pond, on soil in documented P. Kozlovii location