Käyttäjän sawyerbird tunnistukset

7/10/22
The Evergreen State College
Partly cloudy, 75 F
Mid-successional, mixed conifer forest, dominant over story Pseudotsuga menziesii and Thuja plicata

Leaves are simple and whorled in groups of 4-5, with netted venation, and elliptic with cuspidate tips. Plants are small, 3-6” high. No fruits or flowers visible at this time.

Date: 6/26/22
Location: 67th and Zangle (Boston Harbor area)
Weather: 93 F NW wind 2 mph
Habitat: residential/natural area
Diagnostic feature: fruit and leaf shape
Phenological phase: fruiting

Leaves are alternate and elliptical with pointed tip are serration on the margins.
No catkins present.
Fruit is spherical and hirsutulous and in clusters of two.

6/26/22
The Evergreen State College
Clear day, 88 F
Mid-successional, mixed conifer forest, dominant over story Pseudotsuga menziesii and Thuja plicata

Leaves alternate, new growth lighter green / older growth darker green, leaves serrate, waxy, pointed. Growing in mostly shade. Small, rounded green fruits extending from junctures between leaf and stem.

6/26/22
The Evergreen State College
Clear day, 88 F
Mid-successional, mixed conifer forest, dominant over story Pseudotsuga menziesii and Thuja plicata

Flat, branching, smooth, segmented needles. Scruffy reddish brown bark. No visible fruits, flowers, or cones at this time.