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This rare ecosystems once covering 100,000 acres of Maryland has now been reduced to less than 1000 acres, 90% of which can be found at Soldiers Delight NEA. The serpentine bedrock underlying this area has unique soil chemistry and supports many rare and endangered plant an dinsect species. Native Americans and lightni...
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This panorama represents one of the largest known populations of Conrad's Crowberry (Corema conradii) in New Jersey. Named after its discoverer, S. White Conrad (1779-1831), Corema conradii is one of the rarest plants in the coastal plain habitat. It currently exists in several disjunct populations, occuriing as far so...
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This is a rare endemic Lobilia that is found only here on Kauai. Even as a person that is born and raised on Kauai, I was very lucky to see it blooming! I have seen the plant itself for many years now, but this is the first time I have seen it in bloom. I think this might be the worlds first GigaPan of a Kauai Kolii in...
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Although this rare fungus (Ascomycetes) got a larger substrate range, it prefers Willow thickets like Salix viminalis and others growing on swampy places. Here it grows on Salix cinerea, Belsakerweier near Hellange, Luxembourg. The site can be seen here: www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=24456
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In such Salix cinerea bushes one can find many rare fungi on dead and decayed branches. The fungi are almost too small for this panorama size. A few macros from this site can be seen here: www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=24401 www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=24402 www.gigapan.org/viewGigap...
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Jack-O-Lantern mushroom, Omphalotus olearius, a very rare mushroom growing close to a public place a few km south of Luxembourg city, in this case on a vital Quercus rubra. In dark nights one can observe a very faint greenish glow in the gills of this fungus. This phosphorescent luminescence is caused by two metabolit...
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One of two sites in the world where the rare yellow flowered Spring Beauty thrives. Claytonia virginica var hammondiae differs fromt he species in that the petals and anthers are yellow to yellow/orange. The nearest populartion of the species resides some 18 km away. This species is unique in that it prefers a very wet...
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A very rare fungus (Ascomycetes, Helotiales) growing on Salix cinerea and S. aurita on swampy places. The site can be seen here: www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=24456
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