oliviarosaline

Forest Wanderer

28/Female/Earthling- An amateur naturalist and geology major living in the Missouri Ozarks. Botany 🌿, mycology 🍄, geology 🏔️, foraging 🍓, gardening and more! 🌼🐦🦉🐝 😀 (Natural sciences are my niche.) •iNaturalist ID: oliviarosaline •Rockd Macrostrat Lab: Olivia Myers

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Ozark Witch-Hazel

Hamamelis vernalis

This fragrant species of witch-hazel requires a winter freeze to bloom and is endemic to the Ozarks in Missouri, Arkansas, and parts of eastern Oklahoma.

Feb. 14th, 2024

St. Louis County, Missouri, USA

Olivia R. Myers

@oliviarosaline

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Few-flowered Tick-trefoil

Hylodesmum pauciflorum

This species is somewhat uncommon in Missouri and is scattered throughout areas of the southeastern United States. It prefers bottomland or mesic forests with moist, alkaline soils.

Aug. 15th, 2023

St. Louis County, Missouri, USA

Olivia R. Myers

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Russula sp.

There are over 200 known species of russula in the United States. It's one of my favorite genera of fungi.

Aug. 15th, 2023

St. Louis County, Missouri, USA

Olivia R. Myers

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Deer mushroom

Pluteus sp.

Aug. 18th, 2023

Growing in old growth bottomland woods.

Arnold, Jefferson County, Missouri, USA

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Little Nest Polypore

Trametes conchifer Syn. Poronidulus conchifer

This adorable tiny polypore species was on a hardwood twig in old growth bottomland woods near the Meramec River.

Arnold, Jefferson County, Missouri, USA

Aug. 18th, 2023

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Bloodroot

Sanguinaria canadensis

March 31st, 2023

Jefferson County, Missouri, USA

Olivia R. Myers

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