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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Violet Wood Sorrel

Oxalis violacea

This beautiful oxalis violacea with showy, soft violet blooms is a perennial species native to the eastern and central United States.

May 12th, 2023

Jefferson County, Missouri, USA

Olivia R. Myers

@oliviarosaline

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Dwarf Larkspur

Delphinium tricorne

A favorite of hummingbirds and butterflies when it blooms. This spring ephemeral is native to the central and eastern United States. The flowers can range in color from white to all shades of purple.

April 12th, 2023

St. Louis County, Missouri, USA

Olivia R. Myers

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Ozark Witch-Hazel

Hamamelis vernalis

This 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. 6th, 2023

Augusta, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA

Olivia R. Myers

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Small-Funnel Veil Amanita

Amanita multisquamosa

Amanita ser. Pantherinae

Also known as the White Panther Amanita, this species is found in forests east of the Great Plains in the United States. It has a mycorrhizal association with oaks and can sometimes be found near conifers as well. Likely psychoactive and presumed toxic. ☠️

Aug. 14th, 2023

St. Louis County, Missouri, USA

Olivia R. Myers

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Drooping Trillium

Trillium flexipes

April 12th, 2023

St. Louis County, Missouri, USA

Olivia R. Myers

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Sharp-lobed Hepatica

Hepatica acutiloba

These gorgeous spring ephemerals are usually found in woods with rich, somewhat alkaline, well drained-soils across eastern North America. Their flowers can vary in color and petal count. The hepatica plants pictured were growing on wooded hillsides featuring dolomite rock outcrops.

March 30th, 2023

St. Francois County, Missouri, USA

Olivia R. Myers

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