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Mosses, fungi, and mammals in Glen Meal

Posted by Kate Almon,
North Country explorer from Kent, Washington
March 28, 2013

My Winter Ecology class and I explored Glen Meal State park for 3 hours. During that time we searched for mosses. Using the 'Common Mosses of the northeast and Appalaciand' field guide, we identified around 10 species. Our instructor, Karl McKnight, said that there are likely up to a hundred different specie sin Glen Meal alone. To take the moss photos, I held a hand lens up to the camera on my iPhone... It worked beautifully!
The second photo is of White-tailed deer scat which I was searching for for a research project of mine. The past photo is of a coyote track (I believe) that I found near a small deer kill site.

Comments

Erika Barthelmess

Great photos Kate!  Thanks for sharing!

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Erin Siracusa

What a great idea to take a photo through your hand lens! The pictures of the mosses are beautiful!

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