My Weekly Nature Question is about my asking for help from the blogosphere (and other internet users) to learn about species living in Angeles Forest and to share that learning with others. I’m really hoping that this turns out to be a viable and meaningful way to share knowledge.
The answer to last week’s plant question turned out to be Miner’s Lettuce and it is edible. As more information is shared, it will appear on the Miner’s Lettuce Forest Life Page where there are already links to more information.
It turned out to be a good thing that I missed a week of this series largely due to my trip to Sequoia. I didn’t know what the species was until last night when I saw that Dianne Erskine-Hellrigel identified the species through my Hiking Angeles Forest Facebook Page. Thanks Dianne! It turns out my photos are from the dried out period of the plant cycle. So, that probably made it more difficult to identify. I plan on going back to the trail in a month or two when the plant is green and take photos and add them to the forest life page.
This week nobody sent me any links to blog articles and I was unable to find any articles using the search feature in the WordPress Reader.
If you notice this post and have written (or decide to write) a post on Miner’s Lettuce, send me a link and I will add a link to its forest page and create a reference page like the one for 1Year. 365 Species to your blog.
This Week’s Question: What species of snake is this? I’m pretty sure it’s a gopher or garter snake but don’t know which species.
January 2013
Above photo taken from the Lower Sam Merrill Trail
January 2013
Above photo taken from the Lower Sam Merrill Trail
January 2013
Above photo taken from the Lower Sam Merrill Trail
January 2013
Above photo taken from the Lower Sam Merrill Trail
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