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Alnus rhombifolia, the white alder, is an alder tree native to western North America. (They/he, previous trans kid and current trans adult)

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yknow like the tree @alnusrhombifolia.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
interesting info from calherps (on the closely related common sharp-tailed snake, C. tenuis): Feeds on slugs and their eggs and on slender salamanders. Long teeth allow the snake to hold on to its slippery prey. I can't find and pics of their teefs!!
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yknow like the tree @alnusrhombifolia.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Ran into this forest sharp-tailed snake (Contia longicauda), a species that is described as "secretive" because of its leaf litter dwelling lifestyle. Little has been published on the species' behavior because of this - I'd never seen one before! 📍Santa Cruz, CA 🐍
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yknow like the tree @alnusrhombifolia.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Creeping snowberry (Symphoricarpos mollis) is currently showing off its namesake berries! The berries are edible and allegedly have a light mint flavor (I have yet to test them out).
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Genetically Modified Skeptic @gmskeptic.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Help me with engagement here!
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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
I was so thrilled to watch these guys wheel around me that I let out a loud "HAZOO!" Don't know where that word/sound came from, but I'd like to nominate it as the universal exclamation of bird-related excitement #birds
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Gays Of Bluesky @gaysof.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
This country was built on faggotry.
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yknow like the tree @alnusrhombifolia.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
if this was in effect when I was under 19, I genuinely probably wouldn't be here today. gender affirming care saves lives, and banning it (and "prosecuting the practice") will cause them to be lost. Remember when a member of congress was censured for saying the right has kid's blood on their hands?
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yknow like the tree @alnusrhombifolia.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
adult southern alligator lizard (Elgaria multicarinata) found in Santa Cruz, CA. One of the things I love about this area is the fact we have both northern and southern species ranges overlapping! 🦎
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yknow like the tree @alnusrhombifolia.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
adult vs juvenile California slender salamanders (Batrachoseps attenuatus) (found in Santa Cruz, CA) 🦎
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yknow like the tree @alnusrhombifolia.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
4 juvenile arboreal salamanders (Aneides lugubris) 🦎
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silas denver 🍎 @sweatermuppet.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
redesign of the piece that has gotten me restricted/suspended at least 4 times 😇
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CONFLICT NEWS FELLA @warosintfella.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
A doctor’s letter to United Healthcare for denying nausea meds for a child on chemo
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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
people say “you need to start living in the real world” but they forget that the real world includes lupines and lightning bugs and ginger beer and starlight and sea coasts and Renoir paintings and Rachmaninoff’s piano concertos and fog banks and foxes playing in snow.
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yknow like the tree @alnusrhombifolia.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
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yknow like the tree @alnusrhombifolia.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
3rd year Ecology and Evolutionary Biology student interested in... Ecology, wildlife, and especially herps! I originally wanted to go into animal medicine, but I'm currently interested in field work, surveys, and research relating to studying California wildlife and ecosystems.
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yknow like the tree @alnusrhombifolia.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
This little guy is an adult California slender salamander (Batrachoseps attenuatus)! They are very common in the areas of Northern California where I grew up, as well as in a limited part of the Sierra Nevada, patches of the northern Central Valley of California, and extreme southwestern Oregon 🦎
two hands are supporting the body of a very skinny (slender) salamander. It has tiny legs and is probably about three and a half inches
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yknow like the tree @alnusrhombifolia.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
#addHerper see my previous posts 🙏🐍
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yknow like the tree @alnusrhombifolia.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
white alder facts from www.nps.gov/articles/whi... White alders, like many riparian plants, feed and shelter much wildlife. Flocks of pine siskins devour their seeds. Mule deer eat their twigs, leaves, and buds. (Instagram post link: shorturl.at/dJNsB )
Instagram post from user @teachertombirds shows a small yellow and brown bird perched on a cluster of alder cones with one eye pointed at the camera and apparently about to start gnawing on one of the Alder cones.
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yknow like the tree @alnusrhombifolia.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
A subspecies of Western Skink, Skilton's Skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus skiltonianus)! The bright blue tail - only seen on juveniles - detaches easily and writhes back and forth to distract predators.
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Justin Luong, PhD 🏳️‍🌈🌾 @justinluong.com · 02/12/2024
New paper by Lima et al shows a 30yr+ case study a National Park that preventative invasive species management and retreatment can keep invasive cover below 1% even with changing climates - great reason why we need dedicated funds for maintenance! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Unusual success, future uncertainty, and science needs for adaptive management of invasive plants in a US national park
Responding to these changes requires articulating desired and realistic future conditions for resources in protected areas, then using actions such as invasive plant removal and native plant revegeta....
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yknow like the tree @alnusrhombifolia.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Barack Obama boulevard of broken dreams
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
It is little known, but the first book burnings in Nazi Germany didn’t target Jewish writers. It was the burning of the library of the Institute of Sexual Research, which was a safe home for trans people. It is no accident that fascists today walk that same dark path by targeting trans people. /5
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yknow like the tree @alnusrhombifolia.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
what do u give a British person w an upset stomach?? pepto bristol
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yknow like the tree @alnusrhombifolia.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
bleak-182
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yknow like the tree @alnusrhombifolia.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
look at this cool lichen I found. it's a species in the genus Cladonia, a group of moss-like lichens in the family Cladoniaceae. They are the primary food source for reindeer and caribou, and antibiotic compounds are extracted from some species to create antibiotic cream.
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yknow like the tree @alnusrhombifolia.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
dandruff + adhd be like no thoughts head itchy
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