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Tara Severns

@taraseverns.bsky.social

Nature geek. Percussionist. Retired academic librarian. Photos are mine CC-BY-NC-SA

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Tara Severns @taraseverns.bsky.social · 13h ago

Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa), endemic. Ya’Xaik Trail, Yachats, Oregon.

Bright green compound leaves arch across the frame, partially surrounding a tight cluster of glossy, bright red berries hanging from a slender stalk. A large, mossy tree trunk fills the softly blurred background.

Tara Severns @taraseverns.bsky.social · 2d ago

Goose Barnacles (Lepas sp.) and Gutweed (Ulva intestinalis). Bayshore, Oregon.

A cluster of smooth, gray-blue barnacles with white-edged triangular plates lies tangled in bright green tubular sea lettuce on coarse wet sand. Sand grains cling to the algae and shells.

Tara Severns @taraseverns.bsky.social · 2d ago

Evening Primrose (Oenothera sp.), introduced. Bayshore, Oregon.

Bright yellow, cup-shaped flowers with four broad petals bloom among green foliage and dried grasses. Several reddish, elongated flower buds cluster on upright stems beside the open blossoms. The flowers are in varying stages of opening against a dark, natural background.

Tara Severns @taraseverns.bsky.social · 4d ago

Frizzled Pincushion (Plenogemma phyllantha), indigenous. Yachats, Oregon.

A dense cushion of tiny, tightly packed leafy shoots forms a yellow-green moss mound wedged at the base of a dark fence post. Delicate spider silk drapes across the foreground. Background vegetation is softly blurred.

Tara Severns @taraseverns.bsky.social · 5d ago

An American Aster (Symphyotrichum sp.), indigenous, and Greater Quaking Grass (Briza maxima), introduced. Waldport, Oregon.

Pale lavender, daisy-like wildflowers bloom among arching stems of nodding, papery seed heads that resemble tiny oat-like lanterns. The dried grasses weave through dense, dark-green foliage, contrasting fresh blossoms with mature seed clusters.

Tara Severns @taraseverns.bsky.social · 6d ago

Hardy Fuchsia (Fuchsia magellanica) and Garden Montbretia (Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora), introduced. Ya’Xaik Trail, Yachats, Oregon.

A shaded, densely leafy garden scene with two flowering plants. In the upper portion, deep pink-to-magenta fuchsia blossoms hang like slender teardrops from thin arching stems, their petals not yet open. In the lower center, a curved stem of orange and yellow crocosmia flowers reaches upward, with a few trumpet-shaped blooms open and several buds still closed along the spike. Both plants are surrounded by dark green foliage, with strap-like leaves and shadowy undergrowth filling the background.

Tara Severns @taraseverns.bsky.social · 6d ago

Dog Sick Slime Mold (Didymium spongiosum), cosmopolitan. Ya’Xaik Trail, Yachats, Oregon.

Dense, cream-white clusters of tiny coral-like branches spread across a decaying log, with thin white veins and a smooth patch connecting the masses. The delicate fruiting bodies contrast with reddish-brown wood, surrounded by blurred ferns and forest litter.

Tara Severns @taraseverns.bsky.social · last wk.

Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum), introduced. Siuslaw National Forest, Tidewater, Oregon.

Close-up of a five-petaled wildflower viewed from above. Broad lavender-purple petals each have darker magenta stripes running from the center, surrounding reddish-brown stamens with yellow pollen.

Tara Severns @taraseverns.bsky.social · last wk.

Vine Maple (Acer circinatum), indigenous. Siuslaw National Forest, Tidewater, Oregon.

Slender green twig bearing several palmately lobed leaves, their radiating veins and toothed margins highlighted by dappled sunlight. One small leaf has a brown, dried tip. The softly blurred background shows a shaded forest path bordered by lush vegetation.

Tara Severns @taraseverns.bsky.social · last wk.

North American Common Water Strider (Aquarius remigis), indigenous. Siuslaw National Forest, Tidewater, Oregon.

An insect standing on a pond water’s surface with its long, slender legs splayed outward. Dense water-repellent hairs at each foot create circular dimples and soft ripples. The narrow brown body and folded wings cast a dark reflection beneath, with blurred green vegetation reflected along one edge.

Tara Severns @taraseverns.bsky.social · 2w ago

Cascade Oregon-Grape (Berberis nervosa), indigenous. Tidewater, Oregon.

Low woodland shrub with glossy, compound leaves turning vivid crimson and burgundy while lower leaves remain green. The plant grows at the moss-covered base of a large tree trunk, surrounded by ferns and other forest understory vegetation in dappled sunlight.

Tara Severns @taraseverns.bsky.social · 2w ago

False Puffball slime mold (Reticularia lycoperdon), cosmopolitan. Philomath, Oregon.

A rounded, cushion-like slime mold grows from dark decaying wood. Its white outer skin has split away to expose a cinnamon-brown, powdery spore mass with irregular pits and tears. Mosses surround the fruiting body.

Tara Severns @taraseverns.bsky.social · 2w ago

A sleepy Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) on Cherry Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus ), introduced. Eugene, Oregon.

Close-up side view of a bee clinging to a spike of creamy white blossoms and yellow flower buds.

Tara Severns @taraseverns.bsky.social · 2w ago

Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis), introduced. Harrisburg, Oregon.

A low, ground-level view centers on a pale trumpet-shaped wildflower with faint pink stripes, rising above short grass and creeping foliage. Behind it, a hazy mountain ridge stretches beneath a glowing late-day sun filtered through textured clouds, casting warm golden light across the field.

Tara Severns @taraseverns.bsky.social · 2w ago

Crane Fly (Geranomyia sp.), introduced, feeding on Tropical Milkweed (Asclepias curassavica), introduced (cultivated). Waikahekaheiki, Puna, Hawai‘i.

Orange flower cluster with narrow green leaves. A delicate crane fly, with a slender brown body, very long legs, and smoky wings, extends its long proboscis into one blossom to feed on nectar. Several flowers are open while others remain tightly folded.

Tara Severns @taraseverns.bsky.social · 2w ago

Maiʻa—Banana (Musa sp.), introduced. Waikahekaheiki, Puna, Hawaiʻi.

A large, pendent purple banana inflorescence hangs beneath a developing hand of bright green fruit. Several deep red bracts have peeled back, exposing rings of pale yellow flowers, while broad leaves frame the cluster, some with natural tears and weathered brown patches.

Tara Severns @taraseverns.bsky.social · 2w ago

Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp (Polistes olivaceus), introduced. Waikahekaheiki, Puna, Hawaiʻi.

Adult paper wasp perched on the clear plastic wall of a container. Its slender body is yellow-orange with bold black markings, a narrow waist, long dangling legs, and amber-tinted wings held partly open.

Tara Severns @taraseverns.bsky.social · 2w ago

White Carnival Candy slime mold (Arcyria sp.), cosmopolitan, and Pyrrhobryum spiniforme moss, indigenous. Waikahekaheiki, Puna, Hawaiʻi.

Close-up of dozens of tiny, pale bluish-white, club-shaped fruiting bodies rising on hair-thin dark stalks from a decaying log. Soft green moss fills the background, contrasting with the weathered brown wood and giving the miniature scene a forest-like appearance.

Tara Severns @taraseverns.bsky.social · 3w ago

Heart-leaf Philodendron (Philodendron hederaceum), Maile Pilau—Stink Vine (Paederia foetida), and Trailing Daisy (Sphagneticola trilobata), introduced. Keonepoko, Puna, Hawai‘i.

A climbing vine with velvety, heart-shaped leaves ascends a mossy tree trunk. One newly unfurled leaf is bronze while older leaves are deep green with pale veins. A small yellow daisy-like flower blooms below among glossy creeping foliage, with another vine twining through the scene.

Tara Severns @taraseverns.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hybrid Tea Rose (Rosa 'Pope John Paul II'), introduced (cultivated). Waikahekaheiki, Puna, Hawaiʻi.

Close-up of a fully open white rose with a high-centered spiral of velvety petals beaded with raindrops. Green leaves and a softly blurred garden background frame the bloom.

Tara Severns @taraseverns.bsky.social · 3w ago

Domestic Sheep (Ovid aries), introduced. Hawaiʻi Island.

A weathered sheep skull is mounted upright on a wooden stake in dense, green vegetation. The skull is stained with patches of bright green algae or moss, and its large, ridged horns curl outward and downward on both sides. Lichens cover the lower portion of the stake. Ferns, shrubs, and scattered small yellow wildflowers fill the softly blurred background.

Tara Severns @taraseverns.bsky.social · 3w ago

Ferns: introduced Lauaʻe Haole—Golden Polypoidy (Phlebodium aureum) & Brown’s Sword Fern (Nephrolepis brownii) with endemic Wahine Noho Mauna—Mountain-dwelling Woman (Adenophorus tamariscinus). Bryophytes: endemic Bazzania cordistipula & Acroporium fuscoflavum with indigenous Pyrrhobryum Spiniforme.

A bright green, deeply lobed fern grows on a moss-covered tree trunk, surrounded by other ferns and dense mats of mosses and liverworts in a wet forest understory.

Tara Severns @taraseverns.bsky.social · 3w ago

A Pantropical white-rot fungus (Earliella scabrosa). Waikahekaheiki, Puna, Hawai‘i.

Close-up of the underside of a fan-shaped shelf fungus on a decaying log. The cream-to-tan surface is mottled brown and covered with maze-like elongated pores that become short ridges near the center. A thin white margin borders the scalloped edge, with blurred tropical foliage behind.

Tara Severns @taraseverns.bsky.social · 4w ago

Common Coral Slime (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa), cosmopolitan. Waikahekaheiki, Puna, Hawaiʻi.

Close-up macro view of a white slime mold fruiting body, showing a dense network of delicate, branching, coral-like threads that form an airy lattice beneath a smooth outer surface.

Tara Severns @taraseverns.bsky.social · 4w ago

Pepeiao—Wood Ear Fungi (Auricularia sp.). Waikahekaheiki, Puna, Hawaiʻi.

Close-up of several reddish-brown, ear-shaped jelly fungi growing in overlapping clusters on a weathered log. The largest fruiting body fills the foreground, its smooth, glossy inner surface holding a shallow pool of rainwater, while the velvety outer surface curls into a thin, wavy rim. Additional cup-like fungi recede into the background along the log, with soft green grass blurred behind them.

Tara Severns @taraseverns.bsky.social · 4w ago

Brown's Sword Fern (Nephrolepis brownii), introduced. Waikahekaheiki, Puna, Hawaiʻi.

Several arching fern fronds emerging from a moss-covered tree trunk.

Tara Severns @taraseverns.bsky.social · 4w ago

Golden Polypody fern (Phlebodium aureum), introduced. Waikahekaheiki, Puna, Hawai‘i.

Close-up of the underside of a fern frond, filling the frame with a network of pale, branching veins against a smooth green surface. A thick central midrib runs diagonally across the image, dividing two sections of the leaf. The fine vein pattern forms an intricate, irregular lattice that becomes more vivid green toward the lower portion of the frond.

Tara Severns @taraseverns.bsky.social · 4w ago

Alien ruderal species in action, including the sprawling Water Purslane (Ludwigia palustris), creeping Asiatic Wishbone Flower (Torenia asiatica), and edgy Flatsedges (Cyperus haspan and C. sp.). Waikahekaheiki, Puna, Hawaiʻi.

Close-up of a patch of compacted black cinder with several small plants growing from cracks in the dark, porous rock. At center, a sprawling mat-forming plant with reddish stems radiates outward, bearing pairs of small oval leaves tinged bronze and green. Above it, a creeping herb has pinkish stems and elongated, pointed flower buds. Tufts of bright yellow-green flatsedges with narrow, grass-like leaves emerge close by.

Tara Severns @taraseverns.bsky.social · 4w ago

ʻAmaʻu (Sadleria cyatheoides), endemic. ‘Olaʻa, Puna, Hawaiʻi.

Close-up of a bright lime-green unfurling fern frond stretching diagonally across the frame. Dozens of tightly coiled leaflets gradually open in sequence from the thick fiddlehead at the lower left toward the frond tip, illustrating the fern’s spiral growth. Mature dark green fern fronds with deeply grooved leaflets fill the background.

Tara Severns @taraseverns.bsky.social · last mo.

Snake-headed Flatworm (Rhynchodemus sylvaticus), introduced. Waikahekaheiki, Puna, Hawaiʻi.