#ForestForensics #plants #gardening @plants

can you tell what kind of sproutling is shown in the photo below?

it took me a while, but i think i figured it out. please post your guesses in the replies ^-^

hint: this is in a tropical wet climate at a pretty low elevation (~150m).

#ForestForensics: sometimes one's kitchen junk box grows a vine (apparently)!

at first i didn't notice it (sneaky plant!), then i was mystified, & then i discovered the air potato i must've set down among the rubber bands b/c i couldn't decide whether to plant it (b/c i don't remember if this is the edible kind, & i don't want to plant the invasive non-edible variety.)

air potato is dioscorea bulbifera.

compare edible/non-edible types here: https://www.fdacs.gov/content/download/76447/file/Air%20Potato%20Quick%20Identification%20Guide.pdf

#plants @plants #tropicalAg

#ForestForensics: who made this unusual nest that's mostly mud, but on the outside has some grass? i found it below a tree in wheeling, il. this nest had some weight to it! i can see why it fell...

#birds #nests

@Brendanjones follow meeeeee. i live off-grid on hawai'i island & post many fun #ForestForensics, ecology, and other fun things from close to the land. scientists need the perspectives of us guys who live closer to the land! :}

#ForestForensics: i noticed these interesting shoreline plants growing on the sides of the des plaines river in wheeling, il. the river is having a very dry summer but these guys seem to be doing ok. anyone know what they are?

#plants #ecology #PlantID @plants #nature #environment #midwest

#ForestForensics: the answer revealed! actually, it sort of revealed itself today: it is a Phallus multicolor!

the phallus multicolor forms a hairy ball first, which then cracks like an egg, revealing a slimy egg inside, then it'll make a phallus wearing a little skirt. so yea. she does it all! ;)

#ecology #mycology #mushtodon #fungus #mushrooms #tropical #hawaii #nature #forest

@bomengidsnl i don't know this tree, but i've been posting plant-type ID challenges under the #ForestForensics tag, which you're welcome to use as well :}

#ForestForensics: the answer revealed: this plant is kava (Piper methysticum), an important canoe plant grown all over the pacific. learn more here: https://www.canoeplants.com/awa.html

#ForestForensics: do you know what this furry white ball thing is? (i do! and the answer will be revealed sooooon.)

#ForestForensics: do you know this #plant? it's growing in a tropical wet climate on hawai'i island. (hawai'i people & other people in the pacific probably know.)

@plants #ecology #tropical #TropicalAg #garden #gardening #plants

2 scrumptious #jackfruit, growing right at grabbing height, coming along nicely but not yet ready for harvest.

these are growing behind a fence, right by the road, in my neighborhood. i did a cartoon "vree!" stop on my bike when i spotted them.

how many times have i passed this tree & never even noticed that it was a jackfruit?

#ForestForensics #PayAttention #plants @plants #tropical #TropicalAg #FoodForest #nature #ecology #food #artocarpus

when the rats are desperate...

#homestead #farm #rural #rats #ForestForensics

roots grown into the shape of a can of beer that someone tossed onto the side of the road. recent mowing exposed the trash and i opened the can and found this.

#ForestForensics #forest #plants @plants

does anyone know who might have laid these eggs i found in a spool of wire? each one was the size of a pea. my guess is maybe giant snail?

#hawai'i #garden #ForestForensics

I am just a guy who walks in the woods, knowing next to nothing about #ForestForensics beyond a couple of YouTube videos with those keywords, but occasionally I look stuff up. This tall stump is covered with what may ve poison ivy vines and fungus, but what are the pieces that look like eggshells? Do woodpeckers or some other birds nest in this kind of vertical gap in a stump and leave behind shells? #RockyKnobRecArea #BlueRidgeParkway

plants have many strategies for reaching the sun. here in our tropical environment, competition can be quite strong since many different kinds of plants are all reaching.

one of the strategies plants use is "cover everything." join me in the garden as i show you the "cover everything" strategy in action.

"How Plants Climb (part 2): Cover Everything"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjhe0lqAoeM

#ForestForensics #plants #garden #gardening

@plants

@rrix @plants i also sometimes post #FunGardenFinds because i'm always discovering new things in the garden.

where i live, #FunGardenFinds and #ForestForensics is often the same thing, but i realize for others they may be separate! 😺

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvuESur5OMk

@rrix @plants if you find more #ForestForensics videos, please share!

i haven't really found them, so i make my own ^-^

https://www.youtube.com/@marinakukso/search?query=forest%20forensics

(but i can only make a few - i'd love to learn from others! i wish more ppl made forest forensics videos!! (garden forensics counts as well!) 🤩

@rrix @plants sometimes i post #ForestForensics and see if anyone can figure them out!

here's one: what is happening in the below images (2 angles on the same thing)?

(for reference, i live in a tropical wet climate and that's where the photos were taken)

@rrix @plants i like these videos also! i wish there were more like it. i call the genre #ForestForensics.