Monthly Archives: June 2023

Getting to know your Hawaiian Lobeliads #40 Cyanea shipmanii

Posted on June 7, 2023 by Sebastian Marquez

Cyanea shipmanii Hawaiian name: Haha Conservation status: Endangered Distribution: Windward slopes of Mauna Kea Date photographed: 8/24/13 *Identification: : Form– Shrubs 2.5-4 m tall, stems unbranched or sparingly branched. Leaves– pinnately divided, cut 3/4-7/8 the distance to the midrib, blades 17-30 … Continue reading →

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Legend of the Fall (Ashfall Fossil Beds)

Posted on June 2, 2023 by Sebastian Marquez

Lagerstatten present an interesting, if morbid, paradox. The very processes which leads to exquisite fossil preservation for appreciation and study, while quite fortuitous from our point of view, are also horrible, no good, very bad ones for the object of … Continue reading →

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