Mt. San Jacinto Summer 08
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Mt. San Jacinto August 2008: Part 2
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W.P. Armstrong, 12 August 2008
Scrophulariaceae: Keckiella rothrockii var. jacintensis (San Jacinto Mt. Keckiella)

Scrophulariaceae: Penstemon labrosus (San Gabriel Beardtongue)

Aceraaceae: Acer glabrum var. diffusum (Mountain Maple)

Ericaceae: Sarcodes sanguinea (Snow Plant)

A snow plant (Sarcodes sanguinea) in fruit.

  See Mycotrophic Wildflower Page On Wayne's Word  

Polyporaceae: Phaeolus schweinitzii? (Bracket Fungus)

  See Bracket Fungus Page On Wayne's Word  

Hidden Lake

Lamiaceae: Trichostema austromontanum ssp. compactum (Hidden Lake Bluecurls)

California toad at Hidden Lake (Bufo boreas ssp. halophilus).

Pinaceae: Pinus jeffreyi (Jeffrey Pine)

  Cones Of All Pines In California  

View of the Palm Springs area from Hidden Lake. The cone laden
branch in foreground is from a sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana).

Brassicaceae: Boechera (Arabis) holboellii? Apomictic Hybrid (Rock Cress)


Stamen and pollen from flower of Boechera holboellii? apomictic hybrid.


  Wayne's Word Explanation For Apomixis  

The pollen grains of Boechera holboellii are approximately 21-25 micrometers (microns) in diameter. This corresponds in size to an apomictic hybrid. The upper left pollen grain shows an elongated aperture or colpus. The shape is spheroid to slighly ovoid, but not elliptical. See the following image:


The spheroid-ovoid pollen grains of Boechera holboellii in the above two images are approximately 21-25 micrometers (microns) in diameter. This corresponds in size to an apomictic hybrid. Images taken with an Olympus Compound Microscope and Sony V-3. Magnification 1000x.

Stage micrometer at 1000x magnification with Olympus Compound Microscope. The diameter of field of view (fov) is 0.184 millimeters (184 micrometers). This corresponds to a 0.46 millimeter fov at 400 x magnification.

  Wayne's Word Table Of Relative Sizes Of Cells & Viruses  

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