Ashlea Viola
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Ashlea Viola
@ash-lea.bsky.social
the little things!
spot the signs of an old forest
October 13, 2025 at 10:21 PM
summer still, before the gentle disarray of fall
September 1, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Upon seeing goldencrest for the very first time: "it's like edelweiss!" Ain't it? #atlanticcoastalplainflora #alpineflora #tomentose
August 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Frosted glass cheers! #calicioids #microlichens
July 20, 2025 at 9:20 AM
lichenicolous lichen! Just some elf ears with ear wax hanging out on some big brown-eyed shingle.
July 9, 2025 at 11:42 PM
buds, blooms, and fruit, oh my!
July 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM
young Anaptychia, old Anaptychia
July 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
slipper stop!
June 4, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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June 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
for the gall of it! #gallformers #insects
May 31, 2025 at 8:36 PM
'tis tip-up time! I looked so hard for these stubbles for a year or two...and now I'm finding them everywhere. #calicioids #microlichens
May 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
3 shades of mayflower (Trailing arbutus/ Epigaea repens). #signsofspring #ephemeral
May 11, 2025 at 11:49 PM
malteweknejkl in the woods and town #signsofspring #ephemeral
May 7, 2025 at 12:26 AM
3 sides of the same trunk: Balsam Fir at 30-some years #dendrochronology #scriptlichen #pareidolia
April 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
April 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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The only way is up: a celebration of Bolivia’s Indigenous female climbers – in pictures

The word cholita has in the past been used as a pejorative term for the Indigenous Aymara women of Bolivia. But the women in these photographs are reclaiming the word: ... www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
The only way is up: a celebration of Bolivia’s Indigenous female climbers – in pictures
Photographer Todd Antony captures the strength and pride of ‘Cholitas Escaladoras’
www.theguardian.com
April 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Hypotrachyna osseoalba showing its reaction to UV.
Craven County, North Carolina
March/12/2025
March 14, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Our provincial lichen really is beautiful.
March 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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The species I discovered is almost published :)
No firm timeline, but Mr. Selva is done with the sample and ready to send it back to the herbarium so it can't be much longer before I have a to link for y'all.
March 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
It's hard not to find faces in the forest.
February 24, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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If you're feeling overwhelmed, I really hope this reaches you today.
February 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM