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Shaun Pogacnik
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Small Whorled Pogonia (Isotria medeoloides) my number 1 lifer for years. Now Im gonna have to find a new plant to chase. This one was worth the wait!
May/24/2025
Somewhere
May 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Reposted by Shaun Pogacnik
I am ✨️RELIEVED✨️ that the issues we faced at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History are finally out in the open.

This was THE MOST TOXIC work environment I've ever worked in. I still have PTSD.

They need to scrap Sonia Winner and start fresh.
Cleveland Museum of Natural History Staff Plan to Unionize Amid Claims of Toxic Work Environment
Behind the glitz of the $150-million expansion lies a dysfunctional and hostile culture for employees, some say, with 70% of staff recently signing union cards
www.clevescene.com
May 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Dolly's Dots (Japewiella dollypartoniana)
Hocking County, Ohio
April/15/2025
April 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Reposted by Shaun Pogacnik
April 6, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Saw a Gray Fox on my way home tonight! Is that good luck?!
April 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Me and who?
Bug-on-a-stick Moss (Buxbaumia aphylla)
Athens County, Ohio
March/27/2025
March 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Reposted by Shaun Pogacnik
It's #WildflowerWednesday and our Observation of the Day is this White Fawnlily plant (Erythronium albidum), seen in the United States by swordgrass!

More details at: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
March 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Reposted by Shaun Pogacnik
iNaturalist is all like “we love your free labor, how about giving us cash too!”
March 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)
Brunswick County, North Carolina
March/11/2025
March 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Hypotrachyna osseoalba showing its reaction to UV.
Craven County, North Carolina
March/12/2025
March 14, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Horned Passalus Beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus)
Craven County, North Carolina
March/12/2025
March 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Bug-on-a-stick Moss (Buxbaumia aphylla)
Ashtabula County, Ohio
December/11/2021
March 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Mustard Lichen (Pyxine subcinerea) showing its reaction to UV light!
Athens County, Ohio
March/3/2025
March 4, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Maritime Sunburst Lichen (Xanthoria parietina)
Ashtabula County, Ohio
November/1/2018
March 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Naked Miterwort (Mitella nuda) at its only site in Pennsylvania
Warren County, Pa
May/31/2021
March 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
An American Toad guards its Goblins Gold Moss (Schistostega pennata)
Geauga County, Ohio
June/7/2019
February 28, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Goblins Gold Moss (Schistostega penata) Ohio State Endangered.
Geauga County, Ohio
November/10/2024
February 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
One of my favorite Large-flowered Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) displays I've seen!
Athens County, Ohio
April/20/2022
February 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Lung Lichen (Lobaria pulmonaria)
Warren County, Pennsylvania
May/8/2022
February 26, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Reposted by Shaun Pogacnik
The Ohio state botanist finds a Lake Erie beach plant last seen there 125 years ago!
advertiser-tribune.com/news/562777/...
Endangered plant found on Erie County beach
Plant was last spotted in 1899
advertiser-tribune.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM