Luck - Banana Slug
by Nikolyn McDonald
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Luck - Banana Slug
Artist
Nikolyn McDonald
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Photograph
Description
As luck would have it, I found this fine banana slug (Ariolimax columbianus) moving along a fallen branch in a redwood forest in northern California. This species, found on the Pacific coast, is the second-largest terrestrial slug in the world. As a detritivore, it plays an important ecological role both in decomposition and in seed dispersal. The clover around it is forest or Brewer's clover, native to coastal evergreen and coniferous forests in the area.
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July 23rd, 2023
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