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Observer

carolannie1949

Date

September 16, 2021 03:42 PM PDT

Description

Surprise in a small clearing

Photos / Sounds

What

Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare)

Observer

carolannie1949

Date

October 19, 2021 03:14 PM PDT

Description

They usually are less spread out and form a clump that looks more like a pile of biscuits, but these are in full display. These wood decomposers are common world wide... and toxic

Photos / Sounds

Observer

carolannie1949

Date

October 14, 2021 03:57 PM PDT

Description

I like the name, although it is also called jelly rot and trembling phlebia. This one started out as a tiny patch on a fallen log, and had it half covered after a few days. Fungi grow both amazingly fast and amazingly slowly

Photos / Sounds

What

Western Sweet Coltsfoot (Petasites frigidus var. palmatus)

Observer

carolannie1949

Date

March 20, 2022 12:04 PM PDT

Description

sweet coltsfoot catches your eye along the wet banks.
I don't know why it's called coltsfoot.

Photos / Sounds

What

Small Camas (Camassia quamash)

Observer

carolannie1949

Date

April 12, 2022 02:41 PM PDT

Description

A lovely native, which could replace scilla and hyacinth in people's yards.

Photos / Sounds

What

Foothill Desert-Parsley (Lomatium utriculatum)

Observer

carolannie1949

Date

April 12, 2022 02:44 PM PDT

Description

or common lomatium, is another spring native being reintroduced to the wilder borders of the Seattle parks. It could probably be used in gardens as a bright note alternative to alyssum.

Photos / Sounds

What

Redwood Sorrel (Oxalis oregana)

Observer

carolannie1949

Date

April 15, 2022 03:19 PM PDT

Description

carpeting a spot under the redwoods, natch. Well, under the Douglas fir in this cass

Photos / Sounds

What

Pacific Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa)

Observer

carolannie1949

Date

May 10, 2022 03:11 PM PDT

Description

I spotted this pale variant of Dicentra formosa. They sure are in full bloom in the woods this year!

The leaf in the left foreground is fringed cup

Photos / Sounds

What

Orange Honeysuckle (Lonicera ciliosa)

Observer

carolannie1949

Date

May 22, 2022 04:20 PM PDT

Description

One of my favorites to spot in the woodsy areas. As I was walking I spotted a local birder (ha ha) spotting a Western tanager nearby. It seemed appropriately colored.

Photos / Sounds

What

Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus)

Observer

carolannie1949

Date

May 27, 2022 09:39 AM PDT

Description

Thimbleberry bushes this year are so covered in blossoms that I know, barring a bad heatwave, we'll have a lovely feast in August

“Many wild foods have their charms, but the dearest one to my heart - my favorite fruit in the whole world - is the thimbleberry. Imagine the sweetest strawberry you've ever tasted, crossed with the tartest raspberry you've ever eaten. Give in the texture of silk velvet and make it melt to sweet juice the moment it hits your tongue. Shape it like the age-old sewing accessory that gives the fruit its name, and make it just big enough to cup a dainty fingertip. That delicious jewel of a fruit is a thimbleberry. They're too fragile to ship and too perishable to store, so they are one of those few precious things in life that can't be commoditized, and for me they always symbolize the essence of grabbing joy while I can. When it rains in thimbleberry season, the delicate berries get so damp that even the gentlest pressure crushes them, so instead of bringing them home as mush, I lick each one of my fingers as soon as it is picked. These sweet berries are treasure beyond price...”
― Sarah A. Chrisman, This Victorian Life: Modern Adventures in Nineteenth-Century Culture, Cooking, Fashion, and Technology

Photos / Sounds

What

Pacific Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum tenuipes)

Observer

carolannie1949

Date

May 31, 2022 04:05 PM PDT

Description

Surprise in the boggy undergrowth, not very striking because the flowers are so pale, but light and airy

Photos / Sounds

What

Red Osier Dogwood (Cornus sericea)

Observer

carolannie1949

Date

June 6, 2022 05:40 PM PDT

Description

Another recurring late spring delight, red osier dogwood gracing the streambanks.

I was used to red osier dogwood being a smallish shrub (4 to 6 ft) in Colorado. They are huge here, relatively speaking (18 or more feet),

Photos / Sounds

What

Grand Collomia (Collomia grandiflora)

Observer

carolannie1949

Date

June 20, 2022 06:18 PM PDT

Description

This pretty plant's flowers range from ivory to peach. It was one of the nice discoveries in the grass restoration in Maple Leaf Reservoir Park

Photos / Sounds

What

White Brodiaea (Triteleia hyacinthina)

Observer

carolannie1949

Date

June 20, 2022 05:55 PM PDT

Description

Also called fool's-onion or wild hyacinth, it sparkles in between the clumps of grass. The long stem has a few strap like leaves at the bottom, which look like onion leaves

Photos / Sounds

What

Ocean Spray (Holodiscus discolor)

Observer

carolannie1949

Date

June 22, 2022 09:33 AM PDT

Description

Nice fluffy flower sprays along Frog Pond Trail. I did hear a few frogs burping in the ponds

Photos / Sounds

What

Rose Spirea (Spiraea douglasii)

Observer

carolannie1949

Date

June 22, 2022 09:41 AM PDT

Description

Along the wetlands trails in Magnuson Park. The weather drizzling the way it does on foggy days

Photos / Sounds

What

Cluster Rose (Rosa pisocarpa)

Observer

carolannie1949

Date

June 22, 2022 09:40 AM PDT

Description

The small but glowing flowers of this bushy rose lighten up a foggy day in Magnuson Park's wetlands. It's also known as cluster rose, because its flowers cluster at the ends of the blooming stems, or peafruit rose, because the rose hips are so small and dry.

Photos / Sounds

Observer

carolannie1949

Date

September 16, 2021 03:42 PM PDT

Description

Surprise in a small clearing

Photos / Sounds

What

Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare)

Observer

carolannie1949

Date

October 19, 2021 03:14 PM PDT

Description

They usually are less spread out and form a clump that looks more like a pile of biscuits, but these are in full display. These wood decomposers are common world wide... and toxic

Photos / Sounds

What

Western Sweet Coltsfoot (Petasites frigidus var. palmatus)

Observer

carolannie1949

Date

March 20, 2022 12:04 PM PDT

Description

sweet coltsfoot catches your eye along the wet banks.
I don't know why it's called coltsfoot.

Photos / Sounds

What

Small Camas (Camassia quamash)

Observer

carolannie1949

Date

April 12, 2022 02:41 PM PDT

Description

A lovely native, which could replace scilla and hyacinth in people's yards.

Photos / Sounds

What

Foothill Desert-Parsley (Lomatium utriculatum)

Observer

carolannie1949

Date

April 12, 2022 02:44 PM PDT

Description

or common lomatium, is another spring native being reintroduced to the wilder borders of the Seattle parks. It could probably be used in gardens as a bright note alternative to alyssum.

Photos / Sounds

What

Redwood Sorrel (Oxalis oregana)

Observer

carolannie1949

Date

April 15, 2022 03:19 PM PDT

Description

carpeting a spot under the redwoods, natch. Well, under the Douglas fir in this cass

Photos / Sounds

What

Pacific Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa)

Observer

carolannie1949

Date

May 10, 2022 03:11 PM PDT

Description

I spotted this pale variant of Dicentra formosa. They sure are in full bloom in the woods this year!

The leaf in the left foreground is fringed cup

Photos / Sounds

What

Orange Honeysuckle (Lonicera ciliosa)

Observer

carolannie1949

Date

May 22, 2022 04:20 PM PDT

Description

One of my favorites to spot in the woodsy areas. As I was walking I spotted a local birder (ha ha) spotting a Western tanager nearby. It seemed appropriately colored.

Photos / Sounds

What

Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus)

Observer

carolannie1949

Date

May 27, 2022 09:39 AM PDT

Description

Thimbleberry bushes this year are so covered in blossoms that I know, barring a bad heatwave, we'll have a lovely feast in August

“Many wild foods have their charms, but the dearest one to my heart - my favorite fruit in the whole world - is the thimbleberry. Imagine the sweetest strawberry you've ever tasted, crossed with the tartest raspberry you've ever eaten. Give in the texture of silk velvet and make it melt to sweet juice the moment it hits your tongue. Shape it like the age-old sewing accessory that gives the fruit its name, and make it just big enough to cup a dainty fingertip. That delicious jewel of a fruit is a thimbleberry. They're too fragile to ship and too perishable to store, so they are one of those few precious things in life that can't be commoditized, and for me they always symbolize the essence of grabbing joy while I can. When it rains in thimbleberry season, the delicate berries get so damp that even the gentlest pressure crushes them, so instead of bringing them home as mush, I lick each one of my fingers as soon as it is picked. These sweet berries are treasure beyond price...”
― Sarah A. Chrisman, This Victorian Life: Modern Adventures in Nineteenth-Century Culture, Cooking, Fashion, and Technology

Photos / Sounds

What

Pacific Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum tenuipes)

Observer

carolannie1949

Date

May 31, 2022 04:05 PM PDT

Description

Surprise in the boggy undergrowth, not very striking because the flowers are so pale, but light and airy

Photos / Sounds

What

Red Osier Dogwood (Cornus sericea)

Observer

carolannie1949

Date

June 6, 2022 05:40 PM PDT

Description

Another recurring late spring delight, red osier dogwood gracing the streambanks.

I was used to red osier dogwood being a smallish shrub (4 to 6 ft) in Colorado. They are huge here, relatively speaking (18 or more feet),

Photos / Sounds

What

Grand Collomia (Collomia grandiflora)

Observer

carolannie1949

Date

June 20, 2022 06:18 PM PDT

Description

This pretty plant's flowers range from ivory to peach. It was one of the nice discoveries in the grass restoration in Maple Leaf Reservoir Park

Photos / Sounds

What

White Brodiaea (Triteleia hyacinthina)

Observer

carolannie1949

Date

June 20, 2022 05:55 PM PDT

Description

Also called fool's-onion or wild hyacinth, it sparkles in between the clumps of grass. The long stem has a few strap like leaves at the bottom, which look like onion leaves

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