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Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare)Observer
carolannie1949Description
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
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
carolannie1949Description
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
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Western Sweet Coltsfoot (Petasites frigidus var. palmatus)Observer
carolannie1949Description
sweet coltsfoot catches your eye along the wet banks.
I don't know why it's called coltsfoot.
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Small Camas (Camassia quamash)Observer
carolannie1949Description
A lovely native, which could replace scilla and hyacinth in people's yards.
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Foothill Desert-Parsley (Lomatium utriculatum)Observer
carolannie1949Description
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.
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Redwood Sorrel (Oxalis oregana)Observer
carolannie1949Description
carpeting a spot under the redwoods, natch. Well, under the Douglas fir in this cass
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Pacific Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa)Observer
carolannie1949Description
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
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Orange Honeysuckle (Lonicera ciliosa)Observer
carolannie1949Description
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.
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Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus)Observer
carolannie1949Description
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
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Pacific Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum tenuipes)Observer
carolannie1949Description
Surprise in the boggy undergrowth, not very striking because the flowers are so pale, but light and airy
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Red Osier Dogwood (Cornus sericea)Observer
carolannie1949Description
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),
What
Grand Collomia (Collomia grandiflora)Observer
carolannie1949Description
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
What
White Brodiaea (Triteleia hyacinthina)Observer
carolannie1949Description
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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Ocean Spray (Holodiscus discolor)Observer
carolannie1949Description
Nice fluffy flower sprays along Frog Pond Trail. I did hear a few frogs burping in the ponds
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Rose Spirea (Spiraea douglasii)Observer
carolannie1949Description
Along the wetlands trails in Magnuson Park. The weather drizzling the way it does on foggy days
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Cluster Rose (Rosa pisocarpa)Observer
carolannie1949Description
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.
What
Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare)Observer
carolannie1949Description
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
What
Western Sweet Coltsfoot (Petasites frigidus var. palmatus)Observer
carolannie1949Description
sweet coltsfoot catches your eye along the wet banks.
I don't know why it's called coltsfoot.
What
Small Camas (Camassia quamash)Observer
carolannie1949Description
A lovely native, which could replace scilla and hyacinth in people's yards.
What
Foothill Desert-Parsley (Lomatium utriculatum)Observer
carolannie1949Description
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.
What
Redwood Sorrel (Oxalis oregana)Observer
carolannie1949Description
carpeting a spot under the redwoods, natch. Well, under the Douglas fir in this cass
What
Pacific Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa)Observer
carolannie1949Description
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
What
Orange Honeysuckle (Lonicera ciliosa)Observer
carolannie1949Description
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.
What
Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus)Observer
carolannie1949Description
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
What
Pacific Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum tenuipes)Observer
carolannie1949Description
Surprise in the boggy undergrowth, not very striking because the flowers are so pale, but light and airy
What
Red Osier Dogwood (Cornus sericea)Observer
carolannie1949Description
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),
What
Grand Collomia (Collomia grandiflora)Observer
carolannie1949Description
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
What
White Brodiaea (Triteleia hyacinthina)Observer
carolannie1949Description
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