Thank you for joining our effort to track the phenology of wildflowers in the Portland Vancouver area. With all of the beautiful flowers that are already out in April it is hard to wait to open the project. Keep watching, we may decide to open it a week early.
As National Native Plant Month continues Nationally, we look forward to continuing the focus on native plants by enjoying and identifying the flowering plants, including those beautiful maples, that are in abundance during May, with our NPSO Wildflower Appreciation Month Bio Blast. This year, due to sunshine rather than showers in April, many are ahead of schedule. Make sure that you have set your iNaturalist projects to capture all that you do and view. Let us know what you find that is remarkable.
Now that we have had at least some rain, are you ready to see what is blooming? Head out and enjoy Spring wildflowers. We chose to not limit the flowering plants to only natives, but try and focus on those populations. We do want to know if there are different invasive plants that have moved in due to our flip flopped Winter and Spring, so go ahead and track your observations of unusual sightings. Most of all enjoy the rainbow of colors our mild weather has brought us.
