#plantidentification — Public Fediverse posts

So, many years ago, my colleagues at the #WildernessSchool had permission to pick blueberries at the #BlueberryBarrens at #CrystalSpringFarms, and also foraged in the surrounding areas. It's a lovely place and I'm so glad that it's being preserved -- despite all the development in #Maine!

Summer Four Season Walk at Crystal Spring Farm

Tuesday, July 21, 2026
3:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Crystal Spring Farm
277 Pleasant Hill Road
#BrunswickME, 04011 United States

Pre-registration required. Suggested donation $5-$20.

"Come walk the trails at Crystal Spring Farm in Brunswick as we get to know #NativePlants in summer.

Four season walks are a popular series and a staff favorite: each year, we pick a new location, and then take the same walk, once per season. We will all engage in observing and asking questions of our surroundings, and identify the varied plants, shrubs, trees, ferns, and wildlife along the trail. Each season brings something new and spectacular to look at. The goal of these walks is to foster relationships with place through relationships with plants, and encourage further #stewardship of our community spaces. Crystal Spring is home to a lovely blueberry barren #ecosystem that we look forward to visiting together. Thank you to #BrunswickTopshamLandTrust for hosting us!"

FMI and to register:
https://wildseedproject.net/events/summer-four-season-walk-at-crystal-spring-farm

#SolarPunkSunday #MaineEvents #MidcoastMaine #SpendTimeInNature #LandTrust #PreservedLand #ObserveNature #PlantIdentification #NativePlants

#GarryOak & #camas #ecosystem 💚💜💚
Garry oaks are a #Keystone tree species on the islands here.

#Spring #perennials #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #flowers #botanical #plants #GarryOak #Bloomscrolling #florespondence #PollinatorGardens #NativeFoodPlant #NativePlantsOfPNW #NativeWildflowers #NativePlants #PlantIdentification #botany #nature #ecology #biodiverse

Western red #columbine 🧡❤️

#Spring #perennials #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #flowers #botanical #plants #NativePlantGarden #Bloomscrolling #florespondence #PollinatorGardens #FlowersIdentification #NativePlantsOfPNW #NativeWildflowers #NativePlants #PlantIdentification #botany #nature

#ConcordGrapes growing on trellis structure.
Baby #WineGrapes
#Hazelnut growing.
Unripe #fig.

#WellandCommunityOrchard #CommunitySpaces #YYJgreenspaces #Wsanec #YYJparks #VictoriaBC #CommunityOrchard #VancouverIsland #LegacyPark #YYJ #EdiblePlants #FoodPlants #GardeningMastodon #PlantIdentification #CommunityGarden #PlantLovers #botanical #grapes #FoodSecurity #ViewRoyal #LifecyclesProject #fruits #nuts #CommunityStewarship #GrowingFood #GrowingFruits #CommunityPark

So, I took a jaunt around the yard in between rain showers, and used #FloraIncognita to identify 30 plants (it was wrong about one of them, but the accuracy of the reading was at 29%). It identified two species -- one that could potentially strangle living trees (#VirginiaCreeper), and the other one is invasive but provides food for pollinators (Autumn Olive). I think we'll focus on gathering the Autumn Olive berries until we figure out how to deal with it without herbicides (apparently cutting it back, makes it grow even more). Hmmmm... Has anyone else out there dealt with #AutumnOlive (Elaeagnus umbellata)?
#Gardening #InvasiveSpecies #GardeningForPollinators #Maine #PlantIdentification

#GeraniumNodosum - Knotted #Cranesbill
#PapaverCambricum - Welsh #Poppy
#HelleborusUshba - Ushba #Hellebore
#StachysByzantina - Lamb's Ear

#VancouverIsland #nature #botanical #PollinatorGardens #DisabledPhotographers #YYJphotographers #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Canada #photography #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #NatureLovers #YYJ #PNW #VanIsle #PlantIdentification #FlowersIdentification #bloomscrolling #florespondence #PlantLovers #flowers

Blue wonder bells - #Campanula
#Lobelia
Grace Ward #Lithodora

#bloomscrolling #florespondence #PollinatorGarden #WhatsInMyGarden #Saanich #Gardeners #VictoriaBC #Gardening #Zone8 #YYJ #Spring #Wsanec #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #PNW #botanical #Purple #flowers #PlantIdentification #FlowerIdentification

#Dipelta #floribunda - #deciduous #flowering #shrub - native to Central #China, widely #cultivated as #pollinators attractant #plant. Ours is now over 12 feet tall & loaded with #flowers.

#bloomscrolling #florespondence #PollinatorGarden #WhatsInMyGarden #Saanich #Gardeners #VictoriaBC #Gardening #Zone8 #YYJ #Spring #Wsanec #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #PNW #botanical #PlantIdentification