A few white and gray polypores start growing on a fallen lichen and moss covered branch.
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Hawthorn berries in fall. At some point the birds will come through and strip them off the tree.
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Glenn Case playground mural, Cowen Park, Seattle, Washington. Ravenna Neighborhood
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Spring refreshment: native rhododendrons (Rhododendron macrophyllum) flopping about in the undergrowth at Ravenna Park along the woodsy trails
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Oregon grape (Mahonia or Berberis aquifolium) ripening in Ravenna Park
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An oceanspray (Holodiscus discolor) branch droops along a trail in Seward Park's "Magnificent Forest."
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A propos of nothing, Seward Park by Lake Washington on a lovely day
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Osoberries (Oemleria cerasiformis) in varying stages of ripeness. They turn dark purple when fully ripe. They are edible but don't have much flesh on the pit. This year they are abundant in the Seattle area, and I may try a ripe one for testing purposes. In the years since I moved here, they've suffered from drought and heat waves, where the leaves turned yellow in June and the fruit dropped off or was eaten by the birds before fully ripe.
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Cluster rose or swamp rose (Rosa pisocarpa ) in Ravenna Park. I missed the Nootka rose bloom 😔
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Ravenna Park footbridge over the ravine
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Pacific ninebark (Physocarpus capitatus) blooms along the park trails. #SeattleWashington #SeattleSpring #BloomScrolling #RavennaPark #NativePlants #SeattleOlmstedParks
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A sunny flower on a sunny day, orange honeysuckle (Lonicera ciliosa) looks like it's about a month early, but the vines are covered with flower buds. Such a glorious spring this year! #Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleSpring #NativePlants #RavennaPark #SeattleOlmstedParks #BloomScrolling
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Looking up at a horse chestnut tree in full bloom in the park
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More wild berries! Thimbleberries (Rubus parviflorus), the best wild berries I've ever tasted, look like they'll be abundant this year.
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Dewberry (Rubus ursinus) vines climb all over the place in dense shrubbery. Female flowers on the left, male on the right.
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Red huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium) blooming in Ravenna Park. I'll keep an eye on it to see if I can beat the critters to any tiny red fruit.
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More native plants in the woods at Ravenna Park: Pacific bleeding heart (Dicentra formosa) is graceful amid its lacy leaves
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Here they are again! Arctic sweet coltsfoot (Petasites frigidus) on a warm sunny PNW day. I decided the dog and I should check out the muddy trails to see if anything was finally blooming, and anything was!
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Some blue-green lichen (possibly Hypogymnia and Platismatia spp) growing on a fallen branch in the park. There were several trees felled by the windstorms, blocking the main trails. I would guess trees fell in most of the parks because the wind were strong and from an unusual direction.
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Walking along the street to Cowen Park, I chanced upon a Pacific yew tree (Taxus brevifolia). It was pretty fair sized. I usually only see shrubby yew hedges, so seeing a tree was interesting. I also liked its symmetrical leaves and pretty seed cones. Apparently, the soft aril is edible, but the seeds are toxic as is the rest of the plant.
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Big leaf maple trees do not turn a uniform lovely yellow in fall, but instead gradually brown out. I don't know if this is just how they are, or if the powdery mildew that covers them in late summer is a factor. But they still glow in autumn colors against the sky.
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