A very pretty little spot with good walking trails and nice fields. Very pretty in the spring. I was looking for, but didn't find, Brodiaea coronaria.
Did find some colorful thistles.
Giant yellow Senecio like thing.
Some really character-laden Quercus garryana, Oregon White Oak.
With their very interestingly colored galls. Oak galls are formed when a tiny native wasp lays an egg in the thin bark of the tree. The egg/larvae excretes chemicals that tell the oak to build a certain structure around the larvae. It's like chemical mind control that just makes the tree build a house. Once the larvae matures, it leaves it's little gall never to return.
A less-than-impressive mint.
But en masse, a little color goes a long way.
A blog of my botanical misdeeds and potentially interesting floral photos. All Photos Copyright Ross Kouzes
About Me
- Marcus Tyaeronius Portwhistle
- This is a blog dedicated to interesting flora and the yard projects I undertake to make their cultivation possible.
2011/08/05
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