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| Common Yarrow - Achillea Millefolia |
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| Hardtack - Spirea Douglasii |
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| Thimbleberries - Rubus parviflorus |
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| Salmonberry - Rubus Spectabilis |
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| Red huckleberries - Vaccinium parvifolium |
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| Purple sage - Salvia dorrii var. carnosa (I think!) |
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| A mystery. These berries were the size of English peas. |
I identified these plants by checking this website, as well as others:
Turner Photographics - Wildflowers
Let me know if I got them wrong!
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Those blooms are so pretty! It's great that you took the time to check what they were called.
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These blooms look so beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
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Beautiful! And thanks for identifying. ;)
ReplyDeleteSome new berries here to me.
ReplyDeleteThanks for doing the hard work and looking up the names of the plants. I always like to know about plants, birds, etc. I have a spirea in my yard, but it is not the lovely pink one you photographed.
ReplyDeleteFunny, but I have never seen any of these plants in person!
ReplyDeleteLove your photos.
A friend enlightened me about the berries in the final photo. They're False Solomon's Seal - Smilacina racemosa. Research revealed that they are edible when they turn red in autumn, and they were used for medicinal purposes by native Americans and early settlers.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos! And I was so impressed you knew what the blooms & berries all were! Thanks for sharing your resource.
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of thimbleberries - they look very much like raspberries. And I just read a novel set in the Pacific NW that mentioned salmonberries, so i was glad to see what they look like!
Sue
2016 Big Book Summer Challenge
'Hardtack' looks anything but - so soft-looking. Thimbleberries remind me of Elizabeth Enright's Newbery Award winning (1939) Thimbleberry Summer. Am glad to finally see what they look like. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteGood for you for being able to identify them. Even with photos, I don't have the patience to search for them.
ReplyDeleteLovely and so colorful!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous shots! I really like the look of those Salmonberries.....thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI love the names of some of the plants, especially the Thimbleberries and Huckleberries.
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful pictures. You're a talented photographer as well as writer!
ReplyDeleteKathy G.
These are lovely. Thank you for sharing these.
ReplyDeleteKelly Marshall
gorgeous! Emma
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