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Winter Forbs — Friends and Foes
Freezing weather in the Puget Lowlands does not typically last long enough to stop the growth of numerous forb species, both native and non-native. Earlier identification enables easier…
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A Look at the Winter Woods
By mid-December, the deciduous trees and shrubs in the Puget Lowlands are mostly bare, and many of the views in the forests open up. But much too soon…
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Green Everett Partnership’s Successes and Failures in Everett’s Forest Park
It has been over one year since the Green Everett Partnership’s decade-long restoration project in Everett’s Forest Park came to an end, and it is instructive to walk…
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Those Difficult-to-Tell-Apart Yews of the Puget Lowlands
This blog began with a photo of a Pacific yew that I posted here, on the Facebook group page of the Washington Native Plant Society. One of the…
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Windthrow, Windsnap, and Decomposition
Almost every year powerful winds from Pacific storms kill full-grown trees in the Puget Lowlands, blowing them down or snapping them off. This post consists of captioned photos…
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An Invasive Mushroom in Forest Park
My interest in mushrooms has nothing to do with foraging and is strictly related to the fascinating world of mycorrhizal fungi and their symbiotic relationships with native plants.…
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