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Eugene ParnellHiking Mt Dickerman contd. 1-2: I love this plant: Arctic butterbur, or colt's foot. Petasites frigidus var. palmatum. The leaves emerge later but they're large and mayapple-like. 3: invasive weeds by the side of the path-- they are carried in on shoes and animal fur. Please check your shoes and pets for seeds before visiting. Native ecosystems are vulnerable everywhere-- this one is more intact than most, let's keep it that way. 9/9 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/hiking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hiking</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nativeplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nativeplants</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PNW</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/getoutside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#getoutside</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mountains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mountains</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WA</a>

Eugene ParnellHiking Mt Dickerman contd. Every time I come up this way, I stop at the Big Four Ice Caves picnic area, because I love the little wetland here. There's a boardwalk across it and an easy hike up to the ice caves-- an avalanche debris pile (a ginormous pile of snow) with holes carved through it by melt water. I was far more excited about the skunk cabbages. They grow in the water and smell like their name. 8/9 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/hiking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hiking</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nativeplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nativeplants</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PNW</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/getoutside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#getoutside</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mountains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mountains</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WA</a>

Eugene ParnellHiking Mt Dickerman contd. Tough going getting to the top, even with spikes and trekking poles. But the view from the top is unparalleled-- Glacier Peak, Mt Baker, Shuksan, even the Olympics all visible at the same time and Big Four Mountain is right in your face. Photo 3: the North side of the peak is a sheer drop, and you can see the snow cornice that's built up over it. Maybe don't step on that part. 7/9 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/hiking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hiking</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nativeplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nativeplants</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PNW</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/getoutside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#getoutside</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mountains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mountains</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WA</a>

Eugene ParnellHiking Mt Dickerman contd. I hit the snow line at about 4000 ft, and last mile or so (and 1700 ft gain) was just brutal. My first time doing a slope that steep in snow. There's a plenty of footprints to follow, and they haul straight up the mountainside. 6/9 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/hiking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hiking</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nativeplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nativeplants</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PNW</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/getoutside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#getoutside</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mountains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mountains</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WA</a>

Eugene ParnellHiking Mt Dickerman contd. This plant caught my eye because it looks like an Asian species I have in my garden. This is Prosartes hookeri, or American fairy bells, close relative of the Disporum genus (Fairy bells: 'Night Heron', 'Green Giant' are popular cultivars). It's not real common. Mt. Dickerman is right on the edge of the Perry Creek drainage which has an unusual diversity of native plants. 5/9 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/hiking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hiking</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nativeplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nativeplants</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PNW</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/getoutside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#getoutside</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mountains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mountains</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WA</a>

Eugene ParnellHiking Mt Dickerman contd. Another species of false Solomon's seal (Maianthemum stellatum), this one will have starry white flowers in a few weeks. And one of the commonest forest floor plants here: Mahonia nervosa, or short Oregon grape (there are two other species of Oregon grape, a "tall one" and a "sunny area one"). Those yellow flowers become purple berries, edible but horrifyingly sour. 4/9 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/hiking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hiking</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nativeplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nativeplants</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PNW</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/getoutside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#getoutside</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mountains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mountains</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WA</a>

Eugene ParnellHiking Mt Dickerman contd. photo 1: Western trillium (Trillium ovatum) in bloom-- after they are pollinated, the flowers turn from white to pink. Photo 2: Asarum caudatum, a native ground cover that also does well in a garden setting, commonly called "wild ginger" but has nothing to do with the vegetable. Photo 3: Maianthemum dilatatum , false lily of the valley or snake berry, another pretty garden-friendly ground cover. 3/9 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/hiking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hiking</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nativeplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nativeplants</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PNW</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/getoutside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#getoutside</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mountains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mountains</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WA</a>

Eugene ParnellHiking Mt Dickerman contd. Photo 1: licorice ferns growing off a big leaf maple. Photo 2: a Pacific banana slug (Ariolimax columbianus), one of several species of Slugs of Unusual Size that are native here. Photos 3-4: salmon berries in bloom--these are close relatives of domestic raspberries and they'll produce tasty berries the color of salmon flesh roughly around the time that the salmon run in the streams. 2/9 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/hiking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hiking</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nativeplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nativeplants</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PNW</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/getoutside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#getoutside</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mountains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mountains</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WA</a>

Eugene ParnellTime for another plant-heavy hiking thread! This time it's an ascent of Mt Dickerman, a minor but well-positioned peak in the Cascades of WA State. The peak (about 5700 ft/1730 meters elevation) is still snowed in but down at the trailhead, Spring is well underway. The trees here are pretty immense-- Douglas fir, Western hemlock and Western cedar--and since we're on the wet side of the mountains, there's lichen and moss on everything. 1/9 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/hiking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hiking</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nativeplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nativeplants</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PNW</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/getoutside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#getoutside</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mountains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mountains</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WA</a>

StéphanieOstrich fern coming back strong 😍<a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/SKyard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SKyard</a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/NativePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NativePlants</a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/ferns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ferns</a>

playinginthedirt<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nativeplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nativeplants</a> blooming in the yard this morning. Columbine (Aquilegia Canadensis) Bluestar (Amsonia hubrichtii) Camassia Quamash Golden Alexanders (Zizia Aurea) <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bloomscrolling</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PollinatorHabitat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PollinatorHabitat</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pollinators</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ohio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ohio</a>

StéphanieEven better today! Northern Bog Violet<a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/SKyard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SKyard</a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bloomscrolling</a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/NativePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NativePlants</a>

Flatbush Gardener 🌈<a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Brooklyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Brooklyn</a>, <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NYC</a>: THIS SUNDAY, 2-4:30pm, I'll be at the Great Flatbush Plant Swap, an annual event I co-founded waaay back in 2010! We'll be in front of the Flatbush Food Co-Op, 1415 Cortelyou Road.<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DJXeTJ6uL2a/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/p/DJXeTJ6uL2a/</a>I'll be bringing native plants from my garden. And I'll be on-hand to share my experience with gardening for habitat with native plants, as well as general gardening advice and tips.<a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/NativePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NativePlants</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/HabitatGardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HabitatGardening</a>

Marie KungTwo more part-shade <a href="https://growers.social/tags/NativePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NativePlants</a> filling out and flowering. Wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) at home with the heuchera and hosta. Golden alexander (Zizia aurea). <a href="https://growers.social/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gardening</a> <a href="https://growers.social/tags/NorthernIllinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthernIllinois</a>

Marie KungI used to be sad at how much shade there is in the yard. Now I wish there was more because the plants are so interesting!I took a pic of the forming flower buds of the Solomon's seals (Polygonatum biflorum) in sun or we wouldn't be able to see them. You'll need to zoom in anyway. 🙂 Wood sedges (Carex blanda) are still in the pots but going anyway. <a href="https://growers.social/tags/NativePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NativePlants</a> <a href="https://growers.social/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gardening</a>

MelissaSilene Virginica (Fire Pink) <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/nativeplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nativeplants</a> <a href="https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=m370" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=m370</a>

StéphanieOntario Native Plants also sent us a few plants *already in bloom* which is awesome! Marsh Marigold, Foam Flowers and Wild Geranium! <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/SKyard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SKyard</a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bloomscrolling</a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/NativePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NativePlants</a>

StéphanieOur little Northern Bog Violet is flowering for the first time! So tiny and pretty, really a good border plant!<a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/SKyard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SKyard</a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bloomscrolling</a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/NativePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NativePlants</a>

PollinatorsRock garden! Pussytoes! Native prairie plants! This is a combination of short native plants. The common blue eyed grass has its tiny blooms. And the pussytoes plant has a flower spire. Everyone is close to the ground in this rock garden. The photograph was taken in the evening sun on May 11, 2025. <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/nativeplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nativeplants</a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/Bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bloomscrolling</a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#minnesota</a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gardening</a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/zone4b" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zone4b</a>.

AbbyLittle green sweat bee on my native Seaside Daisy today<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BloomScrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BloomScrolling</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CANativePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CANativePlants</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NativePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NativePlants</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a>

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