2015 Wildflower Thread

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2015 Wildflower Thread

Post by weathercrazy » January 26th, 2015, 6:53 pm

I'm starting this as a joke, but something tells me it won't be shortly...
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Re: 2015 Widflower Thread

Post by Sean Thomas » January 26th, 2015, 8:27 pm

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: 2015 Widflower Thread

Post by Sean Thomas » January 26th, 2015, 8:27 pm

I'll admit, i was expecting to see flowers :D

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Re: 2015 Widflower Thread

Post by raftingdog » January 26th, 2015, 9:51 pm

mystery for me is city gardens have a variety of heather that has purple blooms now .. some freak designer plant... sure is attractive

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Re: 2015 Widflower Thread

Post by Grannyhiker » January 26th, 2015, 10:39 pm

First dandelion in my back yard blooming today! :lol:

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Re: 2015 Widflower Thread

Post by adamschneider » January 26th, 2015, 11:04 pm

The heather-like stuff (Erica) is usually called "heath," and it's pretty normal for it to be blooming at this time of year. In the city, I've also seen flowers on camellias, daphne, and andromeda.

Out in the WILD, however, the only flowers so far in 2015 I've seen have been salal at the coast (which blooms pretty much whenever it wants to), and possibly some alders. But it's certainly possible to see grass widows this early, out in the eastern Gorge. Keep an eye out!

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Re: 2015 Wildflower Thread

Post by Sean Thomas » January 27th, 2015, 4:36 pm

Good call. Apparently a few were spotted near the Catherine Creek TH last Friday.

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Re: 2015 Wildflower Thread

Post by miah66 » January 29th, 2015, 3:13 pm

No joke! Just today (1.29.15) at lunchtime @ Mt Talbert Nature park.

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Re: 2015 Wildflower Thread

Post by VanMarmot » January 29th, 2015, 5:06 pm

We found two different species flowering at 5000' along the PCT just south of Ashland! Normally (but what does that mean these days :roll: ) there'd still be some footage of snow on the ground down here at that altitude - not flowers! :shock:
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Re: 2015 Wildflower Thread

Post by guernica » January 30th, 2015, 9:03 am

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01.29.15. Grass widows starting along the Coyote Wall trail down low. Nothing higher up, but still? Wow. :shock:
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