Along the Power Line Trail

Lots of serviceberry along the trail.

A Killdeer

These are some kind of cherry blossom.

 

Western Honeysuckle

In the Preserve.

Below are many along the power line trail. 

Cut Leaf Silver Puffs

Two really nice plants.

This one was mowed off. 

Lomatium and Camas, Trails Mowed

I was very sad to see the edges of the trails had been cut.

Lots of flowers mowed down. 

Lomatium and camas.

Cigarette buts 

Trail cut through this long grass.

Easy for neighbors to enter. 

Osoberries

Oso berries are very colorful 

 

My little Seedling - Serviceberry

My little seedling that I found in my flowerbed last fall is looking healthy.

I'm hoping it is a serviceberry. 

Found more flowers by the triangle in the middle of the preserve.

Garry oaks by I-84, Oak Seedlings

 I was able to identify groves of Garry oaks along the freeway through the Columbia River gorge by their limb structure and their slightly pink new leaves. This made me very happy!  

But I think they were sumac. 
These seedlings are all fairly large. 

Heath Speedwell

I'm finding lots of this in the preserve.

Heath speedwell. 

Or, could be native American Veronica. 

Star Flowered lily-of-the-valley

These are at the end of Bowthorpe. 

Seedheads Fawn Lily

Found on trail by cows.

 

Oak Seedlings

Tall seedling and some tiny ones. 

Seedling by corral. 

Taking pictures of oak seedlings. 

Finding many on April 28.

Cherry and Serviceberry Blossoms

These are on the cherry tree at the end of Bowthorpe.

More blossoms in this cluster. 

Bark and a leaf of cherry tree. 

These are the serviceberry above the entrance at Schmitz. 

This is a native serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia) in bloom right now. It is perched above the entrance to the Preserve at the Schmitz Court trail entrance. You can also see it from the walkway up past the pickleball court or from Arrowroot Street. 

Washington Native Plant Society says: "A show of white flowers in spring, tasty dark blue berries in late summer, yellow leaves in fall, Serviceberry is more than just serviceable. But this deciduous shrub does serve, and admirably—adaptable to hillsides, roadsides, stream sides, and rock slides, not to mention open forests and against the garden fence." 

Picture taken from bocca ball court.

Closer beautiful tree. 

Find many along the original farm trail. 

Names: Saskatoon Serviceberry is a combination of two of its most familiar common names.  

It is also known as Juneberry, or Western Serviceberry.