Yellow Violets

Two plants in the gravel across from the others.

Not very many this year.  

Honeysuckle - Native

Finding lots of honeysuckle climbing the shrubs at entrance by Schmitz.

This one is climbing a osoberry stem by blue house trail. 

Found More Fawn Lilies

Found total of 6 today.

 

Response From Landscape and Takara

Takara wants to know where this trail is located. 

Sent pictures. 

Timing is Critical: Applying herbicides during peak flowering times poses the highest risk to pollinators.

 

From Takara 3/31/26

Thank you so much Eleanor for this additional information as well as your kind words. I truly appreciate you taking the time to put this together.  I am meeting with the landscape supervisor this week and we will discuss this in depth.  I will also make the request to the Board to approve another Private Property sign for that area of the Oak Preserve.

Thank you again for being such a great steward of the Preserve!  The community is lucky to have you keeping such a close eye on it!

Hope you are having a wonderful day-

 

Asarum Canadense or Asarum Caudatum

Asarum canadense (Canadian wild ginger) is a low-growing, shade-loving perennial groundcover, typically 4-8 inches tall, with large, heart-shaped, deciduous leaves and brownish-purple, cup-shaped flowers that appear in early spring at the base of the plant. It thrives in moist, rich, deciduous woodland conditions, serving as a fragrant, deer-resistant ground cover.

Western wild ginger (Asarum caudatum) is an understory plant that offers wonderful texture in the form of deeply veined, evergreen, aromatic leaves that carpet the soil in shady conditions, soil protection, habitat for tiny creatures, and unusual, secretive flowers. The species epithet, caudatum, means “tailed” and refers to the wispy, almost whimsical appendages of the sepals, which protect the flower.

 

Miner's Lettuce

Miner's lettuce.

First Fawn Lily Leaves

This one is by the corral.

At the top of the East power line trail.

With a tiny bud!!

Two tiny babies.

I'm so excited to find these this morning!

Finding Dwarf Owl's Clover!

The large patch. Put 9 sticks in this area. 

All on the curve at purple arrow. 

Triphysaria pusilla

Dwarf Owl's Clover

Stem slender, branched, prostrate, with growing tips turned upward. Leaves tiny, lobed many times, often coated with fine purplish or yellow-brown hairs. Tiny flowers hidden among bracts, reddish purple or sometimes yellow, include 3 shallow pouches below hooked beak. Grows in grasslands at low elevations. Native: Yes
The primary larval host plant for the endangered Bay checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha bayensis) is the native dwarf plantain (Plantago erecta). Larvae also rely on secondary host plants, specifically purple owl’s-clover.

Dwarf Plantain erecta

Credit Madelaine Claire 

Checker Spotted Butterfly

This one near entrance to 36th Ct. 

Several along trail to Pavilion, left side. 3/28/26

More New Orchids

 By short trail to the right of the 2 old ones.

These are the 2 that have been here for 2-3 years. 

Near entrance at Arrowroot.

All 3 of these are now sprouting.

This one is looking great. It is under the stick tree.

The one on the right of the one above, starting to sprout.

This was today, 3/25/26, a day later. 

These 2 didn't bloom last year. 

More Native Wildflowers Sprouting

Several yellow-flowered Lomatium species (biscuitroot) native to Washington state bloom in early spring, often carpeting sagebrush steppe, rocky slopes, and open woodlands. Common yellow-flowered species include Lomatium triternatum (nineleaf), L. utriculatum (spring gold), and L. dissectum (fern-leaved), which are vital early-season food for pollinators and have a history of indigenous use. 
Cutleaf silverpuff (Microseris laciniata) is a native perennial wildflower in the aster family, found in the western U.S. from Washington to California. It resembles a large, attractive dandelion with deeply lobed, "cut" leaves and bright yellow flowers that bloom from spring to summer. It thrives in prairies and forests, often serving as a key nectar source for bees.

Pacific Sanicle

Yellow Violets

Mountain Ash in Full Bloom

This mountain ash is in full bloom.

At corner of Bowthorpe and Oakwood. 

Native Honeysuckle

These buds are on the east powerline trail.

This is by the pool.

At the base of the vine by the pool.

Didn't see anything on the other 2 places in the Preserve.

Unknown Plant

Don't recognize this little plant.

Branch structure unusual.

It is in front of the log surrounded by chocolate lilies.

Will keep a watch on it.

More leaves don't tell me much. 

 

Several New Orchids in Preserve

These 2 are across from the bench near the 3 new ones from last year.

This one is on the right side of the triangle.

I've never seen one here before.

I tagged 6 more on the other side of the fence.

3/23/26 found 2 more ....

This one along trail near Arrowroot entrance.

This one at the trail Arrowroot entrance.