Nursery Patch

Snowdrops - doubles

Shooting Stars.

Bog Star??

A chocolate lily. 

A Few White Violets Opening

I think this one is at the trail fork.

This is the first one near Schmitz Ct. 

Chocolate Lily

This one is where they were last year at the end of the fence.

Green Leaf on Honeysuckle Vine

A few green leaves on this honeysuckle vine. 

Fringed Grass Of Parnassus - Bog Star

Cascade grass-of-Parnassus is an attractive perennial wildflower with single or clustered stems from 11.5-35 cm high arising from a cluster of basal leaves atop a stout rootstock and elongated rhizomes. The herbage of both the stems and leaves is glabrous (smooth, not hairs).
Parnassia fimbriata (fringed flowers)
Fringed Grass Of Parnassus, bog star, not a grass.
Tuft upright to spreading. Leaves round or heart-shaped. Flowers held well above leaves, 5 white oval petals with fringed edges near center. A stamen-like gland on top of each petal has 9 or fewer flat lobes with rounded tips. Grows in wet meadows, rocky seeps, in all elevations.
Rarity: Locally Common, Flowering Time: All Summer, Life Cycle: Perennial, Height: 1-2 feet
Habitat: Meadow, Subalpine, Bog/Fen/Wetland, Moist Riverbanks, West-Side Forest, East-Side Forest
Found In: Olympic Np, Mt. Rainier Np, Native: Yes

Pacific Sanicle

I found this one by the honeysuckle. 

First Daffodils

The daffodils are starting to show lots of color. 

One Chocolate Lily in Nursery

One little chocolate lily in nursery bed.

Also snowdrops and shooting star.

 

First Camas Shoots

These are all under the fence.

Added labels.

Snowdrops next to St. John's Wort

The ones down to the east of the trail are filling in.

All singles.

Several small patches scattered around. 

Elegant Piperia - Orchid

https://www.pnwflowers.com/flower/scoliopus-hallii

Changed to different name. 

Found at end of fence where orchid was last year.

Elegant Piperia Orchid

Mystery Leaves

This is by the end of the fence.

Will keep an eye on these. 

Shooting Star Leaves

This one is on the edge of the trail by the triangle.

This one is behind the one above by triangle.

The two circled with sticks.  

Taken April 20, 2023

I think this is by the little house. 

By rock. 

By meadow.

This one is by Schmitz Ct. patch. 

Found Chocolate Lily

Found leaves around oak tree by triangle. 

 

Crust Fungus - Stereum Hirsutum

This downed log is off the trail a bit. 

Stereum hirsutum, also called false turkey tail and hairy curtain crust, 

is a fungus typically forming multiple brackets on dead wood.

White Violets

All 4 plants have new shoots and a couple of buds. 

 

Lots of Bird Songs

Also saw and heard lots of robins. 

Tree Down onto Trail

This tree was leaning and fell over when I touched it.

Lots of crust fungus on the trunk. 

It was an oak, not very tall. 

Next to Oak Springs field.

Snowdrops by Blue House

Lots in bloom by the tree.

Close-up by tree.

One cutie in the middle of the area.

On the right side.

In the path on the right side. Easy to step on.

Deep down the trail, straight in.

Off to the right at the end of the trail.

All the way to the right by the stick.