3:00-3:30 PM
55 degrees Fahrenheit
Cloudy and slightly windy
Ravenna Park
While visiting my site today I was able to identify some species that caught my eye last week. About 40 meters to my right I spotted a group of young horse tails about varying from only a few inches long to 20-30 inches. A few feet north of the horse tails I found salmonberry shrubs (rubus spectabilis). I identified the shrub by looking at the pinkish/red flowers and alternate leaves. The shrub has yet to grow any berries but I will be looking for them in the upcoming weeks. 2 or 3 meters to the right of the horse tails I found what I believe to be a trailing black currant (rides laxiflorum). The leaves had 3 or 5 sharp lobes but the flowers haven't bloomed yet so I'm having a difficult time identifying it between other shrubs in the area. I originally thought it could be vine maple but vine maples have much sharper lobes and typically range from 7-9 lobes per leaf. While looking around my site I spotted a couple of sword ferns (polystichum munitum). Along with the sword ferns I found, I was able to spot what I believe to be a bracken fern (pteridium aquiline). Bracken ferns have much more triangular blades compared to the sword fern.
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| Horse Tails |
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| Salmonberry shrub drawings |
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| Trailing Black Currant |
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| Sword Fern |
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| Bracken Fern |
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