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To help you identify what you see or hear on your walking adventures:
Bird Language Revealing the Secrets of Nature
Common Trees of the Pacific Northwest Website by OSU
Edible Wildflowers 20 of the common edible flowers
Insect Egg Identification Guide
My Wildflowers: Wildflower indentification tool
National Park Service Vegetation Inventory
Picture This-Plant Identifier is an app for your phone that allows you to quickly identify over 10,000 plant species. Identify flowers, trees, leaves and more,
Wildflower Search a Wildflower Identification Website
Early Spring Wildflowers Guide by the Deschutes Land Trust
USDA Plants Database Attributes, Names, Taxonomy and Symbols
Jason Craig used to have an amazing video clip of a mountain lion calling. The sound was not what you'd expect to hear. (I cannot find the clip anymore. He is on Vimeo and has other videos that look interesting.
Nature Connections Education:
Websites:
Explore Live Cams from all over the US and world
Inner Bark Defend and Restore Mt. Hood
Street-Smart Naturalist David B. Williams (Substack newsletter)
Inner Bark Defend and Restore Mt. Hood
Street-Smart Naturalist David B. Williams (Substack newsletter)
Books: are under the 'Books' tab. Scroll to the nature Connections section for books relating to nature connections.
Nature Walking:
10 Best Bird Watching Hikes in America Backpacker Magazine
Noah Strycker Birder at Large Birding without borders
Noah Strycker Birder at Large Birding without borders
Scout's ATW Fieldguide: (the photos are mine, the information is taken from many resources which I will put links to.
Trillium ovatum the Pacific NW Western trillium
A couple of fun facts about the Trillium. It is also referred to as 'wake robin' as it is one of the early spring flowers. Trillium is a modern latin word and may be an alteration from the swedish word 'trilling, defined as triplet. In this case the word refers to three leaves and three petals.
Trilliums grow from Rhizomes and the stalk is an extension of the rhizome. The leaves that we see are actually the bracts and the three smaller leaf-like structure under the flower are the sepals. The flower has six stamens and three stigmas. These flowers can take up to 10 years before flowering. The Trillium is from the lily family (Liliaceae).
As the flower ages and following pollination the flowers will change color to pink or another darker hue.
Trilliums are pollinated by bees, moths and beetles. The fruit is fleshy and berry-like. Ants will take the fruit back to their nest to feed the larvae. The seeds are tossed out after the berry is consumes and that is the role the ants play in seed dispersal.
There is some information about the uses of Trillium by the Native Americans but for the most part it is recommended not to eat the fruit or the rhizomes. Please don't pick the flowers as it will kill the plant. A reference to the ethnobotany of trillium can be found in the book Ethnobotany of Western Washington by Erna Gunther.
Red Gardens Grow Natives: USDA Western White Trillium:
Trilliums grow from Rhizomes and the stalk is an extension of the rhizome. The leaves that we see are actually the bracts and the three smaller leaf-like structure under the flower are the sepals. The flower has six stamens and three stigmas. These flowers can take up to 10 years before flowering. The Trillium is from the lily family (Liliaceae).
As the flower ages and following pollination the flowers will change color to pink or another darker hue.
Trilliums are pollinated by bees, moths and beetles. The fruit is fleshy and berry-like. Ants will take the fruit back to their nest to feed the larvae. The seeds are tossed out after the berry is consumes and that is the role the ants play in seed dispersal.
There is some information about the uses of Trillium by the Native Americans but for the most part it is recommended not to eat the fruit or the rhizomes. Please don't pick the flowers as it will kill the plant. A reference to the ethnobotany of trillium can be found in the book Ethnobotany of Western Washington by Erna Gunther.
Red Gardens Grow Natives: USDA Western White Trillium:
