Lichens can actually break down rock. These crustose lichens are part of a community of organisms that colonize surface like this (you...

I love the many innovative ways living things have evolved on our planet, and one of my favorite innovators are the lichens. These...

Here are some snowberries left behind after the leaves of the plant have long since fallen away. i particularly like the the accumulation...

Named for its color, not for the time of year, Common Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus) can also be found in the Green. This shrub is a...

Another leaf, this time from a cottonwood, pauses its autumnal journey on the frond of a Sword Fern. (October 2022)

Bullseye! These are more of.a late summer web that seem to be everywhere in August and September. (September 2020)

These interesting webs cover holes in the tree, like a net ready to capture anyone trying to get in, or out, of these tiny arboreal...

What better way to celebrate the holiday than with a crow sitting amid the sketetal-looking remains of a downed tree. For the record,...

Casting a net for dinner.... (October 2022)

....But like hope, new fruiting bodies spring eternal. Surrounding the dying mushrooms are about 50 more small caps beginning to peak...

A couple weeks later and the fungal fruiting body is done its job and dying. Hard to believe this is the same mushroom. (October 2022)

A friendly garter snake (Thamnophis sp.). This one was found near he Green, but I am sure they are living there, too. (September 2020)

What Halloween season is complete without spiderwebs? Webs of all types hang among shrubs and trees alike during this time of year....

Small mounds of freshly excavated dirt littering the path are a sign that moles are afoot - doing their tunnel-digging thing! (October 2022)

A close up of the mysterious mycelium...displaying perfect colors for the Halloween season! (October 2022)

This curious fungi caught my eye this week, spring out of a moss-covered dead log. It may be a Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria) but...

Falling leaves are now all the rage in the Green. This colorful Big Leaf Maple has found a temporary home in a huckleberry bush. (October...

After a couple of weeks away, I find that Autumn has fallen over the Green. The colors are starting to turn, as the leaves fall and...

One more view of the canopy for now. As the canopy spreads out to collect sunlight for the trees, it leaves the Green a cool place to...

A variety of trees filter the light through the canopy of the Green. (September 2020)