Here we are looking up into the canopy of an old Red Alder tree (Alnus rubra). (August 2022)

I love looking up into the canopy to see how the light shines through the leaves. In this case, we are looking up the trunk of a Big...

Leaves of the Big Leave Maple tree (Acer macrophyllum) are easy to identify, and are a common resident of the Pacific Northwest. These...

Look at that - everyone seems to be interested in these blackberries! Though to be fair, after her curiosity in what I was photographing...

Late summer brings blackberries to the Puget Sound. There are small native blackberries that grow close to the ground, but almost all of...

Western Skunk Cabbage is one of the first plants to break out and bloom in the spring, with its flowers surrounded by a bright yellow...

In a few scattered spots where the creek floods in spring and creates some forest wetlands, you can find plants that like the moist soils...

I found this fuzzy friend wandering the Green this morning. It would appear to be a white variety of the Virginian Tiger Moth...

These berries range in color from orange to deep red. In my experience, the color does not seem to change the taste. (July 2022)

One of the earliest berries to show up in the Green each year are salmonberries (Rubus spectabilis) - a member of the rose family. They...

I discovered a new resident of the Green today that I had not stumbled upon before - the Orange (or Spotted) Jewelweed (Impatiens...

The underside of each frond on the swordfern (or any fern really) contains rows of sori. These sori are clusters of spore-producing...

Western swordfern (Polystichum munitum) is common in the forests of Cascadia and can be found throughout the green. It's long straight,...

Not all red berries are ones you want to eat, or in this case, even get to too close too. Devil's Club (Oplopanax horridus) is found in...

The Green abounds with plenty to snack on - not the least of which are an assortment of Northwest berries. One of the less recognized...

Every healthy stream in salmon country, especially small ones, are shaped by large logs and branches that fall in the stream. This...