Squeeeeeeee! The fiddleheads have made an appearance!
So have the catkins on the butternut tree.
These pics are quite terrible.
But arenβt they miraculous? π₯°
#HookersWillow in their fluffy flowering stage. Willows are amazing for riparian zone restoration work in places where human/industrial impacts have polluted waters. They're natural water filtraters.
https://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Salix%20hookeriana
#nature #plants #botanical #Bloomscrolling #florespondence #FuzzyWuzzy #willow #Saanich #VancouverIsland #VictoriaBC #YYJNature #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #flora #botanical #FlowersIdentification #catkins #biodiversity #ecological #fluffy #Spring
Squeeeeeeee! The fiddleheads have made an appearance!
So have the catkins on the butternut tree.
These pics are quite terrible.
But arenβt they miraculous? π₯°
The birch trees golden
With catkins drop their pollen
Yellow on the path
Spring is in the air, it is on the ground, and it is showing up on winter deciduous trees.
This cluster shows a still leafless Himalayan Birch (Betula alnoides) full of yellow catkins, the other taller trees are Himalayan Alder (Alnus nepalensis) which have new leaves & leaf buds. The dark evergreen trees are Tree Rhododendron (Rhododendron arboreum).
#trees #nature #spring #Hinalayas #IndiasNature #HimalayaSpeaks #HimalayanBirch #Alder #Rhododendron #Phenology #catkins #biology #ecology