Wild dicentra (Dicentra formosa) blooming in the woods (also known as Pacific bleeding heart)
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Swamp lantern patch (Lysichiton americanus)
Soon they'll just be leaves
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Amanita pantherinoides, the western panther amanita, is very toxic. Apparently it usually grows under firs in the forest, but here it is under a fir in the city.
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The lady on the corner who has the huge collection of hellebores now has spring flowers galore. I can hardly wait to see what she has in store for later. And her (cherry) tulip magnolia trees are magnificent too. (Looked at the photo, was misled by the pink!)
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The weather really battered the violets and the tulip magnolias, one so low to the ground, the other so high in the sky... but although ragged, they still are beautiful
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Elementary school sign in the park along the stream bed: the kids wrote up a nice set of signs with various insights about local ecology. This is the first one of the series. Spelling and wording totally their own
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Brilliant red azalea, (it's aJapanese cultivar) , breaking up the shadows
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Frilly fungus on an old cherry. The tree is in serious decline
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Spring green and beautiful decay
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Twice as pink: salmonberry flowers (Rubus spectabilis) in the Ravenna Creek ravine. They vary in color from white to magenta pink, catching the eye fluttering among the newly open leaves.
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