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Polystichum munitum

Published on August 22, 2026August 19, 2026 by HashiLeave a comment

Pseudotsuga menziesii

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Dicranum fuscenscens

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The temperate rainforest of Olympic National Park is extremely rich in bryophyte species. I was happy to find one ‘sporing’, because it’s a bit late in the year for most of them to be reproducing.

crescent lake

Published on August 19, 2026August 18, 2026 by HashiLeave a comment

fake

Published on August 18, 2026August 16, 2026 by Hashi3 Comments

I’m in the Pacific Northwest for a nature journaling adventure.

sprouting

Published on August 17, 2026August 14, 2026 by HashiLeave a comment

sharp bits

Published on August 16, 2026August 12, 2026 by HashiLeave a comment

So it turns out that rose thorns are actually prickles.

Schistocerca

Published on August 15, 2026August 12, 2026 by HashiLeave a comment

I noticed some teensy grasshoppers on the basil plant, and learned they are first-instar nymphs of a Schistocerca species, commonly called bird grasshoppers, many of which swarm as locusts. It’s probably the Gray Bird Grasshopper, Schistocerca nitens; I have observed adults here in the yard.