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.
Dicranum fuscenscens
Tag: plants
sharp bits
So it turns out that rose thorns are actually prickles.
phyllotaxy
Sambucus mexicana
I thought I was familiar with elderberry’s thin, soft leaves, so it was a real surprise to feel the thick, leathery leaves on this shrub. I don’t know if this is an outlier, or I have simply been unobservant till now. More data needed.
Zingiber officinale
I really should plant this ginger. Later: I did.
petal veins
Petals and sepals, the flower’s outermost parts, are usually the most leaflike. They’re often broad and flat, and many sepals are green enough to photosynthesize, even containing stomata. As flowers evolved, petals became specialized to attract pollinators. Today, most petals have little to no chlorophyll and instead rely on many other pigments for their color.
Ferocactus
aligned
leaf textures
aerial
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