Monday, July 25, 2011

Shrub Identification


Shrub Blog #1: 10 native shrubs in the order of observed blossoming 2011.


April 27
Ribes aureum

May 12-14
Amelanchier alnifolia
Berberis aquifolium
Prunus virginiana

May 20
Crataegus douglasii

May 28-31
Cornus sericea
Ceanothus sanguineus
Purshia tridentata
[Cercocarpus ledifolius - past blossoming]

June 01
[Juniperus occidentalis - a guess, not observed]

Shrub blog #2: 9 native shrubs in the order of observed blossoming in 2011.

June 11
Sambucus cerulea

June 18-19
Rosa woodsii
Symphocarpos albus

June 24
Philadephus lewisii
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Viburnum opulus [observed only late in bloom]

July 01
Physocarpus malvaceus [Guess. Blossoming not observed]

July 07
Holodiscus discolor

Late August
Artemisia tridentata not yet in bloom

Pinus ponderosa, the only tree in this project.
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