Native Plant Appreciation Week
April
28, 2007 In honor of Native Plant Appreciation week, (which doesn't start until tomorrow) Tim and I visited Mima Mounds, south of the State Capital of Olympia. We hiked a couple of miles on a pretty day and took pictures of lots of wildflowers. Later we meandered north along country roads and stopped at Tolmie State Park for lunch. |
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Here's Tim, checking out the Mounds. | ||
Mima Mounds, a Prairie grassland region, are situated on stratified glacial outwash left by the last Ice Age | ||
The Common Camas is a blue lily with flowers of 1 1/2" - 2 1/2 ". | ||
Tiny Buttercups dotted the fields, glowing in the sunshine. | ||
Desert Parsley brightened the mounds as well. | ||
This was a tiny flower on a ground cover which also had red berries. | ||
Clumps of small Blue Violets peeped out here and there. | ||
Here and there we found some deep pink Shooting Stars. |
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