Margi Willowmoon
@margiw.bsky.social
Nature Photography, Progressive Politics, Botany, Science, Humane Policy, Gourmet Organic Cooking, Current Events, Fungi, Growing Native Plants, Herbal Medicine, Nutrition Science, Fun with Numbers, Outdoor Live Music, Eclectic Adventures, Gratitude, Humor
September 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Colorful little rose hips growing in the Oregon high desert. Enjoy the fruits of summer! #oregon #wildedibles #naturephotography #plants
September 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Colorful little rose hips growing in the Oregon high desert. Enjoy the fruits of summer! #oregon #wildedibles #naturephotography #plants
Standing at the headwaters of the Metolius River in Central Oregon. #River #Oregon #Naturephotography
August 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Standing at the headwaters of the Metolius River in Central Oregon. #River #Oregon #Naturephotography
Ponderosa Pine in the high desert of Central Oregon. The lovely copper colored bark & long green needle tufts are delightful. If you hug this tree, you may note a vanilla scent wafting through the air from the bark. Ah, it's sublime! #oregon #treehugger #naturephotography #nature #trees
August 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Ponderosa Pine in the high desert of Central Oregon. The lovely copper colored bark & long green needle tufts are delightful. If you hug this tree, you may note a vanilla scent wafting through the air from the bark. Ah, it's sublime! #oregon #treehugger #naturephotography #nature #trees
Radially symmetrical purple Aster growing down by the riverside in beautiful Central Oregon. #flowers #oregon #nature #naturephotography
August 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Radially symmetrical purple Aster growing down by the riverside in beautiful Central Oregon. #flowers #oregon #nature #naturephotography
Cute high desert chipmunk in Manzanita shrub. #oregon #NaturePhotography
August 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Cute high desert chipmunk in Manzanita shrub. #oregon #NaturePhotography
Totally Racist Unintelligent MF Pig
July 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Totally Racist Unintelligent MF Pig
Beargrass (a.k.a. Xerophyllum tenax), growing in the Oregon Cascade Mountains. Botanically speaking, it's technically not a grass, yet it has grass-like leaves (see second photo). #beargrass #xerophyllum #wildflowers #nativeplants #oregon #botany
June 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Beargrass (a.k.a. Xerophyllum tenax), growing in the Oregon Cascade Mountains. Botanically speaking, it's technically not a grass, yet it has grass-like leaves (see second photo). #beargrass #xerophyllum #wildflowers #nativeplants #oregon #botany
June 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
A pretty little mountain rose. #rose #wildflower #wildflowers #oregon #nativeplants #naturephotography
June 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A pretty little mountain rose. #rose #wildflower #wildflowers #oregon #nativeplants #naturephotography
What's up Tiger Lily? This tiger lily flower is up at 3,500 feet in elevation in the Oregon Cascade Mountains. #wildflower #oregon #cascademountains #nativeplants #naturephotography
June 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
What's up Tiger Lily? This tiger lily flower is up at 3,500 feet in elevation in the Oregon Cascade Mountains. #wildflower #oregon #cascademountains #nativeplants #naturephotography
Candy stick, a.k.a. sugar stick (Allotropa virgata), 3,500 ft. in elevation in the old growth forest, is a flowering plant native to Oregon that lacks chlorophyll and thus depends on fungi for nourishment. #allotropa #nativeplants #oregon #naturephotography
June 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Candy stick, a.k.a. sugar stick (Allotropa virgata), 3,500 ft. in elevation in the old growth forest, is a flowering plant native to Oregon that lacks chlorophyll and thus depends on fungi for nourishment. #allotropa #nativeplants #oregon #naturephotography
Wild Red Columbine (Aquilegia formosa). The beauty and complexity of this flower never ceases to amaze me. 5/23/25, photo by MargiW. #columbine #flowers #wildflowers #wildflower #nativeplants #oregon #naturephotography
June 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Wild Red Columbine (Aquilegia formosa). The beauty and complexity of this flower never ceases to amaze me. 5/23/25, photo by MargiW. #columbine #flowers #wildflowers #wildflower #nativeplants #oregon #naturephotography
Wild Rose on the Oregon Coast, 5/27/25, photo by MargiW. #rose #wildrose #oregon #oregoncoast #wildflower #wildflowers #naturephotography
May 30, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Wild Rose on the Oregon Coast, 5/27/25, photo by MargiW. #rose #wildrose #oregon #oregoncoast #wildflower #wildflowers #naturephotography
The Fender's Blue Butterfly (Icaricia icarioides fenderi), previously presumed extinct, in its native habitat this week in Oregon's Willamette Valley, is the subject of a conservation success story. 5/23/25, photo by MargiW. #butterfly #butterflies #naturephotography
May 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The Fender's Blue Butterfly (Icaricia icarioides fenderi), previously presumed extinct, in its native habitat this week in Oregon's Willamette Valley, is the subject of a conservation success story. 5/23/25, photo by MargiW. #butterfly #butterflies #naturephotography
Fairybell flowers (Prosartes smithii) in an old growth forest near the Oregon coast, 5/6/25, photo by MargiW. #fairybells #flowers #wildflowers #oregon #oldgrowthforest #nativeplants #naturephotography
May 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Fairybell flowers (Prosartes smithii) in an old growth forest near the Oregon coast, 5/6/25, photo by MargiW. #fairybells #flowers #wildflowers #oregon #oldgrowthforest #nativeplants #naturephotography
Tree near the edge of an old growth forest in the Oregon Coastal Mountains, 5-6-2025, photo by MargiW. #oldgrowthforest #oldgrowth #oregon #tree #trees #forest #naturephotography
May 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Tree near the edge of an old growth forest in the Oregon Coastal Mountains, 5-6-2025, photo by MargiW. #oldgrowthforest #oldgrowth #oregon #tree #trees #forest #naturephotography
Sea Pink flowers (Armeria maritima) on the rocky seashore in Yachats, Oregon, 5-6-25, photo by MargiW. #yachatsoregon #oregoncoast #oregon #wildflowers #naturephotography #nativeplants
May 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Sea Pink flowers (Armeria maritima) on the rocky seashore in Yachats, Oregon, 5-6-25, photo by MargiW. #yachatsoregon #oregoncoast #oregon #wildflowers #naturephotography #nativeplants
Fanciful Deer Fern fiddlehead unfurling in the Oregon old growth forest. 5/6/25, photo by MargiW. #fern #nature #oldgrowthforest #naturephotography #oregon
May 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Fanciful Deer Fern fiddlehead unfurling in the Oregon old growth forest. 5/6/25, photo by MargiW. #fern #nature #oldgrowthforest #naturephotography #oregon
Upper North Falls, 65 ' high, among tall coniferous trees within a beautiful forest in Silver Falls State Park, Oregon.The park contains ~10 large waterfalls (several >100' tall!). The spring snowmelt provides abundant cascading waterfall action. Photo by MargiW, 5-1-25 #oregon #waterfalls #nature
May 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Upper North Falls, 65 ' high, among tall coniferous trees within a beautiful forest in Silver Falls State Park, Oregon.The park contains ~10 large waterfalls (several >100' tall!). The spring snowmelt provides abundant cascading waterfall action. Photo by MargiW, 5-1-25 #oregon #waterfalls #nature
Lovely lapis-colored Larkspur (a.k.a. Delphinium) growing near the river, April 23, 2025, Oregon, U.S.A., photo by MargiW. #wildlower #flowers #nature #photography #naturephotography #oregon
April 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Lovely lapis-colored Larkspur (a.k.a. Delphinium) growing near the river, April 23, 2025, Oregon, U.S.A., photo by MargiW. #wildlower #flowers #nature #photography #naturephotography #oregon
Fresh Vine Maple (Acer circinatum) leaves emerging along a creekside trail in Corvallis, Oregon. Photo by MargiW 4-17-25. #Acer #nativeplants #oregon
April 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Fresh Vine Maple (Acer circinatum) leaves emerging along a creekside trail in Corvallis, Oregon. Photo by MargiW 4-17-25. #Acer #nativeplants #oregon