@pnwplantnerd.bsky.social
Huge plant & mushroom nerd in the PNW, interested in native plants, ecological restoration in small scale settings (aka your yard), gardening for fun & food, foraging, mushrooms, and fermenting. Multiply neurodivergent.
One of the many wetlands near my house
August 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
One of the many wetlands near my house
The other day I was walking through my neighborhood when I noticed a pawpaw tree with pawpaws on it! The woman who planted it was on her porch and we got to talking- turns out this is the first time that it has fruited. She's gonna call me when they are ripe so I can try growing the seeds!
July 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The other day I was walking through my neighborhood when I noticed a pawpaw tree with pawpaws on it! The woman who planted it was on her porch and we got to talking- turns out this is the first time that it has fruited. She's gonna call me when they are ripe so I can try growing the seeds!
Spend a while this morning #foraging for trailing blackberry, one of my favorite native berries. Took me a while to pick a gallon- I'm now more certain that I want to trellis some for next year!
June 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Spend a while this morning #foraging for trailing blackberry, one of my favorite native berries. Took me a while to pick a gallon- I'm now more certain that I want to trellis some for next year!
Another weekend, another prairie! This time at Wolf Haven International, helping with the plant walks
May 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Another weekend, another prairie! This time at Wolf Haven International, helping with the plant walks
Volunteered with Native Plant Salvage today at Prairie Appreciation Day at Glacial Heritage Preserve guiding people on plant walks to show them some of our wonderful native prairie species- but was too busy to take more than a few photos!
May 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Volunteered with Native Plant Salvage today at Prairie Appreciation Day at Glacial Heritage Preserve guiding people on plant walks to show them some of our wonderful native prairie species- but was too busy to take more than a few photos!
Cool plant of the week: Coralroot! This lovely little flower is one of our PNW native orchids, but you might notice it's missing something- leaves! This species is a myco-heterotroph! Aka, instead of photosynthesizing like most plants, it parasitizes fungal mycelium in the soil!
May 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Cool plant of the week: Coralroot! This lovely little flower is one of our PNW native orchids, but you might notice it's missing something- leaves! This species is a myco-heterotroph! Aka, instead of photosynthesizing like most plants, it parasitizes fungal mycelium in the soil!
First oyster mushrooms of 2025! I love them, and they're so common around here, and I especially appreciate that most other people overlook their awesomeness. #fungifriends why yes, that is my hat serving as an impromptu foraging basket, why do you ask?
April 16, 2025 at 1:56 AM
First oyster mushrooms of 2025! I love them, and they're so common around here, and I especially appreciate that most other people overlook their awesomeness. #fungifriends why yes, that is my hat serving as an impromptu foraging basket, why do you ask?
Trilliums are just gorgeous, ok? It's also really cool that their seeds are dispersed by ants, and that the seeds need to go through two winters and a summer before they germinate! Truly one of the joys of spring!
March 27, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Trilliums are just gorgeous, ok? It's also really cool that their seeds are dispersed by ants, and that the seeds need to go through two winters and a summer before they germinate! Truly one of the joys of spring!
I recently learned my local parks department has a volunteer habitat restoration position, which means I now get to go into this park and remove invasive species like Himalayan blackberries and replace them with native species like blackcap raspberries. It doesn't look like much, but it's a start! 🌱
March 2, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I recently learned my local parks department has a volunteer habitat restoration position, which means I now get to go into this park and remove invasive species like Himalayan blackberries and replace them with native species like blackcap raspberries. It doesn't look like much, but it's a start! 🌱
(7) yesterday I went out with a mind to pull just one kind of invasive, and it was scotch broom. This is the before and after for just that one species in one small section. There's still non- native blackberries there, and I'm sure others are hiding.
February 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
(7) yesterday I went out with a mind to pull just one kind of invasive, and it was scotch broom. This is the before and after for just that one species in one small section. There's still non- native blackberries there, and I'm sure others are hiding.
Did you know that Washington state has native orchids? We even have multiple species! This in is Goodyera oblongifolia, aka, western rattlesnake plantain, and while it's flowers aren't the showiest, their leaves are pretty neat! I most often see them in pretty deep shade under Douglas firs.
February 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Did you know that Washington state has native orchids? We even have multiple species! This in is Goodyera oblongifolia, aka, western rattlesnake plantain, and while it's flowers aren't the showiest, their leaves are pretty neat! I most often see them in pretty deep shade under Douglas firs.
This pic is of a small branch that's at least a few years old from a service berry, and we can see that the lenticels are no longer visible, and it has a lovely brownish tan bark that lichen apparently like.
February 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This pic is of a small branch that's at least a few years old from a service berry, and we can see that the lenticels are no longer visible, and it has a lovely brownish tan bark that lichen apparently like.
This picture is of a more mature osoberry branche/trunks next to a water sprout from last year. The lenticels are still obvious and the bark on the older one that has a very neat pattern that I don't know the horticultural term for. Also very obvious pink buds.
February 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This picture is of a more mature osoberry branche/trunks next to a water sprout from last year. The lenticels are still obvious and the bark on the older one that has a very neat pattern that I don't know the horticultural term for. Also very obvious pink buds.
In this picture, the service berry is on the left, with the osoberry on the right. The service berry twig is more of a tan color, with tiny lenticels & their buds are green to red. The osoberry has a green stem color, big lenticels, pink buds, while the terminal buds are much larger than the rest.
February 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
In this picture, the service berry is on the left, with the osoberry on the right. The service berry twig is more of a tan color, with tiny lenticels & their buds are green to red. The osoberry has a green stem color, big lenticels, pink buds, while the terminal buds are much larger than the rest.
Here's the umbellata, we basically dug up that whole patch
February 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Here's the umbellata, we basically dug up that whole patch
Went and helped out at the Native Plant Salvage event this morning, which was really fun. I did spend most of the morning digging up Chimaphila umbellata- it was a tangle! The licorice fern was more fun because I was able to just roll it up like a cinnamon roll.
February 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Went and helped out at the Native Plant Salvage event this morning, which was really fun. I did spend most of the morning digging up Chimaphila umbellata- it was a tangle! The licorice fern was more fun because I was able to just roll it up like a cinnamon roll.
I just think it's a cute loaf. I'm also tickled that I've gotten back in the groove of making #sourdough around my work schedule. This one has poppy seeds :D
February 8, 2025 at 5:31 AM
I just think it's a cute loaf. I'm also tickled that I've gotten back in the groove of making #sourdough around my work schedule. This one has poppy seeds :D
And yeah, I did find some nettles, but I'm going to let them have some more warm weather and really get going beside I pick any. The Himalayan blackberry though... I did cut back a bunch and harvested some buds. Gonna check some spots closer to home tomorrow
January 20, 2025 at 2:50 AM
And yeah, I did find some nettles, but I'm going to let them have some more warm weather and really get going beside I pick any. The Himalayan blackberry though... I did cut back a bunch and harvested some buds. Gonna check some spots closer to home tomorrow
This is definitely the best mushroom picture from this weekend- I went to my normal yellow foot and hedgehog mushroom spots and there were loads of deer hoof prints but hardly any mushrooms! I think the deer decided it was time for dinner! #fungifriends
January 20, 2025 at 2:04 AM
This is definitely the best mushroom picture from this weekend- I went to my normal yellow foot and hedgehog mushroom spots and there were loads of deer hoof prints but hardly any mushrooms! I think the deer decided it was time for dinner! #fungifriends
Results of tonight's improvisational bread baking (aka, my kitchen scale died so I went by ~feel~ instead) the bagels turned out really good, and the thing that might be described as a twisted olive-rosemary sourdough loaf, was a good first step towards an idea I have. Fun times! #sourdough #yolo
January 17, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Results of tonight's improvisational bread baking (aka, my kitchen scale died so I went by ~feel~ instead) the bagels turned out really good, and the thing that might be described as a twisted olive-rosemary sourdough loaf, was a good first step towards an idea I have. Fun times! #sourdough #yolo
Behold, improvised bagels! Because somebody's kitchen scale batteries ran out and yet there was a craving!
January 17, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Behold, improvised bagels! Because somebody's kitchen scale batteries ran out and yet there was a craving!
Couple more pics incase they're helpful
January 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Couple more pics incase they're helpful
Who is really good at winter twig identification? I've got two small saplings and I've been told both are cottonwoods, which doesn't seem right because they're pretty different. I'm good with some winter twigs, but mostly the species I forage from!
January 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Who is really good at winter twig identification? I've got two small saplings and I've been told both are cottonwoods, which doesn't seem right because they're pretty different. I'm good with some winter twigs, but mostly the species I forage from!
Craterellus calicornucopioides, only a handful, but what a find! If you want to compare rarity look at iNaturalist, there's only been 15 sightings of these guys reported in Washington state, while chanterelles have over two thousand sightings. So imagine my excitement! #fungifriends #foraging
January 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Craterellus calicornucopioides, only a handful, but what a find! If you want to compare rarity look at iNaturalist, there's only been 15 sightings of these guys reported in Washington state, while chanterelles have over two thousand sightings. So imagine my excitement! #fungifriends #foraging
Does anybody know why bluesky stopped letting me post pics with alt text? Or how to fix it? Ever time I try, this is what happens:
December 28, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Does anybody know why bluesky stopped letting me post pics with alt text? Or how to fix it? Ever time I try, this is what happens: