Spring flowers 1

Spring in the Habitat Garden
Flowers in the Forest
Fringecup flowers
Tellima grandiflora
(above)
Fringecup and Piggy-back
growing together.
Piggy-back flowers
Tolmiea menziesii
(right)
False lily-of-the-valley
Maianthemum dilatatum
Bleeding heart Dicentra formosa
with a bumblebee feeding on the
flower nectar.
Groundcover mix of deer fern, bleeding
heart, Siberian miners lettuce and false
lily-of-the-valley.
Western trillium Trillium ovatum
Vanilla-leaf Achlys triphylla
Starflower Solomon seal Smilacena stellata
Wood sorrel Oxalis oregana
Spring in the Habitat Garden
Flowering Trees, Shrubs and Vines
Tall Oregon grape
Mahonia aquifolium (left)
Dull Oregon grape
Mahonia nervosa (below)
Red-flowering currant Ribes sanguineum
Thimbleberry
Rubus parviflorus
Salmonberry flower
Rubus spectabilis
Western trumpet honeysuckle
Lonicera ciliosa
Evergreen huckleberry Vaccinium ovatum
Black Cottonwood
Populus balsamifera
Bigleaf maple flowers
Acer macrophyllum
Spring in the Habitat Garden
Meadow Flowers
Camas flower
and meadow
Camassia quamash
Wild Violets Viola species
Tiger lily (above) Lilium columbianum and Chocolate lily (below) Fritillaria lanceolata
Wild onion Allium species
and Brodiaea species
Siberian miner’s-lettuce also
called Candyflower for it’s
peppermint striped flower
Claytonia sibirica
Douglas iris (left)
Iris douglasiana with Beach
strawberry (Fragaria
chiloensis)
Kinnikinnik (right)
Arctostaphylus uva ursi
Spring in the Habitat Garden
Flowering Trees, Shrubs and Vines
Tall Oregon grape
Mahonia aquifolium (left)
Dull Oregon grape
Mahonia nervosa (below)
Red-flowering currant Ribes sanguineum
Thimbleberry
Rubus parviflorus
Salmonberry flower
Rubus spectabilis
Western trumpet honeysuckle
Lonicera ciliosa
Evergreen huckleberry Vaccinium ovatum
Black Cottonwood
Populus balsamifera
Bigleaf maple flowers
Acer macrophyllum
Spring in the Habitat Garden
New Growth
Sword fern with unfurling fronds
Habitat Garden spring flowers classification:
(Saxifragaceae)
Fringecup:
Piggyback:
Heuchera:
Foamflower:
Rose (Rosaceae)
Sepals and petals 5, stamens mostly numerous, leaves mostly alternate or basal,
Black Hawthorne:
Goatsbeard:
Strawberry:
Wild Rose:
Serviceberry:
Indian Plum:
Oceanspray:
Dewberry:
Thimbleberry:
Lily Family (Liliaceae) Flowers usually in threes (exception False Lily); leaves parallel
veins, basal or alternate or whorled; fruit 3 chambered, mostly with rhizomes, fleshy
roots or bulbs,
Starflower Solomon Seal
False Solomon Seal
False Lily of the Valley
Trillium
Camas
Honeysuckle Family (Caprifilolaceae)
Flowers generally 5 lobed corolla (tubed or cup shaped)double check this, Stamens
generally 5, opposite leaves
Red Elderberry:
Honeysuckle:
Snowberry:
(Ericaceae)
Salal:
Kinnikinick:
Evergreen Huckleberry:
Red huckleberry:
Madrone:
Barberry Family (Berberidaceae
Oregon grape:
Inside out flower: (Vancouveria)
Vanilla Leaf:
Dogwood Family (Cornaceae)
Red Osier:
Pacific Dogwood:
Other families:
Siberian Miners lettuce: Purslane Family (Portulacaceae)
Red Currant:
Bleeding heart:
Columbine:
Vine Maple:
Iris:
One of the smallest birds in the
forest, usually seen near the forest floor as it feeds on insects.
When singing it can be found
on high branches and snags.
Winter Wren
Winter wren has a beautiful,
gurgling, clear song with over
100 notes that comes from the
darkest parts of our forest
throughout the year, especially
noticeable in winter.
Robins sing
‘cheerily, cheeryme’ rising and
falling in pitch.
They also call ‘tuttut-tut’ and ‘tseep’.
American Robin
Bushtit
Bushtits busily work in
pairs gathering spider
webs, moss, feathers
and hair to make their
unique nests.in spring.
Look for flickers flying through the low canopy
of the forest in a rythmic, dipping flight, with
glimpse of orange as their wings open.
Their arrival is announced by a clear challenging call
and they attract mates with loud drumming on trunks
and utility poles, metal roofs and resonant tree limbs.
They raise their young in cavities in trees.
Northern Flicker
The call note of the Downy is a
flat "pik". Its song is a rapid
whinny of notes, descending in
pitch. Downy woodpeckers eat
a variety of insects, especially
wood-boring insects.
They dig round holes into
snags and live trees.
Downy Woodpecker
Listen for thumping, or
rapid drumming while
feeding, or a distinctive
cheh-cheh-cheh-cheh-cheh
increasing in pitch.
Pileated woodpeckers
create rectangular holes
while feeding.
Pileated Woodpecker
Crows will sometimes
"mob" roosting owls or
hawks. If you hear or see a
flock of crows flying and
diving and cawing, check
the nearby roosts and you
may find red-tail or sharpshinned hawk that they are
trying to drive away.
American Crow
“CAW-CAW”
Look for sharp-shinned hawks
flying rapidly through the
forest understory as they hunt
for small birds.
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tail Hawk
Red tails
voice is a
“keeear’
scream
descending
from high to
low.
Anna’s
While feeding, males
and females alike give
out a sharp ‘tzip’.
Look for red-tail
hawks flying
overhead, or
perched in tall
trees.
Rufus
The adult male makes a
characteristic trilling
sound in flight.
Hummingbird