Introduced species: Small-flowered touch-me-not (Impatiens parviflora) Description: Don’t panic! This isn’t the impatiens from your Mothers’ Day hanging basket; the only similarity is those exploding seed pods (see below). Small […]
Before photo below: After photos below: Last July we completed an instream restoration project in the lower portion of Johnson Creek near Milwaukie in partnership with the Oregon Watershed Enhancement
Stream Restoration Project Transforms Habitat Almost Overnight! Read More »
Introduced Species: Shining geranium (Geranium lucidum) Description: Shining geranium grows predominantly as an annual weed, though it may become biennial depending on moisture conditions. It is predominantly a forest understory
Photos by Bruce MacGregor Article by Courtney Beckel It is almost spring! And one thing that really got me through last spring was…mason bees! Naturally, I wanted to share a
Mason bees make spring extra special Read More »
Introduced Species: Dandelions (Taraxacum officinale), and some bonus species (So. Much. Yellow!) Description: Why take the time to write about dandelions? Everyone knows them, right? Well, no; in fact, dandelions