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B’s Watershed Watch Update June 25, 2024

June 25, 2024 by Barb H

Barb Haley, Watershed Watch Chair

My Observations 

Date: June 25, 2024 @10:00 am

Area: Spring Lake area….secret place known as Aspen Grove

Temperature: 28C

Weather: Gorgeous day

Visibility: Beautiful everywhere

Conditions: Warmish

Observations: The upcoming PWPA hosted Event “Decidous Heros” made me think that i should go visit one of my favorite places…Aspen Grove!

Beautiful and peaceful natural pond
Walking through a Deciduous section: Noticibly cooler temperature, not so intense, and the sound of walking through the lush, green growth…. as compared to the next clip:
White Hawkweed
Forget-me-not?
Walking through the dry, hot, and crunch coniferous section. Noticibly hotter in this area and so tinder-dry!
Big beauties!
Serene marshy stop!
Trumpet Honeysuckle
Red Twin Berry / Utah Honeysuckle Bark = disinfectant Berries = mostly considered poisonous (sometimes used to induce vomiting) Some Birds and Bears eat the berries,great cover for small animals! Maybe edible but not particulary tasty, reports vary from poisonous to mildly toxic Berry was used as a source of dye
Trumpet Honeysuckle Attracts Humming Birds, bumble bees and others! Medicinal uses: colds and sore throats, externally helped make hair long and sleek, Stems have been used as building material, fibre for twine and thread. Flowers can have the sweet nectar sucked out! Berries are eaten by a variety of birds (robins, juncos, flickers and finches) Indigeneous tribes have been nknown to refer to this plant as the “Ghost’s Swing” or “Owl’s Swing” as they say that the crows swing on it.
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