4/28, Sunday. Joined the WA Native Plant Society's South Sound Chapter at Glacier Heritage Preserve.
The event is at 10am, and we arrived ahead of time.
Cynthia Dillon is the organizer for this event.
She asked for advanced liability waiver from each attendant.
She was there already waiting for the cars, standing in the cold.
She checked you in, and handed out a plant list in plastic folder (nice touch, as it rained later).
Right at the parking area, before we even started, saw a perigan falcon flew onto a lamppost. In fact we saw 2 eagles, it's their nest. That's a highlight.
Before we arrived at the preserve, even the I-5 medium, we already saw plenty small camas.
Near the preserve, the ground also look like in Mima Mound, has grassy bumps, many with camas blooming.
This preserve is much larger than I had thought, seems larger than Mima Mound.
Also full of mounds.
Some oak trees, willows, service berry (in bloom), and other shrubs. But mostly grass.
It's quite lovely. This preserve opens only one day per year on Prairie Appreciation Day, so today is a rare opportunity for public to see the preserve.
The highlights today, other than the eagles are: the golden painbrush (endangered, started planting 25 years ago),
white colored camas quamash (a mutation), a few chocolate lily, 2 blooming balsomroot plants.
Many blue-eyed Mary, violet, spring gold lomatium, little buttercup, a few lupine already blooming.
I also learned that rush has seed pods, while grass doesn't.
As with all flower outings, we don't move fast. It was quite chilly. It also rained a few times. I was the only one who bothered with an umbrella. Cynthia is so sweet, she brought mandarines and cookies at the end in the parking area.
