Sweetfern, Comptonia peregrina, is neither sweet nor a fern. It looks like something the dinosaurs would have walked through, releasing the warmest, spiciest aromas of imagination.
Hope you all had a nice time on your travels! The bright red berries are bunchberries - Cornus canadensis. Now I have to figure out the id of the fruiting shrub in the next-to-last picture - I have no idea what it is!
Now you have shamed me. My dog's head and face are a mass of tangled ringlets, she HATES having her head combed :-O Big kiss for the smartly turned out Miss Piper x
The season of sticky seedpods and burrs has just begun here, so we're trying to keep up. Piper has a lot of long, wispy bits, and once a tangle starts, nobody is happy with the combing!
Thank you for leaving a comment! I enjoy reading each one, and will usually reply either here or on YOUR blog!
Due to spam, Anonymous comments are blocked. I'm hoping to avoid the annoying Word Verification gizmo! If you find you cannot leave a comment, please email me so we can try to sort it out.
Beautiful photos! I especially like the berries. Are they buffalo berries or maybe currants?
ReplyDeleteSorry to be MIA for a while. I was traveling far away from internet access.
Hope you all had a nice time on your travels!
DeleteThe bright red berries are bunchberries - Cornus canadensis. Now I have to figure out the id of the fruiting shrub in the next-to-last picture - I have no idea what it is!
Now you have shamed me. My dog's head and face are a mass of tangled ringlets, she HATES having her head combed :-O
ReplyDeleteBig kiss for the smartly turned out Miss Piper x
The season of sticky seedpods and burrs has just begun here, so we're trying to keep up. Piper has a lot of long, wispy bits, and once a tangle starts, nobody is happy with the combing!
DeleteOne Word Wednesday - for that top photo - LOVE!
ReplyDelete