Showing posts with label maidenhair fern. Show all posts
Showing posts with label maidenhair fern. Show all posts

Saturday, July 02, 2022

Sit spots

My old knee aches when I climb hills, even small ones. Sometimes that's a good thing. It forces me to slow down, sit down, stop and gaze. On the trail on Thursday, I sat on logs and listened to the chatter of the river, the murmurs of the trees overhead, the comments of busy birds. The moss on the logs made a soft cushion, freshly-cut wood added its spice to the air. The forest was painted in a zillion different shades of green. An eagle, far above, called to its mate.

Mossy logs, freshly-topped snags, huckleberries, ferns ...

A small island here splits the river into two beds; this side is shallow, flowing and splashing over rocks.

Maidenhair fern, in deep shade beside the water.

Thanks, old knee!

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 Una de mis rodillas siente sus años y se queja cuando subo y bajo los cerros. Hasta en los senderos no tan inclinados.

Pero no está mal. A veces me hace detenerme, sentarme, quedarme viendo lo que me rodea. Este jueves, escojí varios troncos que me sirvieron como asientos. Y desde allí escuché la plática del rio, el murmurar de los árboles, los comentarios contentos de los pajaritos. El musgo hacía un buen cojín sobre los troncos, y el aroma de madera recién cortada perfumaba el aire. El bosque lucía docenas de distintos colores, todos verdes. Allá arriba, sobre el banco opuesto del rio, un águila llamaba a su pareja.

Fotos:

Los troncos cubiertos de musgo, un par de troncones recién cortados, helechos y huckleberries, y más ...

Aquí una islita divide el rio en dos; esta rama, de poca profundidad, fluye, saltando y salpicando, sobre rocas.

En la sombra al lado del agua, había un helecho "pelo de muchacha", Adiantum pedatum.

¡Gracias, rodilla vieja! Fue un placer.


Thursday, September 17, 2020

Vertical

A few more cliff photos along the eastern shore of Buttle Lake. Because I just can't resist a good pile of rock.

View from the far side of the road along the shore.

There's the road at the bottom.

A large white section.

The lake is long and narrow and makes a good wind tunnel. I noticed moss hanging sideways on tall trunks facing the shore, and here, the trees seem to huddle towards the cliff, as if for shelter.

That same white patch, with a square-cut block, tipped over. What dances went on in these rocks over the millennia?

Somewhat tamer rock face, and a sharp curve with no visibility. Typical for this road.

Small plants shelter in the shadier spots. Here, pearly everlasting, maidenhair ferns, willow, grass,and a couple of others I can't identify from the photo. And moss, of course.

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Aquí presento unas pocas fotos más de los precipicios al lado del lago Buttle. Porque no puedo resistir un gran montón de piedra.

En la tercera foto se puede notar que los árboles se inclinan hacia la roca, como si buscaran protección. El lago es largo y angosto, y forma un túnel de viento. Noté en otros árboles que el musgo cuelga casi horizontalmente.

La penúltima foto muestra un precipicio menos llamativo, y una vuelta en el camino sin visibilidad, típica de esta carretera.

En la última foto, se ven plantas chicas que se refugian en una grieta, fuera del calor del dia.


Wednesday, August 26, 2020

All they need is a crack in the rock.

 Ferns on a cliff face.

Maidenhair ferns and moss.

The cliff faces Upper Campbell Lake. More on this location tomorrow. I did too much today; I'm off to bed.

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Unos helechos "maidenhair" (cabello de muchacha) (también conocido como helecho culantrillo) en un precipicio al lado del lago Upper Campbell. Habrá más fotos de este sitio mañana. Hoy hice demasiado, y me voy a la cama.

Saturday, September 28, 2019

Time-outs

The trails and stairs going to the Elk Falls river bed are long and steep; going down, my old knees protest. Going back up, I have to stop to catch my breath. And then I lean on the railings and look at whatever's just in front of me.

This time, it was a section of Douglas fir trunk.

Moss, lichen, salal, shed needles, growing on crevassed bark.

And then there was a patch of Western Maidenhair fern.

Adiatum aleuticum, with the ever-present, ever-green sword fern in the background.

Double-checking the name, since it once was included with the Eastern species, I came across an interesting pair of quotes:

The name, maidenhair, originated from another plant — a European bog species that young girls once used to turn their hair blonde. (Central Coast Biodiversity)

And: 

The Quinault burnt the leaves and rubbed ashes in their hair to make it long, shiny and black. (Native Plants, PNW)

But other sources say the name refers to the black root hairs, or, conversely, to the glossy black stems.


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