Showing posts with label white sweet clover. Show all posts
Showing posts with label white sweet clover. Show all posts

Friday, July 19, 2019

Windblown

It doesn't take much of a breeze to make these dance.

Philadelphia fleabane, Erigeron philadelphicus, road to Zeballos. With thimbleberry and salmonberry leaves.

Nor these:

White sweet clover, Melilotus alba. Beside the bridge crossing the Nimpkish River.

The guide book says that white sweet clover is sweet-smelling. I had never noticed it before, but this patch was highly perfumed; just walking across the bridge, the scent overpowered the combined scents of raw wood, road dust, and evergreens.

Monday, September 07, 2015

Sweet!

White sweet clover, with bees.

Melilotus albus, which translates as "Honey clover white". Forage for cattle, deer, bears. And bees.

White sweet clover is an introduced plant that spreads wherever it finds water in the Chilcotin. This patch is growing on the banks of Green River, in Tweedsmuir Park.

White sweet clover is a major source of nectar for an apiary. ... (It) can grow up to 2 meters in height and can produce abundant amounts of seeds that readily float and disperse in water. ... It is favored for honey production and for its nitrogen fixing ability in preparing agricultural soil for future crops. (Wikipedia)

"Yum!"

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