Misha Warner 🦋

When life gives you a broody hen, you give her chicks. #chickens #chicks #backyardfarm #mypets

Report: National Park Service RIF To Be "Deep And Blunt" A reduction-in-force coming to the National Park Service within the next two weeks has been described internally as being "deep and blunt," according to a social media post.

Bad news from our sister agency, National Park Service.

The story indicates this will apply to all of DOI!

If true, the beginning of the Reduction in Force (RIF) would coincide with the 30-day timeframe after competitive areas were released.

Please DM me if you are hearing anything.

Trientalis borealis ssp latifolia or Pacific starflower. In dense forest of the Pacific Northwest. #nativeplants #woodlandplants

Trillium ovatum or Western trillium. Found in dense forest in the Pacific Northwest. #woodlandplants #nativeplants #springephemerals

Cypripedium acaule or moccasin flower. From Cowels Bog Indiana Dunes National Park. Forest canopy and acidic soils. #woodlandplants #nativeplants #orchids #greatlakes

Trillium recurvatum or bloody butcher. Common in woodland understory, this photo snagged at the Heron Rookery within the Indiana Dunes National Park complex. #forestplants #greatlakes #springephemerals #nativeplants

Trillium flexipes or declined trillium. I’ve only spotted this in ravines but that doesn’t mean it’s exclusive. Illinois Beach State Park. #nativeplants #greatlakes #springephemerals #forestplants

Trillium erectum or wake-robin. This one is protected in some Great Lakes states so we’ll be keeping the location secret. #nativeplants #greatlakes #woodlandplants #springephemerals

Trillium grandiflorum or white trillium. Found at Indiana Dunes National Park. Prefers forest canopy cover. #woodlandplants #nativeplants #greatlakes

Photo of a leafy shoot bearing dangling, broadly bell-shaped, white flowers. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.

Zenobia pulverulenta is the only species in the genus and is endemic to the Southeast USA. It has broadly bell-shaped flowers and capsular fruits. I’ve seen this one only in cultivation, never in the wild. #Ericaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

I’m not qualified to get these to species!

Every now & then I get lucky with mushrooms; it’s always in spades. These are likely a species of burn morel as the soils in both places were recently disturbed in the PNW Washington. *never eat a fungi you aren’t 100% sure of! #nativefungi #mushrooms #fungi #morels

Dentaria laciniata or cutleaf toothwort. The common name is a mouthful! Dense woodland and sandy soils at Indiana Dunes National Park. #nativeplants #greatlakesplants #springephemerals #woodlandplants

Sanguinaria canadensis or bloodroot. This spring ephemeral is notable for its red sap where it gets its names. Photographed at Indiana Dunes National Park in denser woods. #nativeplants #springephemerals #greatlakesplants #woodlandplants

Dicentra cucullaria or Dutchman’s breeches. Also at the heron rookery (are you sensing a trend?). Dense forest near a stream. #nativeplants #greatlakesplants #springephemerals

Claytonia virginica or spring beauty. Also photographed this at the heron rookery at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Dense woods next to a stream. #nativeplants #springephemerals #woodlandplants #greatlakesplants

Erythronium revolutum or pink fawn lily. Found in dense woodland near the Rhododendron Garden in Federal Way, Wa. #woodlandplants #springephemeral #nativeplants

Erythronium americanum or yellow trout lily. Also photographed at the heron rookery at Indiana Dunes National Park. #nativeplants #greatlakes #springephemeral #woodlandplants

Erythronium albidum or white trout lily. Taken at the heron rookery at Indiana Dunes National Park. #nativeplants #greatlakes #springeohemeral #woodlandplants

Hepatica acutilobia or sharp-lobed hepatica. #woodlandplants #greatlakes #nativeplants #springephemerals #spring #ephemerals

Hepatica Americana or round-lobed hepatica. #woodlandplants #greatlakes #spring #ephemerals #springephemerals

Spotted beebalm (Lamiaceae: Monarda punctata) can be found throughout much of eastern North America, often in sandy soil. The large white bracts that surround the smaller flowers attract many pollinators, especially wasps. Indiana Dunes National Park, Indiana, 08/11/2012.

Spotted beebalm (Lamiaceae: Monarda punctata) can be found throughout much of eastern North America, often in sandy soil. The large white bracts that surround the smaller flowers attract many pollinators, especially wasps. Indiana Dunes National Park, Indiana, 08/11/2012.

Lovely photo! Glandular hairs!!

Purple penstemon flowers, each covered by tiny glandular hairs

Penstemon whippleanus, our Whipple's Penstemon, blooming above Crested Butte #nativeplants

#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 21 🌿

Cirsium pitcheri or Pitcher's thistle. Native to dune ecosystems of the Great Lakes; listed as threatened. This photo snapped at Indiana Dunes National Park. #duneplants #nativeplants #greatlakesplants

Houstonia caerulea or azure bluet. I can’t exactly recall where I took this photo but it’s certainly in the Great Lakes region. Likes open forests #nativeplants #foestplants #greatlakesplants

A little late on this update but Goose and Rusty have joined the layers. It’s also officially cheaper to have your own chickens where I live. #chickens #eggs #thecheeps

Lobelia siphilitica or great blue lobelia or blue cardinal flower. Spotted in wet prairies, forests, floodplains, and lake margins. Pollinated by bumblebees. #nativeplants #wetlandplants #greatlakesplants

I haven’t had the pleasure! I’ll have to give it a go. I’ve used the sap to dampen insect bites though!