Mud and Raindrops

 Blackberry vines on moss covered log


Licorice fern (Polypodium glycyrrhiza) also growing out of a log. This plant loves wet forest and often grows as an epiphyte on bigleaf maple trunks. The rhizomes are edible and taste like licorice! (I have eaten it in the past, but didn't partake today.)

Western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) can be distinguished from other evergreens because the needles lay flat on the branch, and the crown of the tree droops. It is the state tree of Washington.

Piper's Creek is almost roaring today. The rain has continued all day...

I wore my puddle stompers with wool socks and my feet stayed warm and dry.

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