Jun 10, 2025
Oceanspray // Holodiscus discolor
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Oceanspray // Holodiscus discolor
Ocean Spray
POV you are a bug looking up through the oceanspray
Oceanspray // Holodiscus discolor
Holodiscus discolor
Closeups of Holodiscus discolor or oceanspray, a deciduous shrub that grows to be about 15ft in height. Holodiscus discolor is not picky about conditions, growing in full sun or full shade, as well as dry and rather moist sites. It’s a beautiful shrub that is easy to grow, and has recently seen a resurgence in use by cities and states for plantings along freeways, since it’s one of few native shrubs tenacious enough for the harsh conditions found there. Unlike the invasives historically used along freeways (like the infamous scotchbroom) Holodiscus discolor provides ample ecological benefits for pollinators. It’s a host plant for lorquin's admiral (Limenitis lorquini), Pale swallowtail (Papilio eurymedon), spring azure (Celastrina ladon) as well as many others!
Bushtit Forest Bebop
Deep in the Duwamish Greenbelt on an unimproved trail it was hot and sticky today. No breeze to cool me down as I climbed down into the ravine and then back out. When I got to the bottom, I decided it was too steep to go down to the creek. There was water at the bottom enticing me that I had to resist. Steep incline to creek – see my boot for perspective However, it was so steep someone had put a…
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