Plants other than flowers

[Derrel]

Himalaya blackberries, Rainier, Oregon, on the banks of the Columbia River.

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

No bears there, Derrel? My mother could sure make a nice cobbler with those!

 

[Derrel]

The bears are about 60 miles west. A few years ago I heard a statement from the Oregon Department of Wildlife which estimated that there were 20,000 black bears in Oregon's Coast Range mountains.

This blackberry variety originated in South America, and has a lot of big seeds...it makes an "okay" pie or cobbler. The native wild blackberries of the PNW have largely been out- competed by this invasive species.

 

[Jeff15]

Sea Holly

 

[jcdeboever]

 

[Gardyloo]

 

[Jeff15]

Sea Holly

 

[jcdeboever]

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

 

[zulu42]

 

[Joel Bolden]

Cinnamon Fern and Bottle Brush Grass.

 

[Joel Bolden]

Pokeweed. A rather amazing plant that has been the subject of intense research for a decade. It seems that Pokeweed Anti-viral Protein(PAP) destroys the cells of both human and plant virus.....Influenza, Herpes, HIV1, Tobacco Mosaic Virus Etc. Used also as a dye and an ink; plus you can eat the very young leaves(Poke Salet) if you know what you're doing

. The mature plant is poisonous. I let it grow where ever it's not in the way on my property.

 

[johngpt]

La Joya fence 05Oct15

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[Jeff15]

 

[Jeff15]

I think I have put this in the wrong section, sorry..