They look like upright pine cones 🤩! The appropriately named ground cones, are a group of parasitic plants that get their nutrients from other plants. The species in this video is small groundcone or Vancouver groundcone (Kopsiopsis hookeri). They have purple or yellow flowers which fade to brown as the plant goes to seed. It’s found in western North America from British Columbia to California. #groundcone #naturalist #naturalists #plantnerd #naturenerd #forestfloor #awalkinthewoods #natureeduc

Harvesting a little White Pine Needles 💛 #whitepine #foraging #herbalism #herbalife #wildcraft | The Honeystead

My 3-year-old strawberry bush (Euonymus americanus) flowered and produced these beautiful fruits for the first time this year! Also known as hearts-a-burstin’, this unique native shrub is ant- and fly-pollinated and produces eye-catching fruits in the fall. It is apparently a favorite plant for deer, so you’ll have to fence it in if you have deer issues. In my area, it’s pretty tough to find the plant in the wild because it will often be browsed to death or out-competed by invasives. It supports