Tag: native trees of Oregon
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A Symphony in Green: Forest Bathing with Hemlock and Alder on the Steam Donkey Loop
There’s nothing quite like stepping out of the car, breathing in that distinct, earthy forest air, and feeling the shift in your nervous system. For a forest bather, finding a new, peaceful pocket of nature is pure joy. And that’s exactly what I discovered recently at the very last rest stop on Highway 26 before Read more
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The Emerald Reckoning: Oregon’s Ash Trees Are Under Siege
A silent crisis is unfolding in Oregon’s forests. A tiny green beetle—barely half an inch long—is poised to change the landscape forever – impacting the Oregon ecological system for hundreds of years. The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), an invasive insect native to Asia, has arrived in Oregon and is attacking our native Oregon Ash (Fraxinus Read more
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Solstice Magic in the Mossy Green: Forest Bathing on Steam Donkey Trail
On the longest day of the year, I found myself exactly where I needed to be—on the Steam Donkey Trail in the lush embrace of the Tillamook State Forest, just inland from the Oregon Coast. The summer solstice has always felt like a sacred pause, a hinge between what was and what will be—and this Read more
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Western Red Cedar: A Keystone Species of the Pacific Northwest
BOTANICAL PROFILE: WESTERN RED CEDAR (Thuja plicata) Classification Family: Cupressaceae (Cypress family) Genus: Thuja Species: plicata Common Names: Western Red Cedar, Giant Arborvitae, Pacific Red Cedar, Shinglewood Theophrastus, a student of Aristotle’s, gave the name Thujato a tree with fragrant, resinous wood. Plicata refers to the folded nature of the tree’s scale-like leaves. – Oregon Encyclopedia Habitat and Read more