Mima Mounds Natural Area Preserve June 2010
Mima Mounds Natural Area Preserve June 2010
Eriophyllum lanatum (Oregon Sunshine) at Mima Mounds Natural Area Preserve June 2010
Festuca idahoensis (Idaho Fescue) at Mima Mounds Natural Area Preserve June 2010
Viola adunca at Mima Mounds Natural Area Preserve June 2010
Cladonia (Reindeer Lichen) at Mima Mounds Natural Area Preserve June 2010
Zigadenus venenosus (Death Camas) at Mima Mounds Natural Area Preserve June 2010
I went with a friend to the Mima Mounds Natural Area Preserve in early June 2010. It was about an hour's drive from Seattle in the mid-afternoon. I had often heard about the mounds. But I had never been there before. Both the mounds & the preserve are somewhat small. But there are enough of the mounds to make an amazing sight: dozens (perhaps hundreds) of small mounds close together in a random pattern, covered with grasses, wildflowers, lichen & kinnikinnick. To get there, take Interstate 5 to Exit 95, then drive 4 miles through Littlerock to the T intersection, where a sign directs you to turn right. The mounds are just 5 miles from Interstate 5.
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I have mounds on my property too, but there's nothing mysterious about them. The previous owner ran a Corvette chop shop and he buried the unsellable parts.
Stunning! There's so much to be learned aesthetically from native ecosystems like this.
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