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Nathan Winterfield

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Deranged botanist & naturalist | PNW |Steward of public lands.

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Nathan Winterfield @nathanwinterfield.bsky.social · Mar 3

They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we are seeds.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · Apr 6

The economy is in free fall.

The markets are collapsing.

Our soldiers are dying.

Our sensitive information is being leaked over text message and gmail.

Random people are being kidnapped and sent to foreign torture prisons.

And Trump is fucking golfing.

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Nathan Winterfield @nathanwinterfield.bsky.social · Mar 20

“Public education, is the bulwark of democracy” -unknown

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Sheep Daily 🐑 @sheepdaily.bsky.social · Mar 13

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Nathan Winterfield @nathanwinterfield.bsky.social · Mar 7

RESIST ✊🏼

Nathan Winterfield @nathanwinterfield.bsky.social · Mar 3

They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we are seeds.

Nathan Winterfield @nathanwinterfield.bsky.social · Mar 3

Balsamorhiza sagittata -
Arrowleaf Balsamroot

Spring is upon us. I’m ready to be in the Grass Valley for this years Balsamroot bloom! Nearly all parts were used as a food source by the indigenous peoples. Asters rule!

Grass Valley, OR

#spring #easternoregon
#pnw #aster #sunflower

Balsamroot is a composite flower (like all asters). Each of the petals is actually a “floret” bearing one enormous petal and a few minute ones creating a “ray floret”, which creates the illusion of a ring of petals.

Nathan Winterfield @nathanwinterfield.bsky.social · Feb 20

Things behind things behind things

#oregon #mushroom #nature #outdoors #explore #pnw

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · Feb 8

Suspension Bridge xkcd.com/3048

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Nathan Winterfield @nathanwinterfield.bsky.social · Feb 6

Calypso bulbosa - Fairy Slipper

This perennial orchid relies on the art of deception for pollination as it does not provide nectar. Most fairy slippers’ are reliant on one of several mycorrhizal fungi for germination.

Spring 2022, Willamette National Forest, OR

#botany #flower #nature #pnw
#neat

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Bruce Lund @bruceki.bsky.social · Feb 4

A forest of shadow and light in western Washington state, USA
#Landscapes #landscapephotos #photos #washingtonstate

A lush, green forest, mostly in shadows, with sunlight rays highlighting moss dangling from tree branches.

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Nathan Winterfield @nathanwinterfield.bsky.social · Feb 3

Grasswidow - Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - coastal to cascade crest variation.

The anthers (pollen bearers) on these are just lovely. Native to North America from Vancouver island to California.

Hood River, Oregon. Spring 2024.

#botany #flowers #pnw #oregon

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · Feb 2

I have proudly been a scientist my whole life. We are now watching the deliberate destruction of American science at the hands of the corrupt regime. Data is disappearing, young scientists are not getting paid, free speech is crushed. We can fix this, but we don't have much time to undo the harm. 🧪🌏

A diverse group of five scientists in a lab in Borneo, Indonesia. Copyright Tom Kimmerer

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Nathan Winterfield @nathanwinterfield.bsky.social · Jan 31

Coprinus comatus!

#fungi #inkcap #oregon #shaggymane

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · Jan 29

As a botany undergrad, I studied mycology. Fungi were thought of as non-green plants in the kingdom Plantae. Now, thanks to modern genetics, we know that fungi are more like very slow animals, in the clade Opisthokonta. A mushroom is closer to your dog than to a tree.

A yellow row of tiny, horn-shaped decay fungi known as Dacryopinax spathularia. They are growing on top of. black-painted oak fence, which the fungus is consuming for energy. Copyright Tom Kimmerer

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Nathan Winterfield @nathanwinterfield.bsky.social · Jan 28

#thicktrunktuesday

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Rob 🇨🇦 @rockinbones.bsky.social · Jan 28

#TextureTuesday Some Lichen with British Soldiers.

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Endless @extraunknown.bsky.social · Jan 28

Lichen and moss seen along
Thunder creek trail
Rockport WA

Lichen and moss covering a hillside along a mountain trail

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Nathan Winterfield @nathanwinterfield.bsky.social · Jan 28

I love it there

Nathan Winterfield @nathanwinterfield.bsky.social · Jan 28

My favorite cosplay is deer eating fresh Douglas fir tips

Nathan Winterfield @nathanwinterfield.bsky.social · Jan 27

That’s so fucking metal

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Nathan Winterfield @nathanwinterfield.bsky.social · Jan 27

This is the reply I was looking for!

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Nathan Winterfield @nathanwinterfield.bsky.social · Jan 27

Dog vomit slime mold (Fuligo septica) !!!

#slimemold #eatityoucoward

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · Jan 27

This is important. Nature-based education and experience, from very young age to very old can’t fix all the ills of society, but it is a big step in the right direction. It connects us to the real world and helps us understand what is really important.

Community-Led Restoration @globalstewards.bsky.social · Jan 27

Angela Garcia is the co-director of True Roots Nature School Program, an outdoor education curriculum for children ages 18 months to 12 years.

It's designed to provide all the benefits of indoor education while enriching the experience with nature immersion.
www.counterpunch.org/2024/12/23/e...

Enrollment in Nature Schools Soars as Families Rediscover the Benefits of Outdoor Learning

Author, journalist, and child advocacy expert Richard Louv famously coinedthe term “nature deficit disorder” to describe the detrimental effects of

www.counterpunch.org

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Nathan Winterfield @nathanwinterfield.bsky.social · Jan 26

Hypholoma spp. breaking down a nursery log.

A common fungal saprophyte (organisms dependent on dead or decaying matter) in western cascade temperate forests.

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · Jan 25

Beauty is in the eye of the treeholder

A child hugging a massive tree that appears to be smiling

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