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Goward House from the parking lot and entry to one forest path.
Looking down the lawn to another entry trail to the forest.
JD - Avenue of Douglas-fir trees, long residents of the woodland.
Before and after photos showing examples of woodland restoration over time.
Grid to identify photo locations (read first letter across, second letter down). Goward House is thus LC.
CA - Lower Arbutus Road ditch before ivy removed.
CA - Lower Arbutus Road ditch after ivy removed and compacted.
IA - Secondary feverfew invasion from seed bank after Lamium removal.
IA - Same site with secondary weeds removed..JPG
JA - Vinca and ivy adjacent to the parking lot before.
JA-Goward House entrance with Vinca and Lamium gone February 2010.
JA-x4-11 Same site with ivy, Lamium, and Vinca removed.
KA-4-11 Same site with ivy, Laimium and Vinca removed..JPG
GB-Originally totaly covered by ivy, this was named the wildlife log for the secret cover it provided.
GB- Wildlife log after ivy clearing from the area.
EB- Ivy obscures stumps and honeysuckle vines, 2010.
EB- The same view with the tree stump now visible and honeysuckle vines free to grow.
GB - Ivy cover looking towards Arbutus Road.
GB - The same view with the ivy cover removed in 2010.
IB - Rock falls after further clearing revealing total sweep downhill.
IB - Glacially-smoothed bedrock exposed by ivy clearing.
LB - Site selected for additional parking spaces before vegetation removed, 2010.
LB - Three new parking spaces created north of the house, 2010
BG - Ivy covering tree stems and the ground before making the circular path.
BG- Ivy removed from the trees and trail.
OG- Looking through to the lawn, ivy covers the ground in several layers, 2010.
OG- The same area looking through the trees to the lawn. Note the tree root along the surface.
CJ - Ivy growth weighs down shrubs contorting their form, 2011.
CJ - The same bushes after clearing ivy growth and dead wood removed, 2011.
EK - Douglas-fir slope before ivy removal for a path, 2009.
EK - Douglas-fir slope with path created free of ivy, 2009.
EK - Douglas-fir slope before path created.
EK - Douglas-fir slope after with path created.
GK - Biggest Douglas-fir before ivy removal, 2009
GK - Biggest Douglas-fir after ivy removal from the stem, 2009.
IL- Wet area with skunk cabbage before trail built, 2010.
IL- The same view with new trail and chip covering.
PN- Blackberry site chosen for planting native redcedar seedling, 2011.
PN- Same site after blackberry removal and new planting of redcedar.
NO - Biggest alder before blackberry removal, April 2010.
NO - Biggest alder after blackberry remova, April 2010.
NP-Beneath the ivy and blackberries is a large bigleaf maple stump, 2011.
OP- Old bigleaf maple stump now free of ivy and blackberries.
LP- Path through the blackberries towards the kindergarten before invasive species removal, 2009
LP- The same trail with blackberries cut back and new adjacent plantings of Douglas-fir and arbutus seedlings.
MP-The site between twin dead alders before clearing, 2009.
MP-Path between twin dead alders after clearing and wood chips applied to the trail, 2010.
KP - Site of future trail through the blackberries, 2009.
KP - The same area with a new trail through blackberries with wood chip cover, 2009.
Features of the Goward Woodland
Spiral-grained stem of older honeysuckle.
JE- Watching eyes during the ivy removal process.
EB- The size and thickness of some ivy roots makes for tough pulling.
PI-This glacially-deposited erratic rock was originally totally covered by ivy.
PO- Example of several Douglas-firs planted in and adjacent to cleared blackberry areas.
BD- Base of the two large cottowood trees located at the end of the Cottonwood Trail.
JD- The base of this broadleaf maple tree is deformed by a large burl.
AG- Polypodium, a fern, grows on a bigleaf maple stem.
JC- Several old stumps show blackened fire scars and evidence of cutting.
JC- This old stumps shows evidence of fire scarring.
Fungi 1 October, 2009
Fungi 2 October, 2009.
EB - Stream with winter water flow on the Cottonwood Trail.
DD-Early spring bloom of skunk cabbage just off the Cottonwood Trail, 2009.
DD - Fern area in 2005 on the Cottonwood Trail.
Some plants present in Goward Woodland
Buttercup (Ranunculus repens) flowering in damp areas..JPG
False lily-of-the-valley (Maianthemum dilatatum) likes moist to wet areas..JPG
Honeysuckle (Lonicera ciliosa) flowering in June.JPG
Honeysuckle blooms up 10 feet high.JPG
Ripening fruits of Indian plum.
Salal (Gaultheria shallon) flowers in May-June.
DJ - Starflower(Triantalis latifolia)
Bright spring green of young swordfern.
Clevers or sticky bedstraw (Galium aparine), an invasive non-native plant..JPG
New leaves of Indian plum (Oemleria cerasiformis)..JPG
New young growth of salal (Gaultheria shallon)..JPG
GC- Indian pipe, lacking chlorophyll, emerge white in early spring.
Indian-pipe visible for a few weeks each year.
JO- Oak seedling growing in the lower meadow.
Trillium growing along the Cottonwood Trail in 2009.
Skunk cabbage in full flower in early spring.
LO- Early spring showing of shooting star planted in an enclosed fencing for deer protection.