Native Pacific Northwest shrub spotted thriving in New Westminster
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Native Plants
Osoberry flowers before almost anything else in the Pacific Northwest, so if you've got one in your yard or spot one on a trail, it's an early signal that pollinators are already stirring for the season.
Someone out exploring New Westminster found and photographed an Osoberry shrub, and the sighting got verified by other naturalists as accurate, or 'research-grade,' on iNaturalist. Osoberry is a native West Coast plant known for being one of the very first shrubs to flower and leaf out each year, often while everything else still looks bare.
Key Findings
Observation was verified as research-grade on iNaturalist, meaning the species ID has been confirmed by the community
Sighting located in New Westminster, within Osoberry's native Pacific Northwest range
Osoberry (Oemleria cerasiformis) is notable for being among the earliest-blooming native shrubs in the region
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A citizen scientist confirmed a research-grade sighting of Osoberry, one of the Pacific Northwest's earliest-blooming native shrubs, growing in New Westminster, British Columbia.
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Original paper
Osoberry (Oemleria cerasiformis) observed in New Westminster
Research-grade observation of Osoberry in New Westminster.
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Oemleria is a small genus in the rose family native to the Pacific coast areas of North America. It includes one living species, Oemleria cerasiformis and one species described from Washington state fossils, Oemleria janhartfordae.