Hardhack
Hardhack (also known by many other common names such as rose spirea, western spiraea, steeplebush and more) is common wetland flowering bush in the rose family that easily reaches a hight of around 7 feet and can be found in wet soils across the Pacific Northeast and Western Canadian provinces. It attracts a large number of pollinating bees, bumblebees and hummingbirds, and the thick vegetation it provides makes it ideal cover for all sorts of small mammals and birds to take shelter, such as rabbits, towhees and other passerine songbirds. This one was found in full flower on the edge of Soos Creek in Kent, Washington on a cloudy summer day.
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Angiosperms, Douglas' spiraea, Eudicots, Kent, King County, PNW, Pacific NW, Pacific Northwest, Plantae, Rosaceae, Rosales, Rosids, Soos Creek, Spiraea, Spiraea douglasii, Washington, beautiful, beauty, bloom, blooming, blooms, blossom, blossoms, botany, bud, color, dicot, flora, flower, flowers, fresh, green, hardhack, hardhack steeplebush, native, natural, nature, perennial, pink, plant, plants, rose, rose spiraea, shrub, summer, west coast, wild, wildflower, wildflowers
- Contained in galleries
- Rosaceae (Roses and Kin), Pink Wildflowers
