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Cascading Ocean Spray Despite it being a very dry spring the Ocean Spray is putting on a great show this year. It is also known as Ironwood and the First Nations used the stems for arrows, bows, digging sticks, nails and anywhere a very hard wood was needed. The wood was further hardened by treating with heat (fire) and then polished using horsetail. Canada,Geotagged,Holodiscus discolor,Ocean spray,Spring Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Cascading Ocean Spray

Despite it being a very dry spring the Ocean Spray is putting on a great show this year. It is also known as Ironwood and the First Nations used the stems for arrows, bows, digging sticks, nails and anywhere a very hard wood was needed. The wood was further hardened by treating with heat (fire) and then polished using horsetail.

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The Ocean spray

''Holodiscus discolor'', commonly known as ocean spray or oceanspray, creambush, or ironwood, is a shrub of western North America.

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Uploaded Jun 18, 2019. Captured Jun 18, 2019 12:06 in 325 Harbour Rd, Whaletown, BC V0P 1Z0, Canada.
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  • E-M5MarkII
  • f/11.0
  • 1/640s
  • ISO400
  • 74mm