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The Portland, Oregon area also receives the occasional ice storm.

This means that a warm front brings rain while the ground (and the air temperature at ground level) remain below freezing. This year these conditions, coming after the snow, remained for over 3 days, with an ice build-up on plants (and houses and cars and streets) of an inch or more. Trees tend to break off branches, and some will even topple from the weight of the ice.
droopy branches The lowest branches are so weighed down with ice that they are supported by the ground. At least these branches won't break from the weight
embedded fir needles coated fir branches
heivily weighed down Douglas Fir branch thick ice on top, none on the underside
embedded fir needles coated fir branches
curly ice patterns on a contorted white pine 16 inch diameter brush end of a ponderosa pine
Lem's Cameo unnamed hybrid
At least this bud of Lem's Cameo should bloom next spring The lower leaves of these trusses were already drooping from the cold, so they didn't collect much rain/ice
an ice-covered collection rosebud azalea
Under the ice, all rhodies start to look the same The same Rosebud azalea that showed the frost on an earlier page
R. calophytum a leaner
R calophytum, with 10 inch leaves The more the ice builds up, the further over the truss leans
R. occidentale Sir Charles Lemon
A truss of the azalea R. occidentale Sir Charles Lemon, showing the effects of a temporary melting
grape vine tendril shiitake mushroom
An ice-coated tendril of a grape vine Ice coating a shiitake mushroom cap and two old mushroom stalks
sunrise surprise bud Martha Isaacson
Ice coating a bud of an unregistered azalea A thicket of ice on the azaleodendron Martha Isaacson
hummingbird ice forest
An ice-coated hummingbird won't fly fast or far in this weather These branches were almost upright before the ice storm
a clear ice ball The ice is very clear to start with, but with a little bit of finger warming, it looks like a gigantic upside down water drop.
The ice can get heavy enough to break the branches off of trees, or sometimes even topple the entire tree. This was at a Portland Chapter member's house. The driveway is NOT wet, but coated with a thick layer of ice  

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