Baneberry (Actaea rubra)
Hamilton Mountain Trail, Columbia Gorge, WA, 5/2014.
This member of the buttercup family is seen at all elevations across most of the the Northeast, North-central, and Western U.S. (more…)
Brewer’s Mitrewort (Mitella breweri)
Inlet of “Big” Cougar Lake, William O. Douglas Wilderness, WA, 7/2014.
The name has us thinking of mitrewort beer, but it’s actually named after William Henry Brewer (1828-1910), a prestigious botanist who explored California and the northwest, and has his name on several flowers. (more…)
Pacific Dogwood (Cornus nuttallii)
Rainy Lake Road, Columbia Gorge, OR, 6/2014.
Discovered to be a different species than the similar, eastern variety by botanist John Nuttall in 1835 (more…)
Silvery Raillardella (Raillardella argentea)
Collier Cone, Three Sisters Wilderness, OR, 8/2013.
According to Turner & Gustafson (Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest), this groundsel relative is found mostly in California, and is rare in central and southern Oregon. (more…)
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