Home Sweet Home, Olympic National Park, WA, 8/2018.
If ever one needs a reminder that flowers exist to attract pollinators rather than for human enjoyment, look no further than the homely sawwort. (more…)
August 20, 2018 | Categories: alpine/subalpine meadow, aster/composite, August, Cascades, July, Mid Elevation, Olympics, purple/blue, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Unique to Northwest, Washington | Tags: flower, home sweet home, north fork skokomish trail, Olympic National Park, skokomish river, wildflower | Leave a comment
Umtanum Creek Recreation Area, Yakima River Canyon, WA, 6/2018.
We encountered this bright yellow buckwheat shrub dotting the pale dry sagebrush steppe in the Yakima River Valley in early summer. (more…)
August 5, 2018 | Categories: buckwheat, Columbia Gorge East, East of Cascades, grasslands/prarie, June, Low Elevation, Mid Elevation, Southern Oregon / Northern California, umbel, Unique to Northwest, Washington, yellow | Tags: Flowers, moths, sagebrush, Umtanum, wild, Yakima River | Leave a comment
South Puyallup Trail, Mt Rainier National Park, WA, 7/2015.
This member of the orchid family is common in conifer woodlands across the west and northwest. (more…)
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August 2, 2018 | Categories: Alpine, August, Cascades, Coastal, Columbia Gorge West, dry open woods, Low Elevation, Mid Elevation, Olympics, orchid, Oregon, raceme, SE Alaska, shaded forests, Southern Oregon / Northern California, white, Willamette Valley | Tags: flower, north beach penninsula, Puyallup, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
