Mirror Lake, Rooster Rock State Park, OR, 7/2015.
The big-heads of this aster family member can be dried, powdered and used as snuff, (more…)
September 3, 2018 | Categories: aster/composite, Coastal, Columbia Gorge East, Columbia Gorge West, Low Elevation, marsh wetland/water's edge, Mid Elevation, Oregon, September, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Willamette Valley, yellow | Tags: Helen of Troy, mirror lake, Rooster Rock State Park, snuff, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
Sheep Rock Unit, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, OR, 10/2017.
Golden rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa) framed the arid piñon-juniper desertscape in our recent fall trip to Eastern Oregon. We saw them blooming everywhere across the rolling hills near the John Day Fossil Beds. They look similar to sagebrush (more…)
October 21, 2017 | Categories: aster/composite, Columbia Gorge East, East of Cascades, grasslands, grasslands/prarie, Low Elevation, Mid Elevation, October, Oregon, roadsides/disturbed areas, September, Southern Oregon / Northern California, yellow | Tags: Flowers, John Day Fossil Beds, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
Ridgefield Wildlife Preserve, WA, 9/2015.
This rustic, but pretty, flower is common to much of North America. (more…)
October 9, 2017 | Categories: Balsam, Cascades, Coastal, Columbia Gorge West, Low Elevation, marsh wetland/water's edge, orange/red, Oregon, roadsides/disturbed areas, September, Washington, Willamette Valley | Tags: flower, pacific northwest, Wildflowers | 1 Comment
Marble Mountains, CA. 6/2005.
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April 2, 2011 | Categories: April, August, California, Cascades, Coastal, Columbia Gorge West, edible, heath, July, June, Low Elevation, May, medicinal, pink, rocky slopes, September, Southern Oregon / Northern California | Tags: flower, Marble Mountains, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
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