Royal Lake Campground, Olympic NP, 7/2016.
Last July we found a single specimen (above) of this uncommon primrose peeking out from among the rocks near Royal Lake Campground. One year later, and a few miles west, (more…)
July 15, 2017 | Categories: Alpine, alpine/subalpine meadow, Cascades, Coastal, Columbia Gorge West, July, pink, primrose, rocky slopes, Unique to Northwest, Washington | Tags: Buckhorn Wilderness, flower, marmot pass, Olympic National Park, pacific northwest, royal basin, royal lake, wildflower | Leave a comment
Castle Rock Trail, Tumwater Canyon, WA. 5/2017
Ran across this single specimen of an uncommon late-spring flower we’d spent days looking for in the Columbia Gorge, (more…)
May 29, 2017 | Categories: Cascades, Columbia Gorge East, East of Cascades, Low Elevation, May, Mid Elevation, purple/blue, rocky slopes, saxifrage, Unique to Northwest, Washington | Tags: Flowers, tumwater canyon, wildflower | Leave a comment
Chiwaukum Creek Trail, Wenatchee NF, WA, 5/2017.
The largest member of the Lewisia family grows at low and mid-elevations almost exclusively in the Wenatchee Mountains in central Washington. Frank Tweedy, a botanist with the US Geological Survey stumbled upon this beauty while working with the Northern Pacific Railway in 1882. (more…)
May 15, 2017 | Categories: Cascades, Low Elevation, May, Mid Elevation, pink, purslane, rocky slopes, shaded forests, Unique to Northwest, Washington | Tags: chiwaukum, Flowers, leavenworth, pacific northwest, wenatchee, Wildflowers | 2 Comments
Table Rock Trail, Table Rock Wilderness, OR 8/2016.
Easy to miss, and difficult to identify (more…)
August 7, 2016 | Categories: Cascades, Columbia Gorge East, Columbia Gorge West, heath, July, Low Elevation, Mid Elevation, Olympics, Oregon, pink, shaded forests, Southern Oregon / Northern California, yellow | Tags: flower, Larch Mountain, saprophytic/mycotrophic, Table Rock Wilderness, Wildflowers | 1 Comment
Horseshoe Basin, Pasayten Wilderness, WA, 7/2016.
We’ve only encountered this heather variety a handful of times; (more…)
August 4, 2016 | Categories: Alpine, alpine/subalpine meadow, Cascades, Columbia Gorge East, East of Cascades, heath, July, Olympics, Washington, yellow | Tags: flower, horseshoe basin, pasayten wilderness, wildflower | 1 Comment
Saddle Mountain Trail, Saddle Mountain State Natural Area, OR, 6/2015.
Looking very much like its better know relative Farewell-to-spring (Clarkia amoena), (more…)
June 27, 2016 | Categories: Cascades, Coastal, Columbia Gorge East, dry open woods, evening primrose/willowherb, grasslands, grasslands/prarie, June, Low Elevation, May, Mid Elevation, pink, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Uncategorized, Willamette Valley | Tags: flower, horse rock ridge, Saddle Mountain, wildflower | Leave a comment
Hamilton Mountain Trail, Columbia Gorge, WA, 6/2015.
This member of the purslane family prefers rocky cliffs, making it difficult to get good close-ups of it without risking life and limb. (more…)
June 12, 2016 | Categories: Alpine, Cascades, Coastal, Columbia Gorge West, July, June, Mid Elevation, pink, purslane, rocky slopes, Unique to Northwest | Tags: Columbia Gorge, flower, Hamilton Mountain, Wildflowers | 1 Comment
Hebo Lake State Park, OR, 6/2015.
There are two species of water lily commonly found in northwest lakes and ponds: the previously posted, and native yellow variety, Nuphar polysepalum, and this showier non-native. (more…)
July 30, 2015 | Categories: aquatic, August, Cascades, Coastal, Columbia Gorge East, Columbia Gorge West, July, Low Elevation, Oregon, Southern Oregon / Northern California, water-lily, white | Tags: flower, wildflower | 1 Comment
Iron Mountain, OR, 7/2014.
Much like Spotted Coral Root, only without the spots, this plant is sometime called “Western Coral Root”. (more…)
July 21, 2015 | Categories: Cascades, Coastal, Columbia Gorge West, July, June, Low Elevation, Mid Elevation, orchid, Oregon, pink, saprophytic/mycotrophic, shaded forests, Southern Oregon / Northern California | Tags: flower, Iron Mountain, saprophytic/mycotrophic, Wildflowers | 1 Comment
Hamilton Mountain Trail, Columbia Gorge, WA, 6/2015.
This small, unassuming woodland flower does not immediately seem similar to its more common relative, rotundiflora. (more…)
July 13, 2015 | Categories: bellflower, Cascades, Coastal, Columbia Gorge West, July, purple/blue, shaded forests, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Unique to Northwest, Washington, white | Tags: Columbia Gorge, flower, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
Saddle Mountain Trail, Saddle Mountain State Natural Area, OR, 6/2015.
