
Tire Mountain, Willamette National Forest, OR, 7/2019.
Often seen growing amid browning grasses from drying soil, this lovely flower gets its common name from the fact that it appears as many spring blooms are dying back, often carpeting full hillsides. (more…)
July 30, 2019 | Categories: Cascades, Coastal, Columbia Gorge West, grasslands, grasslands/prarie, July, June, Low Elevation, pink, SE Alaska, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Unique to Northwest, Washington, Willamette Valley | Tags: clarkia, flower, godetia, Hamilton Mountain, tire mountain, wildflower | Leave a comment

Hardy Ridge Trail, Columbia Gorge, WA, 6/2015.
We see three species of wild allium with some regularity on hikes in the Columbia Gorge and Cascades (more…)
January 28, 2018 | Categories: Alpine, alpine/subalpine meadow, August, Cascades, Columbia Gorge West, edible, July, lily, Olympics, rocky slopes, umbel, Washington, white | Tags: Flowers, Hamilton Mountain, wildflower | Leave a comment

Silver Star Mountain, Columbia Gorge, WA, 7/2017.
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

Hamilton Mountain Trail, Columbia Gorge, WA, 7/2014.
Yesterday, we saw over thirty specimens of this supposedly uncommon saprophyte along the first two miles of the Hamilton Mountain trail (along with four Phantom orchids)! (more…)
July 6, 2014 | Categories: August, Cascades, Coastal, Columbia Gorge West, heath, July, Low Elevation, saprophytic/mycotrophic, shaded forests, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Washington, white | Tags: Columbia Gorge, flower, Hamilton Mountain, Wildflowers | Leave a comment