
Eight Dollar Mountain, Selma, OR, 4/2015.
A special two-colored violet found only in serpentine soils at the Oregon-California border, a unique botanical environment we return to again and again. (more…)
September 3, 2019 | Categories: April, California, Low Elevation, May, Mid Elevation, Oregon, purple/blue, shaded forests, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Unique to Northwest, violet, white | Tags: bigfoot, Flowers, hiking, klamath, serpentine, Wildflowers | 4 Comments

Illinois River Trail, Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, OR, 3/2018.
This is one of two similar ceanothus ground covers whose rugged foliage set it apart from the larger more common trailside shrubs in the buckthorn family, (more…)
April 18, 2018 | Categories: buckthorn, California, dry open woods, Low Elevation, May, Oregon, purple/blue, rocky slopes, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Unique to Northwest | Tags: Flowers, hiking, illinois river, serpentine, Wildflowers | Leave a comment

Illinois River Trail, Kalmiopsis Wilderness, OR, 3/2018.
It’s hard to believe that this plant was unknown until Portland botanist Lilla Leach and her husband discovered it in 1930 (more…)
April 2, 2018 | Categories: April, heath, Low Elevation, Oregon, pink, rocky slopes, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Unique to Northwest | Tags: Flowers, hiking, illinois river, Illinois River Trail, leach, serpentine, siskiyou, Wildflowers | 2 Comments

Near Eight-Dollar Mountain, Selma, OR, 4/2015.
The only carnivorous plant native to the west coast. (more…)
April 13, 2015 | Categories: Coastal, March, marsh wetland/water's edge, orange/red, Oregon, Pitcher plant, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Unique to Northwest, yellow | Tags: carnivorous, Eight Dollar Mountain, flower, serpentine, Wildflowers | 1 Comment