I had no idea what this unprepossesing plant was when I first found it on the trip to Mt. Hood…
A couple days after I found the population of Ceanothus velutinus that I write of in that profile, I found some more…
It is always a treat to find orchids of any sort, because not only do they tend to be quite…
There are only a few blues that I can identify on sight, without having to go through David Droppers’ excellent…
Hypericum anagalloides is one of the plants I found on the margins of the bog that I talk about in the…
The most exciting find on the afternoon I encountered the Ceanothus velutinus was this spectacular Lepturobosca chrysocoma beetle. I’ve been trying to photograph one…
I made several tactical errors before and during a trip I made to Mt. Hood on the 5th of July.…
These delightful little flowers puzzled the heck out of me when I found them growing along the margins of the…
I always enjoy watching American Emeralds patrolling an area, because the bronzy thorax and bright green eyes almost glow in…
As I mentioned in the blog South Prairie, I had never before managed to find this elegant plant in bloom, and I…