For my 300th species profile I decided to go with something that I last found last spring. The reason I…
When it is blooming, Aruncus dioicous is unmistakable. Nothing else has those panicles with thin racemes of tiny white flowers.…
On our recent trip recent trip into the Cascades I indulged in a bit of photography gluttony and used up…
This subtly beautiful member of the family Liliaceae goes by various common names, including Cascade mariposa lily, mountain mariposa, subalpine…
For the 4th of July weekend I went camping/mothing with my friend Craig Sondergaard and his grandson William. Our destination…
Well, I finally found an easy-to-identify flower fly (family Syrphidae). There is simply nothing else that looks like a well…
Flush with success after identifying Lolium perenne (perennial ryegrass) I decided to tackle another grass, but I missed badly on this one.…
During this hot weather (3 consecutive days of all time record highs in the Vancouver/Portland metro area) I have finally…
There has been a bit of a taxonomic upheaval in what used to be the genus Lotus, with most of…
Yesterday was very hot in the PNW (all time records falling everywhere; and today is forecast to be hotter), so…