I wasn’t positive that I would find Plagiomnium insigne at The Cliff. It is a very common forest floor species…
This is the other yellow/chartreuse, vulpinic acid producing lichen I found near Catherine Creek. I had been positive that it…
This moss is unusual amongst mosses of my experience, although it is apparently a very common species, because it was…
I love lichens! I find their multiplicity of forms and colors to be quite beautiful. But if your idea of…
A few years ago, when embarrassment at my ignorance finally outweighed the inertial resistance to the effort required to learn…
This fern is ubiquitous in conifer forests of western North America. So common, in fact, that it was one of…
This was a new species to me, but one I was hoping to find on The Cliff, since it is…
Today we are going to talk about another inhabitant of the cliffside ecosystem, the carnivorous snail Haplotrema vancouverense. All of…
Next up on my cliff survey is the liverwort Porella navicularis, representing a new division (phylum) for these profiles, Marchantiophyta.…
Next up on my cliff inhabitants survey is the Western Red-backed Salamander. The books say this is the most common…