So, I have to be honest here- I’m pretty darn sure these photos show only Phlox diffusa (spreading phlox), but I’m not…
On both of my recent trips to Mt. Hood I saw a few dozen of these pretty little noctuid moths,…
The first time I noticed this plant was last fall when I was looking for Pinus albicaulis (White-bark Pine), and I…
Some of the bugs that I was most disappointed in not being able to net during the trip I talk…
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…