One of the great joys of spring in the western Cascades is finding Avalanche Lilies, sometimes in large aggregations with…
Possibly it’s because orange is one of the colors that really ‘pops’ in a landscape for these color blind eyes;…
Though I’ve thought that I had found these fairly distinctive and interesting members of the rose family before, I had…
This distinctive member of the family Melaniaceae (corn lily) can be very common in subalpine settings, it’s tall, stalked flowering…
When it is blooming, Aruncus dioicous is unmistakable. Nothing else has those panicles with thin racemes of tiny white flowers.…
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…
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…