For hundreds of years these tiny aquatic plants were considered to form part of the family Lemnaceae. But morphological similarities…
I know that many people really dislike Oxalis corniculata, but, as a non-gardener or lawn enthusiast, I’m rather fond of this pretty…
In our region this wonderful, circumboreal member of the family Asteraceae is composed of both native and exotic strains. This…
I love weeds! Possibly I’d feel different if I was a gardener, but since I’m not, and I live in…
This beautiful member of the rose family has many common names, including western hardhack, Douglas’ spiraea, steeplebush, and western, pink…
This member of the family Cornaceae (dogwoods) is an allotetraploid hybrid of Cornus canadensis and C. suecica. Being tetraploid it…
This beautiful member of the family Onagraceae (willowherbs and evening primrose) is known as fireweed in most of western North…
This handsome shrub in the family Rosaceae is common to abundant in the Douglas fir dominated forests of our region.…
This member of the family Polygonaceae goes by the common names of arrowleaf buckwheat, heartleaf buckwheat, and northern buckwheat, and…
I have heard people refer to this member of the family Asteraceae as wooly sunflowers, but that is more properly…