This was not a tree I was familiar with before this trip, although I had heard of it. Still, it…
Finding these trees was a prime objective of the coastal part of my recent journey. Going by the common names…
Last Thursday, thanks to certification by people who obviously don’t know me at the Universal Life Church (though henceforth I…
I’m going to take a brief break from talking about conifers in my plant posts, to address one of my…
These members of the parsley family (Apiaceae) have several common names, including Pacific water-parsley, oenanthe, Pacific water-dropwort, and American water-parsley.…
They say this plant blooms from June through September, but I always associate it with the month of August. It…
These beautiful, but non native, pond lilies in the family Nymphaeaceae (which are oddly neither a monocot nor a eudicot,…
I almost missed this plant on the trip to McBride Lake. I was apparently tunnel visioned when I passed it…
Almost everybody is familiar with Nuphar polysepala, which goes by many common names, including yellow pond lily, great yellow cow lily, spatterdock, Indian…
I found these members of Montiaceae (miner’s lettuce family, although until 15 years ago they were considered to be part…