I don’t often find Frangula purshiana (also known as cascara buckthorn, bearberry, cascara, cascara sagrada, chittam bark, coffee-tree) in isolated spots where…
When I found these grasses on the Cowlitz River dike the first thing I noticed was that the inflorescence was…
I’m sure many parents and hikers, and especially pet owners, are not fond of this species (which goes by a…
Due, I’m assuming, to our cool and abnormally wet spring, it has not been a banner year for Iris tenax.Though I…
Bigleaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) get all of the press because they are huge, beautiful, shade providing, moss and lichen and…
After 4 straight animal posts (3 of them vertebrates), I thought I’d turn to the botanical world for this profile.…
One of the joys of spring is finding large patches of Rosy Plectritis brightening up the meadows with their vibrant…
I’ve forgotten almost everything I learned from Cindy Roché when I took her grass workshop last June, but I still…
This evening I’m proud and honored to bring you a guest profile from my non-binary offspring Morgan Nelson; On May…
These wonderful plants, which are also known colloquially as the smooth yellow violet, pioneer violet, and the stream violet, were…