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Category: Eudicots

Frangula purshiana

July 3, 2022 Dan Nelson 8 Comments

I don’t often find Frangula purshiana (also known as cascara buckthorn, bearberry, cascara, cascara sagrada, chittam bark, coffee-tree) in isolated spots where…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Frangula, Plants, Rhamnaceae, Rosales, Species Profiles Filed under: Cascara, Frangula purshiana

Acer circinatum (Vine Maple)

June 17, 2022 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

Bigleaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) get all of the press because they are huge, beautiful, shade providing, moss and lichen and…

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Posted in: Acer, Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Plants, Sapindaceae, Sapindales, Species Profiles Filed under: Acer circinatum, Vine Maple

Achlys triphylla

June 13, 2022 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

After 4 straight animal posts (3 of them vertebrates), I thought I’d turn to the botanical world for this profile.…

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Posted in: Achlys, Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Berberidaceae, Eudicots, Plants, Ranunculales, Species Profiles Filed under: Achlys triphylla, Sweet after death, Vanilla Leaf

Plectritis congesta (Rosy Plectritis)

May 23, 2022 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

One of the joys of spring is finding large patches of Rosy Plectritis brightening up the meadows with their vibrant…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Caprifoliaceae, Dipsacales, Eudicots, Plants, Plectritis, Species Profiles, Valeriana Filed under: Plectritis congesta, Rosy Plectritis

Viola glabella

May 13, 2022 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

These wonderful plants, which are also known colloquially as the smooth yellow violet, pioneer violet, and the stream violet, were…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Malpighiales, Plants, Species Profiles, Viola, Violaceae Filed under: Viola glabella

Anemone oregana (Oregon Anemone)

May 12, 2022 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

On my recent trip to the Wind River in Skamania County I was somewhat disappointed to find a dearth of…

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Posted in: Anemone, Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Plants, Ranunculaceae, Ranunculales, Species Profiles Filed under: Anemone oregana, Oregon Anemone

Erythranthe alsinoides

May 8, 2022 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

I have to admit that in my recreational naturalist investigations I am most drawn to the relationships amongst lifeforms. I also…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Erythranthe, Eudicots, Lamiales, Phrymaceae, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Erythranthe alsinoides

Arbutus menziesii (Pacific Madrone, Madrona)

May 4, 2022 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

For those who may be wondering about my recent hiatus, I discuss that in the blog titled ‘Refocusing in Retirement’.…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Arbutus, Ericaceae (Heathers), Ericales, Eudicots, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Arbutus menziesii, Madrona, Pacific Madrone

Ulex europaeus (Gorse)

January 25, 2022 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I have finally finished organizing the photos I’ve taken over the last few years. Well, that is not an accurate…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Fabaceae (Legumes), Fabales, Plants, Species Profiles, Ulex

Solanum lycopersicum (Tomato)

October 20, 2021 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

Well, I can guarantee you folks that I never expected to be writing a profile for this site about a…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Plants, Solanaceae, Solanales, Solanum, Species Profiles Filed under: Solanum lycopersicum, Tomato

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