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Category: Ericales

Vaccinium ovatum (Evergreen Huckleberry)

December 9, 2022 Dan Nelson 11 Comments

Anyone who has spent time in the coastal forests of our region has undoubtedly seen Vaccinium ovatum (which is also apparently known…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Ericaceae (Heathers), Ericales, Eudicots, Plants, Species Profiles, Vaccinium Filed under: Evergreen Huckleberry, Vaccinium ovatum

Arbutus menziesii (Pacific Madrone, Madrona)

May 4, 2022 Dan Nelson 6 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

Polemonium occidentale (Western Jacob’s Ladder)

June 19, 2021 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

This rather spectacular member of the phlox family (Polemoniaceae) also goes by the names of western sky-pilot, western polemonium, and…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Ericales, Eudicots, Plants, Polemoniaceae, Polemoniaceae, Polemonium, Species Profiles

Rhododendron macrophyllum (Pacific Rhododendron)

June 18, 2021 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

Rhododendrons (and their congeneric cousins azaleas) are widespread, approaching ubiquity, in the cultivated landscapes of our region, although I much…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Ericaceae (Heathers), Ericales, Eudicots, Plants, Rhododendron, Species Profiles Filed under: Pacific rhododendron, Rhododendron macrophyllum

Gaultheria shallon (Salal)

June 12, 2021 Dan Nelson 10 Comments

Salal may be the first wild shrub I ever learned to identify. It was pointed out and named to me…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Ericaceae (Heathers), Ericales, Eudicots, Gaultheria, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Gaultheria shallon, Salal

Lysimachia latifolia

May 24, 2021 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

When I first found and identified this species a decade ago I knew it as Trientalis latifolia, in the family…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Ericales, Eudicots, Lysimachia, Plants, Primulaceae, Species Profiles Filed under: Lysimachia latifolia

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Kinnikinnick)

May 4, 2021 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

This is an interesting and important genus, especially in some coastal areas. There are over 60 species in North America,…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Arctostaphylos, Ericaceae (Heathers), Ericales, Eudicots, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Kinnikinnick

Microsteris gracilis

March 15, 2021 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

This is another little flower that I have seen many times before and never took the time to identify. It…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Ericales, Eudicots, Microsteris, Plants, Polemoniaceae, Species Profiles Filed under: Microsteris gracilis, Midget Phlox, Slender Phlox

Impatiens capensis (Cape Jewelweed)

August 10, 2020 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

With its orange, abstract French horn flowers, a blooming Cape Jewelweed isn’t likely to be confused with any other plant.…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Balsaminaceae, Ericales, Eudicots, Impatiens, Plants Filed under: Cape Jewelweed, Impatiens capensis, Orange Jewlweed, Touch-me-not

Hemitomes congestum (Gnome Plant)

August 8, 2020 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

Hemitomes is a monotypic genus of monotropoids in the eudicotic family Ericaceae, containing only the parasitic plant Hemitomes congestum. These…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Ericaceae (Heathers), Ericales, Eudicots, Hemitomes, Plants Filed under: Gnome Plant, Hemitomes congestum

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