I’m not really much of a forager, and I can’t say I’ve ever tried the fruit of Rubus leucodermis (known as blackcaps,…
The first time I noticed this plant was last fall when I was looking for Pinus albicaulis (White-bark Pine), and I…
Before you start cursing Rubus ursinus (variously called Pacific blackberry, Pacific dewberry, trailing blackberry, California blackberry, California dewberry, California grapeleaf dewberry, and…
There is something almost homey about thimbleberries (Rubus parviflorus), with their large, soft leaves, lack of thorns, and large, graceful,…
This beautiful member of the rose family has many common names, including western hardhack, Douglas’ spiraea, steeplebush, and western, pink…
This handsome shrub in the family Rosaceae is common to abundant in the Douglas fir dominated forests of our region.…
Though I’ve thought that I had found these fairly distinctive and interesting members of the rose family before, I had…
When it is blooming, Aruncus dioicous is unmistakable. Nothing else has those panicles with thin racemes of tiny white flowers.…
I had never identified this pretty but easily overlooked member of the family Rosaceae, which goes by the common names…
I don’t usually post a subspecies as a profile, but the genus Potentilla is in flux. Pacific silverweed was a…