So, I got lucky with my first attempt at identifying a rush, because Juncus effusus (also known as pasture rush, soft rush,…
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…
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…
For hundreds of years these tiny aquatic plants were considered to form part of the family Lemnaceae. But morphological similarities…
One of the great joys of spring in the western Cascades is finding Avalanche Lilies, sometimes in large aggregations with…
Possibly it’s because orange is one of the colors that really ‘pops’ in a landscape for these color blind eyes;…
This distinctive member of the family Melaniaceae (corn lily) can be very common in subalpine settings, it’s tall, stalked flowering…