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Category: Monocots

Juncus effusus ssp. effusus

July 17, 2022 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

So, I got lucky with my first attempt at identifying a rush, because Juncus effusus (also known as pasture rush, soft rush,…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Juncaceae, Juncus, Monocots, Plants, Poales, Species Profiles

Holcus lanatus

June 29, 2022 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

When I found these grasses on the Cowlitz River dike the first thing I noticed was that the inflorescence was…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Holcus, Holcus, Monocots, Plants, Poaceae, Poales, Species Profiles Filed under: Holcus lanatus

Hordeum murinum

June 25, 2022 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

I’m sure many parents and hikers, and especially pet owners, are not fond of this species (which goes by a…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Hordeum, Monocots, Plants, Poaceae, Poales, Species Profiles Filed under: Hordeum murinum, Mouse Barley, Wall Barley

Iris tenax

June 21, 2022 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

Due, I’m assuming, to our cool and abnormally wet spring, it has not been a banner year for Iris tenax.Though I…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Asparagales, Iridaceae, Iris, Monocots, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Iris tenax, Oregon Iris, Toughleaf Iris

Alopecurus pratensis (Meadow Foxtail)

May 17, 2022 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

I’ve forgotten almost everything I learned from Cindy Roché when I took her grass workshop last June, but I still…

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Posted in: Alopecurus, Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Monocots, Plants, Poaceae, Poales, Species Profiles Filed under: Alopecurus pratensis, Meadow Foxtail

Camassia quamash (Common Camas)

May 14, 2022 Dan Nelson 7 Comments

This evening I’m proud and honored to bring you a guest profile from my non-binary offspring Morgan Nelson; On May…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Asparagaceae, Asparagales, Camassia, Monocots, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Camassia quamash, Common Camas

Lemna minor (Common Duckweed)

September 9, 2021 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

For hundreds of years these tiny aquatic plants were considered to form part of the family Lemnaceae. But morphological similarities…

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Posted in: Alismatales, Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Araceae, Lemna, Monocots, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Common Duckweed, Lemna minor

Erythronium montanum (Avalanche Lily)

July 24, 2021 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

One of the great joys of spring in the western Cascades is finding Avalanche Lilies, sometimes in large aggregations with…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Erythronium, Liliaceae, Liliales, Monocots, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Avalanche Lily, Erythronium montanum

Lilium columbianum (Columbia Lily)

July 21, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

Possibly it’s because orange is one of the colors that really ‘pops’ in a landscape for these color blind eyes;…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Liliaceae, Liliales, Lilium, Monocots, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Columbia Lily, Lilium columbianum

Xerophyllum tenax (Beargrass)

July 15, 2021 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

This distinctive member of the family Melaniaceae (corn lily) can be very common in subalpine settings, it’s tall, stalked flowering…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Liliales, Melanthiaceae, Monocots, Plants, Species Profiles, Xerophyllum Filed under: Beargrass, Xerophyllum tenax

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