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…
This subtly beautiful member of the family Liliaceae goes by various common names, including Cascade mariposa lily, mountain mariposa, subalpine…
Flush with success after identifying Lolium perenne (perennial ryegrass) I decided to tackle another grass, but I missed badly on this one.…
Woohoo! I identified my first grass! It is a European introduction, and was probably planted nearby, but this specimen was…
Last Sunday I made the leap and took a grass workshop with Cindy Roché (co-author of the wonderful book “Field…
I often wonder how many Fritillaria affinis I have walked by obliviously. The mottled brown and yellow flower almost perfectly…