Flush with success after identifying Lolium perenne (perennial ryegrass) I decided to tackle another grass, but I missed badly on this one.…
There has been a bit of a taxonomic upheaval in what used to be the genus Lotus, with most of…
I had never identified this pretty but easily overlooked member of the family Rosaceae, which goes by the common names…
I have a confession to make. Not only am I not good with the members of Asteraceae, I often don’t…
Woohoo! I identified my first grass! It is a European introduction, and was probably planted nearby, but this specimen was…
This rather spectacular member of the phlox family (Polemoniaceae) also goes by the names of western sky-pilot, western polemonium, and…
Rhododendrons (and their congeneric cousins azaleas) are widespread, approaching ubiquity, in the cultivated landscapes of our region, although I much…
Last Sunday I made the leap and took a grass workshop with Cindy Roché (co-author of the wonderful book “Field…
Salal may be the first wild shrub I ever learned to identify. It was pointed out and named to me…
This was the native plant of the trip to Long Beach Peninsula last weekend, a plant that not only had…