Who doesn’t love Pacific Bleeding Hearts? Many, many years ago, the first time I saw this species in the wild,…
This native shrub is quite the useful member of the Rosaceae family, providing nearly year around food to various forest…
A pretty little member of the mustard family (Brassicaceae), Cardamine nuttallii goes by many common names, among which are Nuttall’s toothwort,…
These beautiful flowering plants, another true herald of spring, go by many common names, including western trillium, Pacific trillium, western…
This very common member of the family Oxalidaceae goes by the common names Redwood sorrel, Oregon wood sorrel, and Oregon…
Every year I really look forward to a late March stroll on the Burnt Bridge Creek Trail in Vancouver, Washington,…
Last winter while exploring The Cliff I happened upon some large toothed leaves that looked familiar and somewhat saxifrage-ish. It…
I have to admit that I had never before taken the time to properly identify one of the popcorn flowers,…
This is another little flower that I have seen many times before and never took the time to identify. It…
Well, the taxonomists have been busy again, complicating the identifications made by us recreational naturalists. What used to be Saxifraga…