Almost everybody is familiar with Nuphar polysepala, which goes by many common names, including yellow pond lily, great yellow cow lily, spatterdock, Indian…
I found these members of Montiaceae (miner’s lettuce family, although until 15 years ago they were considered to be part…
This is my favorite lupine, mostly because it is one of the two lupines that I can identify on sight…
So, I got lucky with my first attempt at identifying a rush, because Juncus effusus (also known as pasture rush, soft rush,…
I first noticed this plant while wandering around with a headlamp waiting for bugs to show up at my lights…
Probably almost everyone reading this has had at least one painful encounter with stinging nettles, and has hopefully already learned…
I don’t often find Frangula purshiana (also known as cascara buckthorn, bearberry, cascara, cascara sagrada, chittam bark, coffee-tree) in isolated spots where…
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…