This member of the family Rhamnaceae, which goes by the common names Oregon tea tree, redstem ceanothus, redstem wild lilac,…
Anemone deltoidea apparently sometimes goes by the common names 3-leaf anemone and western white anemone, but I’ve always called it Columbia…
When I ran into a fairly large patch of this whilst wandering along the road above Canyon Creek after I…
As I mentioned in ‘First mothing trip of the year’, there were several of these spiders prowling the area on…
I have had a bit of a mental block with the species in the genera Montia and Claytonia. Back in 2010 when I started…
This is the pretty, colorful geometrid moth I mentioned in ‘First mothing trip of the year, Dysstroma citrata (the dark marbled carpet…
I did end up going trout fishing up at Canyon Creek in nw Clark County, Washington, on opening day, but…
Maianthemum dilatatum is not a spectacular wildflower by itself, though they are certainly a pretty one. But large patches of them,…
These snails were some of the other cool finds from my trip to the confluence of the Green/NF Toutle rivers…
I love the texture that the branched horsetails give to the areas that they inhabit, but I’ve been reluctant to…