Steens summit, Steens Mountain Wilderness, OR , 7/2025.
*8/2025 Update* Just back from a fabulous trip to Steens Mountain where we saw this great specimen steps from the summit overlooking Wildhorse Lake. Read the rest of this page »
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Hooker’s Indian Pink (Silene hookeri)
Along the Applegate River, Rogue River-Siskiyou NF, OR, 5/2025.
This charming pink family catch-fly was our prize of a early summer weekend on the Applegate River south of Jacksonville. Read the rest of this page »
Slender Bog Orchid (Platanthera stricta)
Pacific Crest Trail, near Sand Lake, WA, 7/2021.
We’re slowly getting better at identifying different varieties of bog orchids. Read the rest of this page »
Water Smartweed (Polygonum amphibium)
Lava Lake, OR, 8/2024.
We’ve posted some aquatic plants in the past, but this plant (as its scientific name implies) is truly amphibious! Read the rest of this page »
Columbian Monkshood (Aconitum columbianum)
Gumboot Lake, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, CA, 7/2023.
Although several of our guidebooks say these can be found in “moist woods”, we typically find them in meadows, near streams or lakes, Read the rest of this page »
Yellow Penstemon (Penstemon confertus)
Tatoosh Ridge, Tatoosh Wilderness Area, WA 7/2024.
There are so many penstemon varieties in the Pacific Northwest that it can be hard to identify them. Read the rest of this page »
Elegant Rein Orchid (Piperia elegans)
Saddle Mountain State Park, OR, 7/2018.
It’s always a pleasure to encounter orchids on a hike. This particular flower can be difficult to distinguish from a White Bog Orchid.
Blue Mountain Prairie-clover (Dalea ornata)
Ochoco Highway near Mitchell, OR 6/2023.
A big patch of these flowers along the roadside drew our eye on a trip through Central Oregon. Read the rest of this page »
White Water Buttercup (Ranunculus aquatilis)
Twin Peaks Trail, Mill Creek Wilderness, Ochoco National Forest, OR, 6/2021.
This aquatic buttercup, which is native to most of Europe, western North America, and North Africa, was new to us. Read the rest of this page »
Three-leaf lewisia (Lewisia triphylla)
Lookout Mountain Trail, Ochoco NF, OR 6/2023.
We’re happy to post yet another Lewisia species! In this case the small Three-leaf Lewisia, L. triphylla. Read the rest of this page »
Bird’s-foot Trefoil (Hosackia oblongifolia, H. pinnata, & H. gracilis)
H. oblongifolia, Park Creek Trail, Shasta-Lassen NF. 7/2023.
Relatives of the common garden pea, native and non-native Trefoils are abundant in the pacific northwest woods. The three native varieties we’ve seen are from the Hosackia genus: Read the rest of this page »
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