My Tronsen Ridge Suite
Last week I made a seed collecting foray to Tronsen Ridge above Blewett Pass, escaping the smoke-filled Wenatchee Valley. This area is easily…
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Endemic Plants: Special Ones from the Wenatchee Mountains
Thompson’s clover (Trifolium thompsonii) Endemic plants are those found only in a limited geographic area. The Wenatchee Mountains of Chelan and Kittitas Counties…
Native Cacti of Central Washington
Cactus plants (of the family Cactaceae) are native to the Western Hemisphere, with Mexico having the greatest diversity of species. In the US…
Late summer flowers for native pollinators
Parnassian butterfly on coyote mint (Monardella odoratissimma), late August at 4500′ Most of our native wildflowers of the lower elevations of Central Washington are at…
Head for the hills… for the wildflowers
Eriogonum ovalifolium near Windy Pass By late June the wildflowers at the lower elevations in Central Washington are past their peak, but at higher…