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…
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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…
Desert Buckwheats: Star Qualities but Often Overlooked
Cushion buckwheat (E. ovalifolium) Desert or wild buckwheats (Eriogonum sp.), members of the Buckwheat family (Polygonaceae), are native to North America with the…
What are these magic beans?
What native plant from Chelan County yields such large and distinctive seeds? Why, it’s our only native peony! Brown’s peony (Paeonia brownii) is…
From this little seed a mighty tree will grow
One of my favorite tasks in propagating native plants is being able to go into the hills and along the rivers to collect seeds, often…