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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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…
Recovering from wildland fire
A smoky time in the nursery; normally you’d see hills and mountains in the background of the above photo. The dramatic lightning storm…
Wildflower quiz!
I made time last week to venture up to Colockum Pass above Wenatchee. There is a rough road leading to this area at…
Columbia lewisia – cheerful and helpful!
Central Washington has some gorgeous species from the Portulacaceae, among them the Western spring beauties (Claytonia lanceolata) that begin the season, the striking…