Magenta spike
This has come up in a dry, unplanted area below fir trees. It is a spike about 12" tall with small speckled pink flowers that resemble orchids. Very cute but discreet. The flowers are so tiny it was...
View ArticleWhich orchid is this?
Orchids like this one bloom in the dry, wild parts of my garden (Nanoose Bay, BC) at this time every year but I've never determined their proper name. It looks a lot like photos I've seen of Piperia...
View ArticleOak fern
Is this an oak fern? I cannot think what else it could be. The entire plant is only about as big as my hand. No sori on the leaves.
View ArticlePacific NW alpine
I am curious about this pink one of the first photo - a slightly younger version of it appears with the white baneberry in the second photo. They were both taken on a trail above Lake Lousie, probably...
View Articleidentification? another recent alpine flower
Interesting purple/rose frilly??? This was June 29 up near Mount Assiniboine, elev 7000 feet approx. Everything is different away from home! Please & thx. Tomina
View ArticleGarry Oak Leaf Spots
I've noticed these spots on the leaves for a couple of months, but they seem to be getting worse, with some leaves dying. This tree is in it's fourth year, planted as a tiny seedling, it's in Burnaby...
View ArticleSolved: Orthilia secunda
Can someone identify this please? Found growing in wooded area along a streambank at elev ~ 4,000 ft just north of Mt. Rainier Natl Park.
View ArticleMount Baker, Chain Lakes.What kind of grass?
Mount Baker, Chain Lakes. What kind of grass? View attachment 168108 View attachment 168109
View ArticleCaltha palustris..? - found near Mt. Rainier
Found this growing in wooded area along a streambank at elev ~ 4,600 ft just north of Mt. Rainier Natl Park.
View ArticleSmall fern-like plant
Found this growing out of a dry streambed near the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River. Plant is only ~ 6 inches tall.
View ArticleThe Sanctuary at Hastings Park - a native and a probably not
The Sanctuary at Hastings Park is maybe better known as the park at the PNE (Pacific National Exhibition - a two-week summer event, but the location has been fixed for many years and the park is open...
View ArticlePlant ID - is this Polygonum austiniae ?
Not shown on E-flora as present where I found it - Mt. Porter, Alberni Valley, Vancouver Island.
View ArticleEvergreen shrublet ID Desolation Peak Trail North Cascades Natl Park WA
Could anyone help me ID this evergreen shrublet that was growing along the Desolation Peak Trail in the North Cascades National Park in Washington State? See photos attached.
View ArticleLily ID Desolation Peak Trail North Cascades Natl Park WA
Could anyone help me ID this lily that was growing along the Desolation Peak Trail in the North Cascades National Park in Washington State? It had already bloomed and had developed seed pods. I'm think...
View ArticleRose ID Desolation Peak Trail North Cascades Natl Park WA
Could anyone help me ID this wild rose that was growing along the Desolation Peak Trail in the North Cascades National Park in Washington State? It had the most colorful hot pink rose hips.
View Articlesomething is eating this Mountain Ash
I have two native mountain ash trees that up until this year would produce a ton of berries. This year there were no berries and worse still the limbs are being reduced to skeletons - no leaves just...
View ArticleErythranthe scouleri article
Here's a nice article about local botanist Frank Lomer and his discovery of Erythranthe scouleri on the Fraser River: New West botanist discovers rare plant species in Queensborough
View ArticleID Please
ID Please. I need the name of this plant for my lecture in Denmark. I took the picture at the Vest Coast of Vancouver Island April 2019
View ArticleID Please; Long Beach, Tofino
ID Please, for my lecture. This red leafed plant is growing, on a rock at the beach, along the Pacific. The name of place is Long Beach, south of Tofino, Vancouver Island. I took the picture April 2019.
View ArticlePerennial plant ID Desolation Peak Trail North Cascades Natl Park WA
Could anyone help me ID this perennial flower that was growing along the Desolation Peak Trail in the North Cascades National Park in Washington State?
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