Foxglove in Sun - Rattlesnake Ridge, King County, Washington
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Red Elderberry - Rattlesnake Ridge, King County, Washington
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Dipper at small cascade of North Fork Teanaway River, Kittitas County, Washington
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Dipper
Cinclus mexicanus, Water Ouzel
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipper
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Ivesia tweedyi
Tweedy's ivesia, Tweedy's mousetail
Fortune Creek Pass, Teanaway, Kittitas County, Washington
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Lewisia columbiana
Lewisia columbiana at USDA Plants Profile
Lewisia columbiana at Burke Museum, University of Washington
Fortune Creek Pass, Teanaway
Kittitas County, Washington
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Erythronium grandiflorum Glacier Lily
Erythronium grandiflorum Pursh on PLANTS Profile
Species Erythronium grandiflorum Pursh – yellow avalanche-lily
Fortune Creek Pass, Teanaway,
Kittitas County, Washington, USA
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Field of Shooting Stars, Ascending to Fortune Creek Pass, Teanaway, Kittitas County, Washington
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Castilleja elmeri Cream-yellow paintbrush, Ascending to Fortune Creek Pass, Teanaway, Kittitas County, Washington
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Shooting stars - Ascending to Fortune Creek Pass, Teanaway, Kittitas County, Washington
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Polystichum lemmonii the signature fern for serpentine soil
Arthur Kruckeberg: "Of the western ferns on serpentine, only Polystichum lemmonii is obligate,"
Source Hardy Fern Library
Dryopteridaceae
Fern
Lemmon's holly-fern, Shasta fern
A serpentine soil is derived from ultramafic rocks, in particular serpentinite, a rock formed by the hydration and metamorphic transformation of ultramafic rock from the Earth's mantle.
The soils derived from ultramafic bedrock give rise to unusual and sparse associations of edaphic (and often endemic) plants that are tolerant of extreme soil conditions, including:
low calcium:magnesium ratio
lack of essential nutrients such as nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus and
high concentrations of the heavy metals (more common in ultramafic rocks)
These plants are commonly called serpentine endemics, if they grow only on these soils. (Serpentinite is composed of the mineral serpentine, but the two terms are often both used to mean the rock, not its mineral composition.)
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpentine_soil accessed 14 Aug 2010
Esmerelda Basin
Teanaway, Kittitas Co. Washington, USA
On serpentine rock and soil
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Bracted Lousewort
Esmerelda Basin, Teanaway, Kittitas County, Washington
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Wintergreen, Pyrola picta
Esmerelda Basin, Teanaway, Kittitas County, Washington
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Castilleja elmeri Yellow-cream paintbrush,
Ascending to Fortune Creek Pass, Teanaway, Kittitas County, Washington
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Platanthera on USDA PLANTS profile
Platanthera dilatata White Bog Orchid, Esmerelda Basin, Teanaway, Kittitas county, Washington
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Maidenhair fern Adiantum aleuticum
Esmerelda Basin, Teanaway, Washington
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Pedicularis groenlandica on PLANTS profile
Species Pedicularis groenlandica Retz. – elephanthead lousewort
growing in a wet alpine meadow
Esmerelda Basin, Teanaway, Washington
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Meadow Fritillary (Boloria bellona) on bugguide
Thanks to Kaylee Skylyn for the ID
Esmerelda Basin, Teanaway
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Penstemon rupicola, Esmerelda Basin, Teanaway
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Pinguicula vulgaris, Insectivourous butterwort, Esmerelda Basin, Teanaway
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Scarlet Gilia, Esmerelda Basin, Teanaway
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Horsetails East Tiger Mountain, King County, Washington, in a clearcut area, logged perhaps five to ten years ago.
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Foxglove, East Tiger Mountain, King County, Washington, in a clearcut area, logged perhaps five to ten years ago.
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Maybe this is Penstemon venustus
Found at base of Larch Knob, above Spider Meadow in the upper Chiwawa drainage. Glacier Peak Wilderness - elevation about 1675 meters (5500 feet)
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Veratrum viride
Corn lily, green false hellebore
Veratrum viride - Burke Museum - University of Washington
Veratrum viride on Wikipedia
USDA Plants Profile: Veratrum viride
Genus Veratrum L. – false hellebore
Species Veratrum viride Aiton – green false hellebore
Natural History Museum Homepaty database
Spider Meadow in the upper Chiwawa drainage. Glacier Peak Wilderness
elevation about 1450 meters (4750 feet)
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Mertensia platyphylla perhaps?
Spider Meadow in the upper Chiwawa drainage. Glacier Peak Wilderness
ellevation about 1450 meters (4750 feet)
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Stemonitida order, I think
Kuo, M. (2003, August). Myxomycetes: The slime molds. Retrieved from the MushroomExpert.Com Web site: www.mushroomexpert.com/myxomycetes.html
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Amoebozoa
Phylum: Mycetozoa
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Wintergreen (pyrola) on Minotaur Lake Trail
Below Minotaur Lkae, elevation about 1600 meters (5200 feet) in forest
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Luetkea pectinata
Rosaceae Dicot
partridgefoot, lutkea
Luetkea pectinata at Burke Museum
Near Union Gap, Pacific Crest Trail
about 1300 meters (4300 feet) elevation
Snohomish County, Washington, USA
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascades_Frog
Binomial name Rana cascadae
On Smithbrook Trail
about 1300 meters (4200 feet)
Snohomish County, Washington, USA
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