Goodyera oblongifolia (western rattlesnake plantain) in flower seen while hiking down from Mason Lake in Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, elevation about 1000 meter, (3300 feet)
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Rhododendron albiflorum
Ericaceae Dicot
white rhododendron, Cascade azalea
Rhododendron
from the Greek: rhodos, "rose", and dendron, "tree")
Rainbow Lake, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
King County, Washington, USA
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There was a lot of beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) along this section of the trail, not much in bloom. It was very nice to walk in this noice, cool section of the trail on what was proving to be a fairly hot (by Seattle standards - 28 C or 82 F) day
Trail to Mason Lake (approaching Island Lake) Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
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Ariolimax columbianus (Gould, 1851) Pacific Banana Slug
Arionidae, Stylommatophora, Gastropoda, Mollusca, Animalia
The banana slug breathes through the Pneumostome
This slug was on Bandera Mountain, King County, Washington, USA at an elevation of about 1600 meters (5240 feet) along a damp forest floor.
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