Saw lots of these on my way up the Rattlesnake Ridge trail. I recognized it from class - it's in the Violaceae family!
Foxglove in Sun - Rattlesnake Ridge, King County, Washington
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Red Elderberry - Rattlesnake Ridge, King County, Washington
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On the summit of Mount Si, five or so of these gray jays flitting about brazenly looking to get some crumbs from hikers' snacks. After a clear morning, snow began blowing in, obscuring the view with low clouds -- but still beautiful!
Gray Jay and Haystack
We had a great after work hike up Mount Si, the weather was a lot better than I thought it would be.
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Pine Sap (Monotropa hypopitys) Emerging
very close to Rattlesnake Ledge
These are mycotrophic plants that obtain their organic carbon from a host green plant by tapping into an intermediary mycorrhizal fungus attached to the roots of the host plant.
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Penstemon rupicola
Rattlesnake Ledge, King County, Washington, USA
elevation about 640 meters (2100 feet)
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Pine Sap (Monotropa hypopitys) Emerging
very close to Rattlesnake Ledge,
King County, Washington, USA
elevation about 640 meters (2100 feet)
These are mycotrophic plants that obtain their organic carbon from a host green plant by tapping into an intermediary mycorrhizal fungus attached to the roots of the host plant.
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Moss Covered Vine Maple
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One thing I like about living in Western Washington is that it is green, even in February
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Sign for Boulder Garden trail loop and Little Si
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Beargrass emerging
Early morning hike up Mount Si
Seen at ~1000 meters (3300 feet)
Mount Si, King County, Washington, USA
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Seen while hiking Mount Si, King County Washington, at about 1000 feet elevation
Tenative identification of the orange fungus Dacrymyces palmatus Orange Jelly fungus
Dacrymycetaceae Witch's Butter
although I think I will keep this as tenative as I do not know the substrate material.
The reason to know the substrate (what type of log this fungus is on) is described in www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/2005/04/dacrymyces_palm.php
"Tremella mesenterica may also be confused with members of the Dacrymycetaceae family, like Dacrymyces chrysospermus (formerly D. palmatus), due to their superficial resemblance.[12] Microscopic examination shows that the Dacrymycetaceae have Y-shaped basidia with two spores, unlike the longitudinally split basidia characteristic of Tremella;[21] additionally, D. chrysospermus is smaller, has a whitish attachment point to its substrate, and grows on conifer wood." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremella_mesenterica
A further explanation Dacrymyces palmatus
and also note Tremella mesenterica Tremella mesenterica
Licorice Ferns Growing on a Bigleaf Maple
Epiphyte Licorice Fern
Polypodium glycyrrhiza
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polypodium
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Pteridopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Polypodiaceae
Acer macrophyllum Bigleaf Maple
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_leaf_maple
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae - soapberry family including maple, horse chestnut and lychee.
Genus: Acer
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Licorice Ferns Growing on a Bigleaf Maple
Epiphyte Licorice Fern
Polypodium glycyrrhiza
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polypodium
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Pteridopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Polypodiaceae
Acer macrophyllum Bigleaf Maple
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_leaf_maple
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae - soapberry family including maple, horse chestnut and lychee.
Genus: Acer
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Ariolimax columbianus (Gould, 1851) Pacific Banana Slug
Arionidae, Stylommatophora, Gastropoda, Mollusca, Animalia
Thanks to maximillian_millipede - she is one of the most dedicated naturalist I know on flickr.
She found this great web site on the Pacific Banana Slug
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Herbacious shrubby plant that has similarly shaped leaves to bigleaf maple, but differ in that their texture is more akin to the a salmonberry leaf. Produces white flowers that are similar in shape to nootka roses.
Heat shaped leaves low to the ground. Yellow flower on stem above leaves with 5 petals, bilateral symmetry, the bottom petal with black parrallel markings leading inward into the flower for pollination.
Mid way along Mt Si hike. Weedy herbacious species with triangular leaves, with large triangular indents and growths in the leaf shape as well.
Densely thorned woody stem. Oval leaves that were serrated on the outwards facing half of the leaves. The leaves are pinnately compound, and are non-alternating, with a single leaf at the top. Rose has simlar shape to thimble berry flower. Other native rose, the dogwood, has bigger and fewer thorns on the stem.
Bunched grass located at the top of Mt Si in Issaquah. Between 3500-4000 ft elevation, just below the snow level in open areas.
