Unbelievable amount of green still out there
A 6-mile walk home from the "Y" (HWY50/SR89) and through Washoe Meadows State Park yesterday yielded a bunch of green-leaved plants. Hard to believe considering we're in the middle of November! Although I found the Oregon Grape in town, the other four specimens were all located in a boggy section of the state park.
Then, the following day (11/14/19), I hiked up Mount Tallac and just above Cathedral Lake I found Lace Lip Fern and Bridges Cliffbrake still growing.
Although I'm posting somewhat redundant observations, mostly I'm doing it as a record of how late in the season I'm still able to find living/lush specimens.
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Oregon Saxifrage (Micranthes oregana)Observer
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Found in a wet area of a meadow.
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Checkerblooms (Genus Sidalcea)Observer
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Richardson's Geranium (Geranium richardsonii)? These leaves don't seem quite as long and pointed as G. richardsonii, though.
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
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No idea about this one,but it has mildly hairy leaves with serrated edges. Passing this on the way back to the car, I might have seen one of these specimens with a dead stem that resembled a variety of Rock Cress (due to long dangled seed pods).
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