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Larvae on Castilleja levisecta (golden paintbrush).

Growing on a dry south-facing slope. Fairly common in this area.

Growing on a dry south-facing slope.

Abundant throughout the summit meadows of North Butte.

In Lemmon's needlegrass herbaceous bald community. Bedrock is mapped as Early Western Cascade Volcanics.

on Asclepias speciosa at FBP native plant nursery

Pale Swallowtail ovipositing on domestic peach. See https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/84788703

This is an isolated Oregon white oak stand along Hwy 126 within the area burned by the Holiday Farm Fire, photo taken prior to the wildfire.

This particular tree managed to survive the Holiday Farm Fire without much damage. For an observation from this site prior to the wildfire see https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/67707836

On the rocky, south-facing side of Spencer Butte summit.

HBRA, Buckbrush MU.

HBRA, Southern Uplands SZ

Porose anthers of the lewd and depraved. Never was anticipating nectar-robbing bees

Adelinia grandis

Gravelly soil adjacent to the Willamette River.

This photo shows a Quercus garryana savanna-woodland with Ceanothus cuneatus in the understory. This site is the best example of this Quercus-Ceanothus community in the Willamette Valley.

Oregon white krumholz on the exposed shoreline of Samish Island.

Photos show a mature Quercus kelloggii tree, prior to (10/26/2006) and just after (10/30/2006) release by removal of overtopping Douglas-firs

There is no reason to think that this is not a natural population, and there are a few other records of Washington lily from the Willamette Valley.

It is a lucky homeowner who has a great old California black oak like this in their front yard!

Clematis ligusticifolia is a dioecious species, this is a staminate plant. The similar-looking invasive non-native Clematis vitalba is perfect-flowered.

Ferndale Park

This is a view of what happens when Lilium washingtonianum meets industrial forestry.

This is one of several documented sites for Canyon live oak at the very northern limit of its range, in the upper portion of the Coast Fork Willamette Watershed SE of Cottage Grove, Lane County.