Family: Boraginaceae. Common name: Pacific waterleaf. Herbaceous stems. Leaves palmately lobed, dark green. Flowers in compact heads.
Common name: Piggyback plant. Herbaceous stems. Complete flowers with 3 stamens that are unequal. Calyx is greenish-purple to brown. Leaves palmately veined and shallowly lobed.
A really nice Lily found in Levensworth during our field trip.
Found on green river walking trails
Found on greenriver walking trails
Found along the banks of the Columbia River adjacent to Frenchman Coulee.
Grows in cushion-form on the basalt bluffs above the Columbia River, near Vantage, WA
Solitary flowers nestled between basalt rocks on bluffs above the Columbia River.
Located off of Hayward Road in a low-lying, nearly flat drainage area. It grows in spreading patches close to the ground.
Found on the trail from U-Village to UW, just off the trail behind Haggart.
Used "Flora of the Pacific Northwest" by Hitchcock and Cronquist to identify the species.
Start Pg. 16 Group II> 1b> 3b> 5b> 7b> 9b> 10b> Subgroup IIb lead 25a> 25b> 26b> 27b> 28b> Geranium Pg. 279> 1a> 2a> 3b> 4b
Growing in Auburn across the street from the sounder station underneath Xanthocyparis nootkatensis.
Ryegrass Summit Rest Area on I-90. Found Mertensia sp. growing in the dog run area in large numbers.
Found growing next to a small creek off of Hayward Road. The area was fairly flat, and the plant was growing among Dodecatheon sp.
Located on roadside, not far from turn-off onto Hayward Road from Highway 10
Next to bridge on way to Hitchcock
Lysichiton americanus found on the side of the road in marshy area.
-pointy, conical buds are visable
-many cones underneath
-rivals the Thuja plicata as the biggest tree in the neighborhood