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    • kóon
    • l’él

Photo Tags

Baneberry (Actaea rubra)
Baneberry (Actaea rubra)
Baneberry (Actaea rubra)
Baneberry (Actaea rubra)
Orange-peel Fungus (Aleuria aurantia)
Orange-peel Fungus (Aleuria aurantia)
Orange-peel Fungus (Aleuria aurantia)
Antler Shed
Blue Lake Dam
Blue Lake Shoreline
Upper Shoreline of Blue Lake
Upper Shoreline of Blue Lake
Looking Down from High Water Line
Looking down Blue Lake.
Brown Mushrooms
Brown Mushrooms
Brown Mushrooms
Lakeshore Sedge (Carex lenticularis)
Lakeshore Sedge (Carex lenticularis)
Lakeshore Sedge (Carex lenticularis)
Lakeshore Sedge (Carex lenticularis)
Common Horsetails (Equisetum arvense)
Rock
Rock
Skeleton Stump
Hover Fly (Criorhina sp)
Stinging Nettles (Urtica dioica)
Stinging Nettles (Urtica dioica)
Blue Lake Waterfall
Holes in Bark
Hole in Bark
Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea)
Alaska Paintbrush (Castilleja unalaschcensis)
Browsed Cedar
Swamp Horsetail (Equisetum fluviatile)
Swamp Horsetail (Equisetum fluviatile)
Alpine Azalea (Loiseleuria procumbens)
Alpine Azalea (Loiseleuria procumbens)
Alpine Azalea (Loiseleuria procumbens)
Yellow Monkey-flower (Mimulus guttatus)
Yellow Monkey-flower (Mimulus guttatus)
Old Corduroy Road
Alpine Milk-vetch (Astragalus alpinus)
Alpine Milk-vetch (Astragalus alpinus)
Alpine Milk-vetch (Astragalus alpinus)
Alpine Milk-vetch (Astragalus alpinus)
Alpine Milk-vetch (Astragalus alpinus)
Alpine Milk-vetch (Astragalus alpinus)
Blue Lake
Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) Tracks
Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) Tracks
Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) Tracks
Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) Tracks
Common Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
North Clarence-Kramer Peak
Swamp Horsetail (Equisetum fluviatile)
Swamp Horsetail (Equisetum fluviatile)
Fissidens adianthoides
Fissidens adianthoides
Alpine Mitrewort (Mitella pentandra)
Alpine Mitrewort (Mitella pentandra)
Niphotrichum ericoides
Niphotrichum ericoides
Arctic Sweet Coltsfoot (Petasites frigidus)
Arctic Sweet Coltsfoot (Petasites frigidus)
Marsh Yellowcress (Rorippa barbareifolia)
Marsh Yellowcress (Rorippa barbareifolia)
Spotted Sandpiper Nest
Spotted Sandpiper Nest
False-asphodel (Triantha sp)
Blue Lake at Sunset
Lakeshore Sedge (Carex lenticularis)
Lakeshore Sedge (Carex lenticularis)
Hairy Rockcress (Arabis hirsuta)
Hairy Rockcress (Arabis hirsuta)
Hairy Rockcress (Arabis hirsuta)
Alpine Milk-vetch (Astragalus alpinus)
Alpine Milk-vetch (Astragalus alpinus)
Comnon Butterwort (Pinguicula villosa)
Boreal Sagebrush (Artemisia arctica)
Boreal Sagebrush (Artemisia arctica)
Boreal Sagebrush (Artemisia arctica)
Boreal Sagebrush (Artemisia arctica)
Alpine Milk-vetch (Astragalus alpinus)
Bryophyte
Bluebell Bellflower (Campanula rotundifolia)
Bluebell Bellflower (Campanula rotundifolia)
Climacium dendroides
Climacium dendroides
Climacium dendroides
Fungus
Fungus
Herbertus aduncus
Herbertus aduncus
Herbertus aduncus
Small Flat Moss (Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans)
Small Flat Moss (Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans)
Willow (Salix sp)
Bird Scat
Yellow Monkey flowers at Sunset
Yellow Monkey flowers at Sunset
Climacium dendroides
Heart-leaf Saxifrage (Saxifraga nelsoniana)
Heart-leaf Saxifrage (Saxifraga nelsoniana)
Heart-leaf Saxifrage (Saxifraga nelsoniana)
Sibbaldia (Sibbaldia procumbens)
Alpine Bistort (Bistorta vivipara)
Northern Groundcone (Boschniakia rossica)
Northern Geranium (Geranium erianthum)
Hermit Thrush Nest
Hermit Thrush Nest
White Bog Orchid (Platanthera dilatata)
Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris)
Ledge Stonecrop (Rhodiola integrifolia)
Ledge Stonecrop (Rhodiola integrifolia)
Ledge Stonecrop (Rhodiola integrifolia)
Ledge Stonecrop (Rhodiola integrifolia)
Spotted Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper Chick
Spotted Sandpiper Nest
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) flowers
Clasping Arnica (Arnica lanceolata prima)
Clasping Arnica (Arnica lanceolata prima)
Clasping Arnica (Arnica lanceolata prima)
Pacific Fir-moss (Huperzia miyoshiana)
Dagger-leaf Rush (Juncus ensifolius)
Dagger-leaf Rush (Juncus ensifolius)
Dagger-leaf Rush (Juncus ensifolius)
Small-flowered Woodrush (Luzula parviflora)
Small-flowered Woodrush (Luzula parviflora)
Stinging Nettles (Urtica dioica)
Galerina sp
Galerina sp
Galerina sp
Galerina sp
Hypholoma sp
Hypholoma sp
Hypholoma sp
Common Woodrush (Luzula multiflora)
Common Woodrush (Luzula multiflora)
Common Woodrush (Luzula multiflora)
Sphagnum sp
Antitrichia curtipendula
Boreal Sagebrush (Artemisia norvegica)
Fuzzy-horned Bumblebee (Bombus mixtus)
Fuzzy-horned Bumblebee (Bombus mixtus)
Blasia pusilla
Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
Few-flowered Sedge (Carex pauciflora)
Subalpine Eyebright (Euphrasia mollis)
Subalpine Eyebright (Euphrasia mollis)
Gyromitra californica
Gyromitra californica
Dagger-leaf Rush (Juncus ensifolius)
Dagger-leaf Rush (Juncus ensifolius)
Dagger-leaf Rush (Juncus ensifolius)
Moor Rush (Juncus stygius)
Moor Rush (Juncus stygius)
Moor Rush (Juncus stygius)
Moor Rush (Juncus stygius)
Moor Rush (Juncus stygius)
Heath Wood-rush (Luzula multiflora)
Heath Wood-rush (Luzula multiflora)
Bird's Nest Fungus (Nidula candida)
Slender Bog-orchid (Platanthera stricta)
Slender Bog-orchid (Platanthera stricta)
Cottonwood (Populus balsamifera)
Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris)
Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris)
Pacific Fuzzwort (Ptilidium californicum)
Saxifrage (Micranthes sp)
Saxifrage (Micranthes sp)
Saxifrage (Micranthes sp)
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Young American Dipper
The Miller (Clitopilus prunulus)
Chestnut Rush (Juncus castaneus)
Chestnut Rush (Juncus castaneus)
Marsupella emarginata
Marsupella emarginata
One-sided Wintergreen (Orthilia secunda)
One-sided Wintergreen (Orthilia secunda)
Wolf's Milk (Lycogala epidendrum)
Stropharia
Stropharia
Stropharia
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Campanula rotundifolia
Campanula rotundifolia
Montia parvifolia
Montia parvifolia
Pedicularis oederi
Pedicularis oederi
Pedicularis oederi
Pedicularis verticillata
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Scutellinia scutellata
Stellaria longipes
Stellaria longipes
Stellaria longipes
Baneberry (Actaea rubra) in Fruit
Honey Mushroom (Armillaria ostoyae)
Honey Mushroom (Armillaria ostoyae)
Honey Mushroom (Armillaria ostoyae)
Seed Pod of Rooted Poppy (Papaver radicatum)
Seed Pod of Rooted Poppy (Papaver radicatum)
Seed Pod of Rooted Poppy (Papaver radicatum)
Seed Pod of Rooted Poppy (Papaver radicatum)
Rooted Poppy (Papaver radicatum)
Long-awned Sedge (Carex macrochaeta)
Long-awned Sedge (Carex macrochaeta)
Wooly Hawkweed (Hieracium triste)
Alpine Poppy (Papaver radicatum)
Alpine Poppy (Papaver radicatum)
Alpine Poppy (Papaver radicatum)
Alpine Poppy (Papaver radicatum)
Peltigera britannica
Peltigera britannica
Slender Bog-orchid (Platanthera stricta)
Variegated Scouring-rush (Equisetum variegatum)
Variegated Scouring-rush (Equisetum variegatum)
Variegated Scouring-rush (Equisetum variegatum)
Wood Saxifrage (Saxifraga mertensiana)
Wood Saxifrage (Saxifraga mertensiana)
Wood Saxifrage (Saxifraga mertensiana)
Starwort (Stellaria sp)
Starwort (Stellaria sp)
Western Bittercress (Cardamine occidentalis)
Western Bittercress (Cardamine occidentalis)
Northern Single-spike Sedge (Carex scirpoidea)
Northern Single-spike Sedge (Carex scirpoidea)
Nephroma helveticum
Nephroma helveticum
Northern Bluegrass (Poa stenantha)
Brown Lactarius
Moss with Growths
Arctic Yellow Violet (Viola biflora)
Unidentified Mushroom
Unidentified Mushroom
Unidentified Mushrooms
Unidentified Mushroom
Unidentified Mushroom
Unidentified Mushroom
Unidentified Mushroom
Unidentified Mushrooms
Unidentified Mushrooms
Poa stenantha
Armilaria ostoyae
Armilaria ostoyae
Bucklandiella sp
Gilled Polypore (Gloeophyllum sepiarium)
Gilled Polypore (Gloeophyllum sepiarium)
Unidentified Mushroom
Unidentified Mushroom
Unidentified Mushroom
Unidentified Mushrooms
Peltigera neopolydactyla
Downy Oatgrass (Trisetum spicatum)
Downy Oatgrass (Trisetum spicatum)
Montia sp
Montia sp
Collembola
Egg Shell
Variegated Scouring-rush (Equisetum variegatum)
Variegated Scouring-rush (Equisetum variegatum)
White Slime Mold
Alpine Bistort (Bistorta vivipara)
Alpine Bistort (Bistorta vivipara)
Purple Cortinarius (Cortinarius sp)
Cortinarius phoeniceus
Cortinarius phoeniceus
Co Crtinarius phoeniceus
Cudonia circinans
Cudonia circinans
Cystoderma sp
Cystoderma sp
Sweet-scented Bedstraw (Galium triflorum)
Gilled Polypore (Gloeophyllum sepiarium)
Gilled Polypore (Gloeophyllum sepiarium)
Lactarius deliciosus
Lactarius deliciosus
Lactarius fallax
Lactarius fallax
Lycoperdon pyriforme
Lycoperdon pyriforme
Lycoperdon pyriforme
Clouds and Mist on Bear Mountain
Clouds and Mist on Bear Mountain
Unidentified Mushroom
Devil\'s Club (Oplopanax horridus)
Devil\'s Club (Oplopanax horridus)
Devil\'s Club (Oplopanax horridus)
Ground Beetle (Scaphinotus sp)
Orange Slime Mold
Douglas Aster (Symphyotrichum subspicatum)
Douglas Aster (Symphyotrichum subspicatum)
Queen\'s-veil Maiden Fern (Thelypteris quelpaertensis)
White Fungus
White Fungus
White Fungus
Cleavers (Galium aparine)
Cleavers (Galium aparine)
Potentilla villosula
Potentilla villosula
Bore Hole in Alder
Alpine Milk-vetch (Astragalus alpinus)
Alpine Milk-vetch (Astragalus alpinus)
Long-awned Sedge (Carex macrochaeta)
Long-awned Sedge (Carex macrochaeta)
Long-awned Sedge (Carex macrochaeta)
Long-awned Sedge (Carex macrochaeta)
Long-awned Sedge (Carex macrochaeta)
Long-awned Sedge (Carex macrochaeta)
Long-awned Sedge (Carex macrochaeta)
Northern Single-spike Sedge (Carex scirpoidea)
Northern Single-spike Sedge (Carex scirpoidea)
Caterpillar
Cottonwood Stand
Cottonwood Stand
Cottonwood Stand
Mertens\' Rush (Juncus mertensianus)
Mertens\' Rush (Juncus mertensianus)
Pink Monkey Flower (Mimulus lewisii)
Pink Monkey Flower (Mimulus lewisii)
Pink Monkey Flower (Mimulus lewisii)
Pink Monkey Flower (Mimulus lewisii)
Pink Monkey Flower (Mimulus lewisii)
Pink Monkey Flower (Mimulus lewisii)
Pink Monkey Flower (Mimulus lewisii)
Field Locoweed (Oxytropis campestris)
Field Locoweed (Oxytropis campestris)
Field Locoweed (Oxytropis campestris)
Field Locoweed (Oxytropis campestris)
Bluegrass (Poa sp)
Bluegrass (Poa sp)
Cottonwood Seedling
Cottonwood Seedling
Cottonwood Seedling
Cottonwood Seedling
Potentilla villosula
Small Slug
Small Slug
Trametes versicolor
Trametes versicolor
Waterfall
Bombus flavirons
Orange Cortinarius
Orange Cortinarius
Lactarius sp.
Blue Vinyl Lichen (Leptogium cyanescens)
Unidentified Mushroom
Unidentified Mushroom
Mystery Organism
Mystery Organism
Mystery Organism
Flutter Fly (Pallopteridae)