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Developing Crowberries (Empetrum nigrum)
Stream Violet (Viola glabella)
Stream Violet (Viola glabella)
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Seaside Ragwort (Senecio pseudoarnica)
Seaside Ragwort (Senecio pseudoarnica)
Large-head Sedge (Carex macrocephala)
Searocket (Cakile edentula)
Searocket (Cakile edentula) Flowers
Searocket (Cakile edentula) Flowers
Mystery Plant
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Stiff Clubmoss (Lycopodium annotinum)
Stiff Clubmoss (Lycopodium annotinum)
First Crocus
Marsh Violet (VIola epipsila)
Marsh Violet (VIola epipsila)
Baneberry (Actaea rubra)
Baneberry (Actaea rubra)
Baneberry (Actaea rubra)
Baneberry (Actaea rubra)
Lakeshore Sedge (Carex lenticularis)
Lakeshore Sedge (Carex lenticularis)
Lakeshore Sedge (Carex lenticularis)
Lakeshore Sedge (Carex lenticularis)
Common Horsetails (Equisetum arvense)
Stinging Nettles (Urtica dioica)
Stinging Nettles (Urtica dioica)
Hairy Rockcress (Arabis hirsuta)
Hairy Rockcress (Arabis hirsuta)
Hairy Rockcress (Arabis hirsuta)
Alpine Milk-vetch (Astragalus alpinus)
Alpine Milk-vetch (Astragalus alpinus)
Northern Single-spike Sedge (Carex scirpoidea)
Northern Single-spike Sedge (Carex scirpoidea)
Northern Single-spike Sedge (Carex scirpoidea)
Pink Monkey Flower (Mimulus lewisii)
Comnon Butterwort (Pinguicula villosa)
Cluster-cup Rust (Puccinia caricina)
Cluster-cup Rust (Puccinia caricina)
Moss Campion (Silene acaulis)
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Pacific Crabapple (Malus fusca) Fruit
Pacific Crabapple (Malus fusca) Fruit
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Raven in Mt. Ash
Raven in Mt. Ash
Black Syrphid (Cynorhinella bella)
Black Syrphid (Cynorhinella bella)
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Moth (Schreckensteinia sp)
Moth (Schreckensteinia sp)
Moth (Schreckensteinia sp)
Moth (Schreckensteinia sp)
Meliscaeva cinctella
Meliscaeva cinctella
Meliscaeva cinctella
Boreal Sagebrush (Artemisia norvegica)
Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
Few-flowered Sedge (Carex pauciflora)
Subalpine Eyebright (Euphrasia mollis)
Subalpine Eyebright (Euphrasia mollis)
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)
Slender Bog-orchid (Platanthera stricta)
Slender Bog-orchid (Platanthera stricta)
Cottonwood (Populus balsamifera)
Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris)
Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris)
Saxifrage (Micranthes sp)
Saxifrage (Micranthes sp)
Saxifrage (Micranthes sp)
Livid Sedge (Carex livida)
Livid Sedge (Carex livida)
Fungus on Willowherb
Toad Rush (Juncus bufonius)
Toad Rush (Juncus bufonius)
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Poverty Rush (Juncus tenuis)
Chestnut Rush (Juncus castaneus)
Chestnut Rush (Juncus castaneus)
One-sided Wintergreen (Orthilia secunda)
One-sided Wintergreen (Orthilia secunda)
Late Fireweed
Late Fireweed
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Common Spikerush (Eleocharis palustris)
Common Spikerush (Eleocharis palustris)
Many-flowered Sedge (Carex pluriflora)
Common Plantain (Plantago major)
Campanula rotundifolia
Campanula rotundifolia
Montia parvifolia
Montia parvifolia
Pedicularis oederi
Pedicularis oederi
Pedicularis oederi
Pedicularis oederi
Pedicularis verticillata
Stellaria longipes
Stellaria longipes
Stellaria longipes
Puccinia on Galium aparine
Douglas Aster (Symphyotrichum subspicatus)
Douglas Aster (Symphyotrichum subspicatus)
Puccinia on Galium aparine
Puccinia on Galium aparine
Baneberry (Actaea rubra) in Fruit
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)
Alpine Black Sedge (Carex nigricans)
Common Butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris)
Slender Bog-orchid (Platanthera stricta) flowers
Blooming Broad-petalled Gentian (Gentiana platypetala)
Blooming Broad-petalled Gentian (Gentiana platypetala)
Blooming Kneeling Angelica (Angelica genuflexa)
Blooming Kneeling Angelica (Angelica genuflexa)
Blooming Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium)
Blooming Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium)
Nootka Lupine (Lupinus nootkatensis)
Nootka Lupine (Lupinus nootkatensis)
Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera oblongifolia)
Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera oblongifolia)
Red-breasted Sapsucker Sign on Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis)
Red-breasted Sapsucker Sign on Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis)
Fall Color
Fall Color
Black Meddick (Medicago lupulina)
Black Meddick (Medicago lupulina)
Black Meddick (Medicago lupulina)
Fall Color
Second Growth Habitat
Small White Mushroom
Small White Mushroom
Small White Mushroom
Bohemian Waxwings (Bombycilla garrulus)
Bohemian Waxwings (Bombycilla garrulus)
Bohemian Waxwings (Bombycilla garrulus)
Bohemian Waxwings (Bombycilla garrulus)
Bohemian Waxwings (Bombycilla garrulus)
Bohemian Waxwings (Bombycilla garrulus)
Bohemian Waxwings (Bombycilla garrulus)
Bohemian Waxwings (Bombycilla garrulus)
Bohemian Waxwings (Bombycilla garrulus)
Bohemian Waxwings (Bombycilla garrulus)
Frullania on Yellow Cedar
Red Squirrel Sign
Red Squirrel Sign
Red Squirrel Sign
Ice
Polypore
Polypore
Polypore
Polypore
Polypore
Long-awned Sedge (Carex macrochaeta)
Long-awned Sedge (Carex macrochaeta)
Narcissus Anemone (Anemone narcissiflora)
Seacoast Angelica (Angelica lucida)
Seacoast Angelica (Angelica lucida)
Alpine Black Sedge (Carex nigricans)
Alpine Black Sedge (Carex nigricans)
Alpine Black Sedge (Carex nigricans)
White Mountain Heather (Cassiope mertensiana)
Pacific Hemlock-parsley (Conioselinum gmelinii)
Pacific Hemlock-parsley (Conioselinum gmelinii)
Connor and Cedar
Mertens' Rush (Juncus mertensianus)
Mertens' Rush (Juncus mertensianus)
Small-leaved Montia (Montia parvifolia)
Small-leaved Montia (Montia parvifolia)
Wedge-leaf Primrose (Primula cuneifolia)
American Saw-wort (Saussurea americana)
Flower Fly (Sericomyia chalcopyga)
Flower Fly (Sericomyia chalcopyga)
Mountain Hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana)
Arnica (Arnica sp)
Arnica (Arnica sp)
Arnica (Arnica sp)
Arnica (Arnica sp)
Arnica (Arnica sp)
Rowan Tree with Sapsucker Wells
Rowan Tree with Sapsucker Wells
West Valley Spruce Trees
West Valley Spruce Trees
Pacific Alkaligrass (Puccinellia nutkaensis)
Pacific Alkaligrass (Puccinellia nutkaensis)
Swan Lake Vegetation
Floating Pondwee (Potamogeton natans)
Variable Pondweed (Potamogeton gramineus)
Variable Pondweed (Potamogeton gramineus)
Wooly Hawkweed (Hieracium triste)
Alpine Poppy (Papaver radicatum)
Alpine Poppy (Papaver radicatum)
Alpine Poppy (Papaver radicatum)
Alpine Poppy (Papaver radicatum)
Slender Bog-orchid (Platanthera stricta)
Yellow-flowere Sedge (Carex anthoxanthea)
Variegated Sege (Carex stylosa)
Variegated Sege (Carex stylosa)
Variegated Scouring-rush (Equisetum variegatum)
Variegated Scouring-rush (Equisetum variegatum)
Variegated Scouring-rush (Equisetum variegatum)
Three-flowered Rush (Juncus triglumis)
Three-flowered Rush (Juncus triglumis)
Wood Saxifrage (Saxifraga mertensiana)
Wood Saxifrage (Saxifraga mertensiana)
Wood Saxifrage (Saxifraga mertensiana)
Starwort (Stellaria sp)
Starwort (Stellaria sp)
Northern Single-spike Sedge (Carex scirpoidea)
Northern Single-spike Sedge (Carex scirpoidea)
Gathered Greens
Lady Fern Fiddleheads and Fireweed
Stream Violets (Viola glabella)
Spruce Tips (Picea sitchensis)
Connor and Rowan with Elderberry Flowers
Connor and Rowan with Elderberry Flowers
Flowers of Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa)
Flowers of Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa)
Flowers of Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa)
Elderberry Fritters and Spruce Tip Honey
Rowan with Elderberry flowers
Arctic Yellow Violet (Viola biflora)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
Poa stenantha
Buxbaum's Sedge (Carex buxbaumii)
Buxbaum's Sedge (Carex buxbaumii)
Buxbaum's Sedge (Carex buxbaumii)
Lyngbye's Sedge (Carex lyngbyei)
Lyngbye's Sedge (Carex lyngbyei)
Lyngbye's Sedge (Carex lyngbyei)
Lyngbye's Sedge (Carex lyngbyei)
Mertens' Sedge (Carex mertensii)
Fly (Diptera sp)
Bitter Dock (Rumex obtusifolius)
Flower Fly (Sericomyia sp) on Cow Parsnip
Flower Fly (Sericomyia sp) on Cow Parsnip
Flower Fly (Sericomyia sp) on Cow Parsnip
Flower Fly (Sericomyia sp) on Cow Parsnip
Xanthoria candelaria
Lepiota magnispora
Lepiota magnispora
Ramaria sp
Downy Oatgrass (Trisetum spicatum)
Downy Oatgrass (Trisetum spicatum)
Strawberry Harvest
Strawberry Harvest
Strawberry Harvest
Hemlock Cone Stash
Hemlock Cone Stash
Fall along Indian River
Monkeyflower (Mimulus guttatus) Seed Pods
Monkeyflower (Mimulus guttatus) Seed Pods
Budding Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa)
Skunk Cabbage (Lysichiton americanus)
Mountain Marsh-marigold (Caltha leptosepala)
Mountain Marsh-marigold (Caltha leptosepala)
Mountain Marsh-marigold (Caltha leptosepala)
Oeder's Lousewort (Pedicularis oederi)
Oeder's Lousewort (Pedicularis oederi)
Wedge-leaf Primrose (Primula cuneifolia)
Arctic Primrose (Primula eximia)
Arctic Primrose (Primula eximia)
Arctic Primrose (Primula eximia)
Arctic Primrose (Primula eximia)
Arctic Primrose (Primula eximia)
Arctic Primrose (Primula eximia)
Snow Melt Pond Shore
Snow Melt Pond Shore
Snow Melt Pond Shore
Cooley's Buttercup (Ranunculus cooleyae)
Cooley's Buttercup (Ranunculus cooleyae)
Cooley's Buttercup (Ranunculus cooleyae)
Subalpine Buttercup (Ranunculus eschscholtzii)
Subalpine Buttercup (Ranunculus eschscholtzii)
Red-stem Saxifrage (Saxifraga lyallii) Leaves.
Alpine Speedwell (Veronica wormskjoldii)
Frosted Vegetation
Montia sp
Montia sp
Alpine Milk-vetch (Astragalus alpinus)
Alpine Milk-vetch (Astragalus alpinus)
Alpine Milk-vetch (Astragalus alpinus)
Alpine Milk-vetch (Astragalus alpinus)
Yellowrocket (Barbarea orthoceras)
Yellowrocket (Barbarea orthoceras)
Yellowrocket (Barbarea orthoceras)
Yellowrocket (Barbarea orthoceras)
Variegated Scouring-rush (Equisetum variegatum)
Variegated Scouring-rush (Equisetum variegatum)
Reddish Sandwort (Minuartia rubella)
Reddish Sandwort (Minuartia rubella)
Reddish Sandwort (Minuartia rubella)
Field Locoweed (Oxytropis campestris)
Field Locoweed (Oxytropis campestris)
Field Locoweed (Oxytropis campestris)
Field Locoweed (Oxytropis campestris)
Field Locoweed (Oxytropis campestris)
Field Locoweed (Oxytropis campestris)
Cinquefoil (Potentilla villosula)
Cinquefoil (Potentilla villosula)
Cinquefoil (Potentilla villosula)
Willow (Salix sp)
Willow (Salix sp)
Willow (Salix sp)
Heart-leaf Saxifrage (Saxifraga nelsoniana)
Heart-leaf Saxifrage (Saxifraga nelsoniana)
Douglas Aster (Symphyotrichum subspicatus) Leaves
Douglas Aster (Symphyotrichum subspicatus) Leaves
Alpine Bistort (Bistorta vivipara)
Alpine Bistort (Bistorta vivipara)
Sweet-scented Bedstraw (Galium triflorum)
Devil\'s Club (Oplopanax horridus)
Devil\'s Club (Oplopanax horridus)
Devil\'s Club (Oplopanax horridus)
Douglas Aster (Symphyotrichum subspicatum)
Douglas Aster (Symphyotrichum subspicatum)
Queen\'s-veil Maiden Fern (Thelypteris quelpaertensis)
Late Sub-alpine Daisy (Erigeron peregrinus)
Late Sub-alpine Daisy (Erigeron peregrinus)
Early Blueberry (Vaccinium ovalifolium) Flowers
Early Blueberry (Vaccinium ovalifolium) Flowers
Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)
Little Buttercup (Ranunculus uncinatus)
Little Buttercup (Ranunculus uncinatus)
Little Buttercup (Ranunculus uncinatus)
Little Buttercup (Ranunculus uncinatus)
Little Buttercup (Ranunculus uncinatus)
Polyporus squamosus
Polyporus squamosus
Polyporus squamosus
Polyporus squamosus
St. John's-wort (Hypericum perforatum)