January 27, 2013
In addition to the the leaves and needles that they produce themselves, trees in the Pacific Northwest are often covered with teeming masses of little plants and lichens. Some of these lichens hang from tree branches like shaggy beards, giving the forest an ancient, mystical look. Beard lichens might have inspired J. R. R. Tolkien when he created Fangorn Forest and the walking, talking tree creatures called…
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September 22, 2012
When a Western Anemone (Anemone occidentalis) produces seeds in summer, it looks like a fantastical plant from the pages of a Dr. Seuss book. Many of the other common names for this plant– Dishmop, Towhead Baby, Old Man of the Mountains, Mouse-on-a-stick, Moptop– describe its appearance when…
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