nwnature.net - The River Mile

The River Mile Extension Workshop, July 16-20, 2012

Grand Coulee, Crescent Bay & Crescent Bay Lake

Wildflowers by petal color: white - yellow/orange - pink/red - blue/purple - green/brown
grasses | shrubs & trees | lichens

Below are plant images taken in the Crescent Bay-area from July 17 - 10, 2012. The names listed below the images reflect my best effort at identifying the plants. Please contact me if corrections need to be made or if you are able to identify any plants without names.

wildflowers - white petals


prostrate verbena	prostrate verbena	white sweet-clover	white sweet-clover


yarrow	yarrow	yarrow


poison-hemlock	poison-hemlock	western white clematis	western white clematis


knapweed

wildflowers - yellow/orange petals


buttercup	goldenrod	yellow salsify Tragopogon dubius	yellow salsify Tragopogon dubius


yellow sweet-clover		wooly mullein	wooly mullein


arrowleaf balsamroot

wildflowers - pink/red petals


penstemon

wildflowers - blue/purple petals


knapweed	bittersweet nightshade	bittersweet nightshade

green/brown plants


curly dock

grasses


grass		grass	grass


grass	grass	grass	grass

shrubs & trees


		western serviceberry, saskatoon	western serviceberry, saskatoon


currant

lichens


lichen	lichen

Online Plant ID Resources:

Plants of Washington - WTU Image Collection, University of Washington Herbarium (WTU) & Burke Museum
Turner Photographics Wildflowers - Mark Turner, co-author of Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest
E-Flora BC - Electronc atlas of the plants of British
From Rainforest to Grassland: Plants and Their Communities Across Washington. Written by Larry Hufford and Linda Cook. Photographs by Larry Hufford. Marian Ownbey Herbarium, WSU.
Flora & Fauna of the Northwest - Photos and information by Paul Slickter.
Adam Schneider's Digital Photos - Not a plant ID guide, but lots of great plant photo

Note: The images above were taken with either a Olympus SZ-10. They were then cropped and enhanced (lighting & contrast) in Adobe Photoshop Elements.

updated: 7/23/12