Dodecatheon pulchellum “Shooting star” Primulaceae
Missoula, MT
May 13, 2014
Robert Niese
The flowers of the Dodecatheon genus can only be pollinated by large native bees capable of “buzz pollination.” Small bees and the introduced, European Honeybees can not provide this service to the plants.
Calypso bulbosa “Calypso Orchid” or “Pink Fairy Slipper” Orchidaceae
Glacier National Park, MT
June 22, 2014
Robert Niese
The Calypso Orchid has an amazingly broad circumboreal distribution. From Japan to Mongolia, Scandinavia to Newfoundland, New Mexico to Alaska – this single species can be found in nearly every montane coniferous forest in the Northern Hemisphere. In spite of this C. bulbosa is considered endangered in Sweden, Finland, and several U.S. states due to its extreme sensitivity to even the slightest human disturbances.
Vaccinium ovalifolium “Oval-leaf Bluberry” Ericaceae
Mount Rainier National Park, WA
August 9, 2013
Robert Niese
Lewisiopsis tweedyi “Tweedy’s Lewisia” Portulacaceae (Montiaceae)
Pine Flats Campground, Mad River Valley, Wenatchee National Forest
Ardenvoir, WA
May 11, 2013
Robert Niese
Tweedy’s Lewisia is a unique flower native to the eastern slopes of the Wenatchee Mountains in Washington and British Colombia. It is the sole member of its genus and can be found nowhere else on Earth.
Lewisiopsis tweedyi “Tweedy’s Lewisia” Portulacaceae (Montiaceae)
Pine Flats Campground, Mad River Valley, Wenatchee National Forest
Ardenvoir, WA
May 11, 2013
Robert Niese
Tweedy’s Lewisia is a unique flower native to the eastern slopes of the Wenatchee Mountains in Washington and British Colombia. It is the sole member of its genus and can be found nowhere else on Earth.
Frost on Malva neglecta “Common Mallow” Malvaceae
Missoula, MT
October 18, 2013
Robert Niese
Lewisia rediviva “Bitterroot” Portulacaceae
National Bison Range, MT
June 8, 2014
Robert Niese
Corallorhiza trifida “Early Coralroot” Orchidaceae
Glacier National Park, MT
June 20, 2014
Robert Niese
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