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
Larix occidentalis “Western Larch” Pinaceae
with Bryoria sp. “Tree-hair Lichen"
Seeley Lake, MT
September 13, 2014
Robert Niese
Larch is one of North America’s only deciduous conifers. Here in western Montana, needles are just beginning to turn yellow in mid-September.
Bryoria is a common lichen throughout the PNW and was once a common food source for more than 40 local tribes, in spite of nearly indistinguishable toxic species co-occurring throughout most of their range.
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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