Forest openings

Plant Database
an understory patch of vanilla leaf with robust triangular leaves and spikes of tiny white flowers emerging from the center.
Vanilla Leaf
Achlys triphylla
a cluster of reddish brown samaras.
Tree of Heaven
Ailanthus altissima
a carpet of kinnikinnick in bloom
Kinnikinnick
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
an attractive evergreen shrub; low growing with clusters of white flowers at tips.
Snowbrush
Ceanothus velutinus
Meadow Knapweed Centaurea pratensis Purple flowers on long stems
Meadow Knapweed
Centaurea pratensis (aka Centaurea jacea x nigra, Centaurea debeauxii ssp. thuillieri)
Two spiky flower heads, on spiky stems, with yellow flower
Yellow Starthistle
Centaurea solstitialis
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