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Columbia Quillwort (Isoetes minima)Observer
frondsinhighplacesDescription
Plants terrestrial, growing in a seasonally wet swale. Leaves up to 4 cm, bright green, pale toward base, pliant, gradually tapering to tip. Rootstock nearly globose, 3-lobed in the largest plants. Velum covering approximately 75% of the sporangium. Megaspores white, 280--320 μm in diameter, spinulose with a spinulose equatorial ridge; girdle obscure.
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California Broomrape (Aphyllon californicum ssp. californicum)Observer
theoutsiderbotanistDescription
On dunes, under Grindelia integrifolia
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Western Bluegrass (Poa suksdorfii)Observer
chloe_and_trevorDescription
Melica?
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Ram's-head Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium arietinum)Observer
stevejankeDescription
Known site at Waupee Lake State Natural Area. Four non-flowering plants observed.
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Pink Agoseris (Agoseris aurantiaca var. carnea)Observer
kate33Description
Very pink compared to the orange species in same vicinity. Definitely different species.
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Columbia Quillwort (Isoetes minima)Observer
frondsinhighplacesDescription
This is from the same location where @adolfceska found this species in 1985 and 2002.
See observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/38499686
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Low Pussytoes (Antennaria dimorpha)Observer
walterfertigDescription
Antennaria latisquama phase from Blue Mountains
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