This weekend’s excursion was a camping trip to the Olympic Peninsula with my wife Ivy and friends Jack, Janna, and R. We stayed on some private land along the Hood Canal near the Duckabush Recreation area.
Species included: Foamflower (Tiarella trifoliata), a saxifrage; twinflower (Linnaea borealis); Siberian Miner’s lettuce (Claytonia sibirica), a purslane; Pink wintergreen (Pyrola asarifolia), a wintergreen; Indian-Pipe (Monotropa uniflora), which Plants of the Pacific Northwest notes is a very rare species; Prince’s Pine (Chimaphila umbellata), which PPNW also notes is rare; and Streambank arnica (Arnica amplexicaulis).
Indian-Pipe (Monotropa uniflora)
Monotropa uniflora (Indian-Pipe). Shot shows developing flowers (pale white) and last year's fruit capsules
Chimaphila umbellata (Prince's Pine)
Chimaphila umbellata (Prince's Pine)
Arnica amplexicaulis (Streambank Arnica)
Arnica amplexicaulis (Streambank Arnica)
I was enthusiastic, but Rodeo was bored
Indian Pipe isn’t really rare, but isn’t all that common either. I’ve seen it at least two places in the North Cascades, as well as in the Umpqua drainage in Oregon. It also grows in the Appalachians, where I first learned it.