Beard Lichen, Usnea sp.

This 1/2" tall lichen is growing on a Asian Pear tree. There are many species of Beard Lichen and I am unable to get more specific than the Usnea family. Note the tiny water droplet on the spider web in the upper left.

Yellow Monkey-Flower, Mimulus guttatus

Monkey-Flowers like it wet and are found along streams and weeping rock faces.

Large-Leaved Avens, Geum macrophyllum

Groups of yellow, 1/2" flowers are found on top of this tall (to 3 feet) perennial.

The flora display is over and now it is time to make seeds.

Dandelion, Taraxacum officinale

This flower is all too familiar with those trying to maintain a weed-free lawn!

Siberian Miners Lettuce, Claytonia sibirica

This native plant has edible leaves and 1/2" diameter flowers.

Western Trillium, Trillium ovatum

Beautiful, three-petaled white flowers adorn this native Lily. The flowers appear early in the Spring and turn pink with age.

Juniper Haircap Moss, Polytrichum juniperinum

Looking like a 3/4" tall grove of trees, this moss looks similar to newly sprouted Western Red Cedars. The picture, below, shows a Western Red Cedar, Thuja plicata, with juvenile foliage, on the left and a Juniper Haircap Moss on the right.



This past weekend (5-7-2011) I found a patch of Juniper Haircap Moss growing under ideal conditions in the forest: