Brian's Journal  Index - Plant Communities
Locations are in Washington state unless otherwise specified. Index includes entries for 1/2015 through 12/2025 but does not include entries for trips to Africa and Europe.
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Plant Communities
Alpine and Subalpine
Alpine meadow - Yellow Aster Butte 8/2016
Alpine tundra - Sahale Arm 7/2016
Stepped Alpine meadow - Second Burroughs 6/2015
Huckleberry meadow - Yellow Aster Butte 9/2015
Subalpine flowers near Sunrise - Mount Rainier 7/2015
Subalpine Meadows - Yellow Aster Butte 9/2015
Krummholz - Fremont lookout, Mount Rainier 7/2015
Boreal and Mountain Forests
Balsam Fir forest - backside trail, Wildcat Mountain NH 12/2015
Birch Glade with depth hoar - Wildcat Mountain NH 2/2015
Birch glade - backside trail, Wildcat Mountain NH 12/2015
Engleman Spruce Forest - Bunchgrass Meadows 8/2025
Engleman Spruce Forest - Bunchgrass Meadows 9/2024
Engleman Spruce forest - Bunchgrass Meadows 9/2022
Engelman Spruce woods - Leadville CO 1/2015
Spruce-fir forest - NF-200 8/2025
Spruce-fir forest - Falls Creek drainage, Winthrop 5/2015
Eastern Coniferous Forests
Jack Pine forest - Manistee NF, Roscommon MI 5/2023
Eastern Deciduous Forests
Eastern Hardwood forest - Gibson Taylor Road, Smyrna NY 5/2023
Eastern Hardwood forest - Brownfield Bog ME 5/2023
Eastern Hardwood forest - Funks Grove Nature Prsv IL 5/2023
Eastern Hardwood forest - Indiana Dunes NP IN 5/2016
Hardwood grove - Tamarac NWR MN 6/2015
Red Maples - North Conway NH 5/2015
Western Coniferous Forests
Douglas Fir - Havillah Sno-park road 1/2024
Douglas Fir - Stevenson Ridge 10/2023
Douglas Fir - Orcas Island 6/2023
Douglas Fir - Capitol Forest 6/2015
Douglas Fir/Western Larch - Naneum Ridge 8/2022
Douglas Fir/Pacific Madrone - Elwha River valley 4/2016
Douglas Fir - Patterson Mt, Winthrop 5/2015
Juniper Woodland - Portal AZ 8/2015
Apache and Western White Pine - Chiricahua Mts AZ 8/2015
Limber Pine - Dearborn River MT 6/2023
Lodgepole Pine - Little Boulder Creek, Mazama 5/2015
Lodgepole Pine - Moses Mountain 5/2025
Mixed Coniferous forest - Rimrock Lake 8/2022
Mixed Coniferous forest - Moses Meadows 6/2022
Mixed Coniferous forest - with old pines, Mazama 5/2015
Mixed Coniferous forest - Little Boulder Creek, Mazama 5/2015
Pine-Oak Woodland - Oak Creek Road 5/2025
Ponderosa Pine - Cle Elum 4/2025
Ponderosa Pine - Jasper Mountain 3/2025
Ponderosa Pine - Bethel Ridge Road 5/2025
Ponderosa Pine - Winthrop 11/2024
Ponderosa Pine - Indian Painted Rocks 6/2024
Ponderosa Pine - Turnbull NWR 6/2024
Ponderosa Pine - Barbecue Flats 5/2022
Ponderosa Pine - Cook Mt Rd, Okanogan 4/2022
Ponderosa Pine - Cle Elum 5/2016
Ponderosa Pine - Nile Creek 3/2015
Ponderosa Pine - Boulder Creek Rd, Winthrop 5/2015
Ponderosa Pine and Manzanita - Carr Canyon AZ 8/2015
Wet Coniferous forest (OG) - Big Four 8/2025
Wet coniferous forest (OG) - Calamity Peak 10/2024
Wet Coniferous forest (OG) - Grove of the Patriarchs 8/2015
Wet Coniferous forest (OG) - Western Red Cedar, Boulder River 4/2015
Wet coniferous forest (OG) - Whistle Punk Trail, Stabler 10/2023
Wet Mixed forest - Wa'atch Peak Road, Neah Bay 6/2025
Western Deciduous Woodlands
Red Alder grove - Big Four 8/2025
Red Alder - Jetty Road, Neah Bay 10/2024
Red Alder - West River, Clallam County 4/2016
Ash grove - Whistle Punk Trail, Stabler 10/2023
Aspen grove - Cle Elum 4/2025
Aspen grove - Maloy Road 4/2022
Big-leaf Maple - Suiattle River Road 5/2024
Big-leaf Maple - Alcyon Farm, Skamokawa 7/2023
White Cottonwoods - Horn Rapids Park 6/2025
Siberian Elms Ulmus pumila - Brewster 6/2025
Mesquite along Proctor Road - Madera Canyon AZ 8/2015
Mesquite woodland - Bentsen State Park TX 11/2015
Mesquite woodland - Bentsen State Park 11/2015
Mesquite and Prickly Pear - Mission Nature Park TX 11/2015
Oak Woodland - Skinner SP, Northampton MA 5/2023
Oak Woodland - Major Creek Rd 4/2024
Oak Woodland - Wahkiacus Heights Rd 6/2023
Oak woodland - Balch Road, Lyle 4/2025
Oak Woodland - Balch Road 1/2016
Silverleaf Oak Woodland - Madera Canyon AZ 8/2015
Oak, madrone and Juniper wodland - Mount Wrightson AZ 8/2015
Oak grove - below Baldy Saddle, Mount Wrightson AZ 8/2015
Oak woodland (Colima warbler habitat) - Chisos Mts TX 7/2015
Coast Willows Salix hookeriana - Bottle Beach 9/2025
Willows - Lake Sammamish SP 4/2024
Western Riparian Communities
Ash - Kiwa Trail slough in Ridgefield NWR 8/2015
Aspen and Pine - Wenas Creek 4/2015
Cottonwood (video) - Sanpoil River valley 5/2024
Cottonwood - Lewis and Clark Trail SP 7/2023
Cottonwood - Sanpoil River Valley 7/2023
Cottonwood Alder - Pataha Creek, Garfield County 7/2023
Cottonwood, oaks and brush - Paradise AZ 8/2015
Desert shrub - Madera Canyon AZ 8/2015
Hawthornes - Rock Lake, Ewan 5/2025
Oak forest - Santa Ana NWR TX 11/2015
Oak and Sycamore - Pena Blanca Canyon AZ 8/2015
Oak, Sycamore and juniper - Pena Blanca Canyon AZ 8/2015
Engelman Spuce - Little Naches 6/2025
Sitka Spruce - Julia Butler Hansen NWR 2/2023
Water Birch - Siwash Creek Road 1/2024
Willow - Mattawa 11/2024
Willow - Palouse River near Hooper 9/2024
Grasslands
Dune Grass - Hobuck Beach 11/2016
Fields - Ridgefield NWR 5/2022
Grassland - McKay Grade 3/2025
Grassland - Nine Mile Canyon 3/2023
Grassland - Cameron Lakes Rd, Okanogan 2/2023
Grassland - Old Port Isabel Rd TX 11/2015
Bitterbrush Grassland - Hardy Canyon, Wenas Valley 6/2015
Brushy grassland - Portal AZ 8/2015
Mesquite grassland with barrel cactus - Madera Canyon AZ 7/2015
Mesquite grassland near Ozona TX 7/2015
Mesquite grassland - White House Canyon AZ 7/2015
Ocotillo grassland 7/2015
Ocotillo grassland - White House Canyon AZ 7/2015
Oak grassland near Mason 7/2015
Oak grassland 7/2015
Weedy grassland - Sheep Lake 5/2025
Meadow - Muddy Meadow, Mount Adams 10/2024
Meadow - Horseshoe Lake 6/2024
Meadow - Wenas Creek 4/2015
Meadows - Biscuit Ridge 5/2024
Meadow flowers in old burn - Mount Wrightson AZ 8/2015
Pasture - Jackson NH 5/2023
Prairie - Spring Valley Rd, Fairfield MT 6/2023
Prairie - Malta MT 6/2023
Prairie - Elkhorn ND 5/2023
Prairie - Lake Williams School Section ND 6/2015
Marshy Prairie - Robinson ND 6/2015
Tallgrass prairie - Felton Creek MN 6/2015
Wheat field and Grassland - Turner Road, Columbia County 3/2024
Wheat field and Grassland - Greenville Road 2/2024
Wheat field and Grassland - Turner Road, Columbia County 3/2024
Shrub dominant
Avalanche brush - Yellow Aster Butte trail 9/2015
Avalanche brush - Sunrise Mine trail 6/2015
Bitterbrush - Winthrop 4/2022
Brushy Field (edge) - Altamont NY 5/2023
Brushy Field - Whitehall NY 5/2023
Chaparral - Peloncillo Mts NM 8/2015
Chaparral - Carr Canyon AZ 8/2015
Chaparral - Biscuit Ridge 6/2023
Clearcut - Albian Hill Road 8/2025
Chihuahuan desert vegetation, Big Bend NP 7/2015
Chihuahuan desert scrub - Big Bend NP 7/2015
Creosote bush flats 7/2015
Creosote bush and Mesquite near Iraan 7/2015
Scotch Broom - Port Orchard airport 6/2015
Sagebrush - Cameron Lake Road 8/2025
Shrub-steppe - Dodd Road 4/2025
Shrub-steppe - Waterville Plateau 11/2024
Shrub-steppe Lithosol flowers - Ryegrass Summit 5/2025
Shrub-steppe Sagebrush - Durr Road 5/2024
Shrub-steppe Sagebrush - Durr Road 3/2024
Shrub-steppe Sagebrush - Rattlesnake Slope 5/2024
Shrub-steppe Sagebrush - Sprague 4/2024
Shrub-steppe Sagebrush - Keller Ferry 7/2023
Shrub-steppe Sagebrush - Yakima Training Center 4/2023
Shrub-steppe Sagebrush - Durr Road 3/2016
Shrub-steppe Sagebrush - Old Vantage Hwy 3/2016
Successional shrublands - Kettle Range 6/2022
Tamaulipan Thornscrub - Sandia TX 11/2015
Yucca and Creosote Bush - Big Bend NP TX 7/2015
Urban Flora
Suburban - Port Angeles 4/2024
Wetlands
Mountain Bog - Big Four Ice Caves 5/2022
Spruce Bog - Sax-Zim Bog MN 5/2023
Spruce Bog - Toomey Williams Road MN 5/2023
Brackish Marsh - Bos Lake 9/2025
Freshwater marsh - Ridgefield NWR 4/2025
Freshwater marsh - winter along Mary Ann Greek Rd 12/2015
Freshwater marsh - Visitor's Center pond at Nisqually NWR 11/2015
Freshwater marsh - Nisqually NWR 5/2015
Freshwater Marsh - Estero Llano Grande SP TX 11/2015
Freshwater Marsh - Tamarac NWR MN 6/2015
Freshwater Marsh Cattails - Nisqually NWR 10/2025
Freshwater Marsh Cattails - Mt View Cemetery, Lakewood 3/2024
Freshwater Marsh Cattails - Indiana Dunes NP IN 5/2016
Freshwater Marsh Grasses - Ridgefield NWR 2/2022
Freshwater Marsh Rushes - McNary NWR 9/2024
Freshwater Marsh Rushes - Hallin Lake east of Ritzville 6/2023
Freshwater Marsh Sedges - Big Four Ice Caves 8/2025
Freshwater Marsh Wooded - Magee Marsh OH 5/2023
Salt marsh - Lytles Oysters, Hoquiam 5/2025
Salt Marsh - Theler Wetlands 3/2024
Salt Marsh - Eide Road 9/2022
Salt Marsh - March Point 1/2022
Salt Marsh - Oyehut Game Range, Ocean Shores 9/2015
Salt Marsh - Audubon Nature Center, South Padre Island TX 11/2015
Lake - Twin Lakes (Ferry County) 7/2023
Alder Swamp - Amazon Creek Marsh 5/2025
Alder Swamp - near Channing MI 5/2023
Eastern Hardwood swamp - Indiana Dunes NP IN 5/2016
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