Flora and Fauna

Manzanita in bloom

Snow plant. Sarcodes
is the monotypic genus of a north-west American flowering springtime
plant in the heath family, containing the single species Sarcodes
sanguinea, commonly called the snow plant or snow flower. It is a
parasitic plant that derives sustenance and nutrients from mycorrhizal
fungi that attach to roots of trees.


Wild flowers

Dandelions

Wildflowers

Deer patrolling Gray Eagle Lodge grounds

Skinks, doing their thing