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Tag: Fall color

Rocky Mountain maple (Acer gabrum)

2020 Halloween Week on ice

Posted on October 26, 2020 by Susan Ballinger

In 2020-topsy-turvy style, I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised to find ice encrusted still-green leaves, on what I’d thought would be a fall leaf-peeping walk. We were hiking near Easton, just east of Snoqualmie Pass, on a snow-covered trail when sunlight suddenly lit up every ice coated surface. Continue Reading →

Posted in Botany, News, Susan Ballinger, Wildflowers | Tagged Botany, Fall color, wildflower hike
Larch | Mission Ridge Ski Area

Golden October

Posted on October 19, 2020 by Susan Ballinger

Have you made time to go “larching?” The word is a bit silly, but gaining popularity in Washington as more and more of us anticipate the turn-of-season by our two species of deciduous conifers. Continue Reading →

Posted in Conifers, Conservation, montane forest, News, Wenatchee Valley | Tagged Eco-region, Fall color, habitats, Mission Ridge, montane forest, Subalpine larch, trees, Washington Cascade Mountains, Western larch
Leave No Trace Chelan Douglas Land Trust 
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