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Wildflower of the Month:


Each month we will highlight a different beautiful wildflower found on our Forest Farm.

 

 

This month, the:

 Western Rattlesnake Plantain

Goodyera oblongifolia

 

 

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Western Rattlesnake Plantain

 
Did you know?
The Western Rattlesnake Plantain
 is a member of the Orchidaceae or Orchid family.
It is the latest blooming of the orchids
 and can be quite varied in appearance,
with lighter mottles on its dark green leathery leaves,
as shown above, or
with only a lighter colored stripe
 down the center of the green leaves.
 
 
 
 
 
 
A Special Thank You!
 
While a great deal of time is spent
with reference books and online databases
 to determine the classification for each  lovely flower...
 
We would like to extend a very special thank you
 to Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center
 at the University of Texas at Austin.
The folks at Mr. Smarty Plants
 have been an invaluable resource
 for their assistance and interest-
as well as their incredible expertise 
in identifying our more unusual flower species! 
 
Visit their site at:  
 

 
 
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  Tough-leaved Iris
Iris tenax
 
Deep violet veins 
on a white background
 make this Iris very beautiful.
 


 
 
Other lovely flowers
in blossom earlier:
 
 
 
 

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Leopard Lily


Golden Leopard Lilys
 
 Lilium pardalinum
Leopard Lily
 
Members of the Lilaceae family, the various subspecies of Lilium pardalinum including L. pardalinum ssp. volmeri, L. pardalinum ssp. wigginsii, L. pardalinum ssp. shastense and also other species intergrade and form hybrid swarms wherever they occur in close proximity to one another.
 
 
 
 
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Asyneuma prenanthoides
California Harebell
 
A member of the Campanulaceae, or Bluebell family, this harebell is unique enough to be redesignated to its own genus!
 
 
 
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Pink Wintergreen
Pyrola asarifolia 
 
A member of the Wintergreen, or Pyrolaceae family, this specific plant was found growing as a leafless saprophyte, absorbing its nutrition from the rich humus of the forest floor.
 

 
 

All wildflowers are photographed in their natural habitat.

 
 
 

alexander and jeannie

Kendrick Forest Farm

  Wilderville, Oregon  *   97543