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  • Grasses and other wetland plants are bathed in evening light as the water of Browns Slough flows through in the Fir Island Farm Wildlife Area in Skagit County, Washington.
    WA_Fir-Island_Browns-Slough_Golden_7...jpg
  • A fiery sunrise colors the sky above mountains and rubber rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus) plants at Furnace Creek in Death Valley National Park, California.
    Death-Valley_Furnace-Creek_Fiery-Sun...jpg
  • Giant torch ginger stalks (Phaeomeria magnifica) reach high into the sky in thick forest here Hana, Maui. Like many of the plants in the Hawaiian islands, the torch ginger was imported.
    TorchGinger_2666.jpg
  • Ferns, mosses and other plants grow on the wet rocks in the mist of Nooksack Falls in the North Cascades of Washington state.
    Nooksack-Falls_Ferns_Moss_1559.jpg
  • Moss, ferns, and trees grow from a large rock outcropping near the Minister Valley in Allegheny National Forest in Warren, Pennsylvania. The Allegheny Front was once part of a vast delta and layers of a hard, sandstone congolomerate were deposited. Between 250 and 320 million years ago, the Allegheny Front was lifted, forming hills and mountains. Over time, erosion exposed, split, or dislodged and moved the former sedimentary rock, resulting in large rock outcroppings.
    PA_Allegheny_Outcropping_Roots_8652.jpg
  • A telephoto lens compresses the view of hardstem bulrush (Schoenoplectus acutus) in the Edmonds Marsh in Washington state, displaying the patches of the wetland plant as stacked layers.
    Edmonds-Marsh_Bulrush_Layers_9248.jpg
  • Moss, ferns, and trees grow from a large rock outcropping near the Minister Valley in Allegheny National Forest in Warren, Pennsylvania. The Allegheny Front was once part of a vast delta and layers of a hard, sandstone congolomerate were deposited. Between 250 and 320 million years ago, the Allegheny Front was lifted, forming hills and mountains. Over time, erosion exposed, split, or dislodged and moved the former sedimentary rock, resulting in large rock outcroppings.
    PA_Allegheny_Outcropping_Roots_8656.jpg
  • Fragrant water lily pads show a variety of autumn colors as they float on Lake Sammamish in Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington. The fragrant water lily is a perennial aquatic plant, typically found in freshwater lakes and ponds and slow-moving streams where the water has a depth of between 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters).
    Water-Lilies_Autumn_Detail_Lake-Samm...jpg
  • A cluster of fragrant water lily pads float on Lake Washington off Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington. The fragrant water lily is a perennial aquatic plant, typically found in freshwater lakes and ponds and slow-moving streams where the water has a depth of between 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters).
    Water-Lilies_Arboretum_6352-BW.jpg
  • Numerous water lily pads turn yellow in autumn, mimicking the golden color of a sunset over Lake Sammamish in this view from Marymoor Park in Redmond, Washington. The fragrant water lily is a perennial aquatic plant, typically found in freshwater lakes and ponds and slow-moving streams where the water has a depth of between 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters).
    WA_Lake-Sammamish_Autumn_Sunset_Mary...jpg
  • Numerous water lily pads turn yellow in autumn, mimicking the golden color of a sunset over Lake Sammamish in this view from Marymoor Park in Redmond, Washington. The fragrant water lily is a perennial aquatic plant, typically found in freshwater lakes and ponds and slow-moving streams where the water has a depth of between 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters).
    WA_Lake-Sammamish_Autumn_Sunset_Mary...jpg
  • Large pipes transport nearly boiling water away from the Svartsengi Power Plant in southwest Iceland. It is one of five major plants in Iceland that convert geothermal energy from volcanic sources to hot water or electricity. This plant produces 76.5 MW of electricity, and about 475 litres/second of 90 °C hot water. Excess hot water is used in the Blue Lagoon (Bláa Lónið).
    Iceland-Svartsengi-v.jpg
  • Large pipes transport nearly boiling water away from the Svartsengi Power Plant in southwest Iceland. It is one of five major plants in Iceland that convert geothermal energy from volcanic sources to hot water or electricity. This plant produces 76.5 MW of electricity, and about 475 litres/second of 90 °C hot water. Excess hot water is used in the Blue Lagoon (Bláa Lónið).
    Iceland-Svartsengi-h.jpg
  • A field of flowering goldenrods color the valley below a towering basalt cliff in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in Adams County, Washington.
    WA_Columbia-NWR_Goldenrod_Cliffs_758...jpg
  • Fragrant water lily pads begin to take on golden autumn color as they float on Lake Sammamish in Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington.
    Water-Lilies_Autumn_Lake-Sammamish_9...jpg
  • Several branches of a poison hemlock (Conium maculatum) converge, covering the ground in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Leaves_Green_Converging_Lynnwood_578...jpg
  • Rockweed, algae, snails, and other tide pool inhabitants appear in vibrant colors when exposed to ultraviolet light at low tide off Fidalgo Head near Anacortes, Washington. The color shift is fluorescence, a type of photoluminescence, in which certain chemicals absorb light that is invisible to human eyes and emit some of it at a different wavelength that we can see. This scene was captured under black light at Sunset Beach in Washington Park.
    BlackLight_Low-Tide_Tide-Pool_Fidalg...jpg
  • Rockweed (Fucus distichus) grows along the edges of a tidepool on Fidalgo Island in Washington Park, Anacortes, Washington. Rockweed is a brown alga seaweed that grows profusely in the upper and middle intertidal zones. Its branches are tipped by swollen bladders, called receptacles, which allow it to reproduce.
    Rockweed_Tidepool_Sunset-Beach_Anaco...jpg
  • Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. consimilis) grows under a fiery sunrise at the edge of Mono Lake in Mono County, California. Mono Lake has no outlet, so salt accumulates and makes the water alkeline. Limestone columns called tufa towers are visible in the lake. Tufa towers form under water. They were exposed when Los Angeles diverted some of the fresh water that feeds the lake, causing the lake level to drop.
    Mono-Lake_Rabbitbrush_Sunrise_0748.jpg
  • A variety of summer wildflowers, including goldenrod, wild teasel and purple loosestrife, grow near Crab Creek in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in Grant County, Washington.
    WA_Columbia-NWR_Wildflowers_Crab-Cre...jpg
  • Fragrant water lily pads, some of which are turning yellow in autumn, float in the reflection of a cumulus cloud, which is picking up the golden color of sunset, on Lake Sammamish in Redmond, Washington.
    Water-Lilies_Cloud-Reflections_Lake-...jpg
  • Hardstem bulrush (Schoenoplectus acutus) grows in the Edmonds Marsh, a saltwater marsh located in Edmonds, Washington.
    Edmonds-Marsh_Bulrush_9257.jpg
  • The bright yellow pods of velvet mesquite (Prosopis velutina) trees stand out against the green leaves in the early spring in the Boyce Thompson Arboretum, located in the Sonoran Desert near Superior, Arizona.
    Mesquite_Velvet_Patterns_Boyce-Thomp...jpg
  • Several western brackenferns (Pteridium aquilinum) grow from a crack in a steep rock face in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness near Lake Dorothy, Washington.
    WA-Alpine-Lakes_Ferns_Rock-Face_8054.jpg
  • California corn lilies (Veratrum californicum) grow around blue lupins in a meadow in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. California corn lilies, also known as California false hellebore, are found in mountain meadows from the Cascades to the Sierra Nevada.
    RainierNP_CornLilies_Lupine_3706.jpg
  • The blades of a licorice fern (Polypodium glycyrrhiza), located near Elowah Falls on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge, are covered in ice after a week of subfreezing temperatures.
    OR_LicoriceFern_Ice_Elowah_5098.jpg
  • Mussels, anemones, barnacles, crabs, and other tide pool creatures take on vivid colors under ultraviolet light at low tide at Tongue Point in the Salt Creek Recreation Area west of Port Angeles, Washington. The vibrant colors are the result of fluorescence, a type of photoluminescence, in which certain chemicals absorb light that is invisible to human eyes and emit some of it at a different wavelength that we can see. This scene was captured under black light.
    BlackLight_Low-Tide_Tide-Pool_Tongue...jpg
  • Mussels, acorn barnacles, and Pacific Goose barnacles show vivid colors when exposed to ultraviolet light at low tide at Tongue Point in the Salt Creek Recreation Area near Port Angeles, Washington. The vibrant colors are the result of fluorescence, a type of photoluminescence, in which certain chemicals absorb light that is invisible to human eyes and emit some of it at a different wavelength that we can see. This scene was captured under black light.
    BlackLight_Low-Tide_Barnacles_Mussel...jpg
  • In the blue light of dusk, bulrush and marsh grasses seem to form horizontal layers in this view of the Edmonds Marsh in Edmonds, Washington.
    WA_Edmonds-Marsh_Dusk_Layers_0015.jpg
  • The red autumn leaves of a Japanese maple (Acer palmatum) provide contrast against the other trees and shrubs in the Woodland Garden of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington.
    Arboretum_Japanese-Maple_Fall-Color_...jpg
  • A sweeping Japanese maple and other trees and shrubs show off their fall colors in the Woodland Garden in the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington.
    Arboretum_Woodland-Garden_Fall-Color...jpg
  • The red autumn leaves of a Japanese maple (Acer palmatum) provide contrast against the other trees and shrubs in the Woodland Garden of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington.
    Arboretum_Japanese-Maple_Fall-Color_...jpg
  • Rockweed (Fucus distichus) hangs from a sheer, barnacle-encrusted rock along the shore of Fidalgo Island in Washington Park, Anacortes, Washington. Rockweed is a brown alga seaweed that grows profusely in the upper and middle intertidal zones. Its branches are tipped by swollen bladders, called receptacles, which allow it to reproduce.
    Rockweed_Hanging_Sunset-Beach_Anacor...jpg
  • Several types of trees and shrubs growing along the Sammamish River show a variety of colors in early autumn in this view from Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington.
    Autumn-Shrubs_Marymoor-Park_9625.jpg
  • Fragrant water lily pads begin to take on golden autumn color as they float on Lake Sammamish in Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington.
    Water-Lilies_Autumn_Lake-Sammamish_9...jpg
  • Dozens of magenta rose campion (Silene coronaria) blossoms stand out against their grayish-green stems and leaves in a garden in King County, Washington.
    Campion_Rose_Flowers_Shoreline_5769.jpg
  • Several evergreen wood ferns (Dryopteris intermedia) grow on a mossy rock outcropping near the Minister Valley in the Allegheny National Forest in Warren County, Pennsylvania. The Allegheny Front was once part of a vast delta and layers of a hard, sandstone congolomerate were deposited. Between 250 and 320 million years ago, the Allegheny Front was lifted, forming hills and mountains. Over time, erosion exposed, split, or dislodged and moved the former sedimentary rock, resulting in large rock outcroppings.
    PA_Allegheny_Minister_Fern_Rock_8643.jpg
  • Several evergreen wood ferns (Dryopteris intermedia) grow on a mossy rock outcropping near the Minister Valley in the Allegheny National Forest in Warren County, Pennsylvania. The Allegheny Front was once part of a vast delta and layers of a hard, sandstone congolomerate were deposited. Between 250 and 320 million years ago, the Allegheny Front was lifted, forming hills and mountains. Over time, erosion exposed, split, or dislodged and moved the former sedimentary rock, resulting in large rock outcroppings.
    PA_Allegheny_Minister_Fern_Rock_8642.jpg
  • Bracken ferns (Pteridium aquilinum) display a variety of fall colors on a bluff above Deception Creek near Stevens Pass, Washington.
    FallColor_Brackens_StevensPass_0432.jpg
  • Numerous stalks of Northern Giant Horsetail (Equisetum telmateia braunii) are clustered together in the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge near Hoquiam, Washington.
    Horsetail_Stalks_Young_7653.jpg
  • The contrasting colors of sea lettuce, a type of seaweed,  are visible at low tide at the edge of Puget Sound in Carkeek Park, Seattle, Washington.
    Sea-Lettuce_Carkeek_3542.jpg
  • Mussels, acorn barnacles, and Pacific Goose barnacles show vivid colors when exposed to ultraviolet light at low tide at Tongue Point in the Salt Creek Recreation Area near Port Angeles, Washington. The tide pool also contains limpets, snails and crabs. The vibrant colors are the result of fluorescence, a type of photoluminescence, in which certain chemicals absorb light that is invisible to human eyes and emit some of it at a different wavelength that we can see. This scene was captured under black light.
    BlackLight_Low-Tide_Barnacles_Mussel...jpg
  • Eelgrass (genus Zostera), which normally appears green, takes on vibrant colors when exposed to ultraviolet light at low tide on Tongue Point in the Salt Creek Recreation Area near Port Angeles, Washington. The vibrant colors are the result of fluorescence, a type of photoluminescence, in which certain chemicals absorb light that is invisible to human eyes and emit some of it at a different wavelength that we can see. This scene was captured under black light.
    BlackLight_Low-Tide_Eelgrass_Tongue-...jpg
  • Fragrant water lily pads, which are beginning to show their autumn colors, float on Lake Sammamish among bulrush and fern stalks in this view from Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington.
    Water-Lilies_Bulrush_Autumn_Lake-Sam...jpg
  • Floating marshpennywort (Hydrocotyle ranunculoides) spreads across the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. Floating marshpennywort, also called floating pennywort, is native to North and South America has steams that spready horizontally and can float on water.
    Water-Pennywort_Arboretum_P8270154.jpg
  • Tree roots spread out and nearly cover the face of a rock outcropping near Minister Valley in the Allegheny National Forest, Warren County, Pennsylvania.
    PA_Allegheny_Outcropping_TreeRoots_8...jpg
  • Tree roots spread out and nearly cover the face of a rock outcropping near Minister Valley in the Allegheny National Forest, Warren County, Pennsylvania.
    PA_Allegheny_Outcropping_TreeRoots_8...jpg
  • An ohia lehua tree (Metrosideros polymorpha) provides rare color on a lava field in Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii. Ohio lehua are the most abundant native trees in Hawaii and are among the first life in new lava flows. According to Hawaiian legend, the tree is actually a young warrior. Pele, the goddess of fire, wanted to marry the warrior. When he refused, she turned him into a tree. The other gods weren't able to turn him back, so they turned his true love into the lehua blossom so they could be reunited. It's said that if you pick one of the blossoms, it will rain - the tears of lovers.
    HI_Volcanoes_OhiaLehua_Blossom_8493.jpg
  • Grasses and summer wildflowers, including Indian paintbrush, begin to restablish the otherwise barren hillside beneath Johnston Ridge in Mount St. Helens National Monument, Washington.
    StHelens_Wildflowers_6335.jpg
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  • A variety of trees display the full assortment of autumn colors along the main trail in the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington.
    Arboretum_Fall-Colors_Main-Trail_591...jpg
  • Several dozen black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia hirta) bloom in the garden of the Center for Urban Horticulture, part of the University of Washington Botanic Gardens in Seattle, Washington.
    Susans-Black-Eyed_UW-Botanic-Garden_...jpg
  • Fragrant water lily pads, which are beginning to show their autumn colors, float on Lake Sammamish among bulrush and fern stalks in this view from Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington.
    Water-Lilies_Cloud-Reflections_Lake-...jpg
  • Thick holly grows beside the trunk of a douglas fir tree in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Holly_Douglas-Fir_Forest_8656.jpg
  • A lush jungle grows on the hills above Sayulita, Mexico.
    Sayulita_jungle_1052.jpg
  • New leaves form on a Youth on Age (Tolmiea menziesii) plant. The plant is named for the fact that new leaves — and sometimes new plants — form at the base of old leaves. It is also known by the names Piggyback Plant and Thousand Mothers.
    YouthOnAge_0500.jpg
  • New leaves form on a Youth on Age (Tolmiea menziesii) plant. The plant is named for the fact that new leaves — and sometimes new plants — form at the base of old leaves. It is also known by the names Piggyback Plant and Thousand Mothers.
    YouthOnAge_0496.jpg
  • Three spear thistle plants (Cirsium vulgare), also known as bull thistle, begin to bloom in an open field near the Snohomish River in Snohomish, Washington. The spear thistle is native through most of Europe, Western Asia and northwestern Africa and is the national flower of Scotland. It has been introduced to most other continents and is considered an invasive weed in several U.S. states and Australia.
    Thistle-Spear-Three_Snohomish_5825.jpg
  • Ice forms on and mimics the shape of a deer fern (Blechnum spicant) located near the spray of Elowah Falls in the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon. Creeks and dozens of waterfalls in the area occasionally free over in the winter months, and mist can freeze to nearby plants.
    OR_DeerFern_Ice_Elowah_5087.jpg
  • A power plant produces geothermal energy at Krafla, Iceland. The power plant turns heat from below the earth’s crust into 60 megawatts of electricity. The Krafla area is very volcanic. The Krafla volcano erupted nine times between 1975 and 1984 and very high temperatures are found 3 to 5 kilometers (2 to 3 miles) of the earth’s surface.
    Iceland_Krafla_GeothermalEnergy_3294.jpg
  • Haleakalā silversword (Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum) grows in volcanic cinder on the slope of the dormant Haleakalā volcano on the Hawaiian island of Maui. The rare Haleakalā silversword, which is considered threatened, grows at elevations above 6,900 feet (2,100 meters). The plant can have 40 or more sword-like succulent leaves covered with silver hairs, which are strong enough to resist wind. The plant is also specially adapted to the extreme high-altitude temperatures. The leaves and hairs are arranged in such a way to focus sunlight, raising the plant's temperature by as much as 36 degrees Fahrenheit (20 degrees Celcius). In Hawaiian, the plant is referred to as ʻāhinahina, which means "very gray."
    Maui_Haleakala_Silversword_6986.jpg
  • A Haleakala silversword plant (Argyroxiphium sandwicense macrocephalum) grows in the volcanic rock near the summit of Mount Haleakal? on the Hawaiian island of Maui. The plant, found only in Haleakala National Park, was once endangered and is still considered threatened. It grows more than a mile above sea level (2,100 to 3,000 m) in tough conditions. The skin and hairs are strong enough to resist the wind and freezing temperature of this altitude and protect the plant from dehydration and the sun.
    maui-haleakala-silversword.jpg
  • A dusky dancer (Argia translata) damselfly rests on the red leaves of a coleus plant in the Birmingham Botanical Garden in Birmigham, Alabama.
    Dancer-Dusky_Coleus_Birmingham-Botan...jpg
  • A fragrant water lily (Nymphaea odorata) blooms in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington. The perennial plant floats on the water surface, and can grow in water up to 8 feet (2.5 meters) deep.
    WaterLily_Arboretum_2285.jpg
  • An exotic yellow heliconia, also known as a Golden Torch (Heliconia psittacorum), grows in the jungle near Sayulita, Mexico. The flowering plant blooms year round and can grow to be five to six feet tall (2 meters).
    yellow-heliconia_1066.jpg
  • A dusky dancer (Argia translata) damselfly rests on the red leaves of a coleus plant in the Birmingham Botanical Garden in Birmigham, Alabama.
    Dancer-Dusky_Coleus_Birmingham-Botan...jpg
  • A large cluster of fragrant water lily pads (Nymphaea odorata) float on wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. The perennial plant grows in clear and calm water that is up to 8 feet (2.5 meters) deep.
    WaterLilies_LilyPads_1439.jpg
  • A young lupine plant casts a shadow on granite near Washington Pass in the North Cascades of Washington state.
    WA_Blue-Lake_Lupine-Shadow_4121.jpg
  • The moon gets ready to set near the base of a large saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) in the Superstition Wilderness near Gold Canyon, Arizona. Saguaro are native to the Sonoran Desert and are known for their "arms," which take ages to grow. The saguaro can take 10 years to reach its first inch of height and another 60 years to produce its first flowers. By 95-100 years, saguaros can be 15-16 feet tall and may finally produce their first arm, though some of the cacti never generate one.
    Saguaro_Moon_Superstition-Wilderness...jpg
  • A flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum) bud fluoresces under ultraviolet light in Snohomish County, Washington. Under white light, this bud would appear brownish-red and green. The bright red and violet colors are the result of fluorescence, a type of photoluminescence, in which certain chemicals absorb light that is invisible to human eyes and emit some of it at a different wavelength that we can see. This scene was captured under black light.
    BlackLight_Flowering-Currant_Bud_363...jpg
  • A close-up image of the trunk of an Arizona sycamore (Platanus wrightii) reveals abstract, almost monochromatic patterns of its bark. The Arizona sycamore is native to the states of Arizona and New Mexico. This Arizona sycamore was found in a lush area near Montezuma Well in Montezuma Castle National Monument.
    Sycamore_Arizona_Bark_Detail_Montezu...jpg
  • A close-up image of the trunk of an Arizona sycamore (Platanus wrightii) reveals abstract, almost monochromatic patterns of its bark. The Arizona sycamore is native to the states of Arizona and New Mexico. This Arizona sycamore was found in a lush area near Montezuma Well in Montezuma Castle National Monument.
    Sycamore_Arizona_Bark_Detail_Montezu...jpg
  • A Calla lily (Zantedeschia albomaculata) grows on a small bluff near Rodeo Beach in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area near San Francisco, California. The flowering perennial is native to southern Africa, but has now been introduced to all continents except Antarctica.
    Calla-Lily_Rodeo-Beach_5390.jpg
  • The leaves of the poisonous corn lily (Veratrum californicum), otherwise known as a false hellebore, twist into a swirl pattern. Corn lilies are commonly found in forested areas where the soil is consistently moist.
    CornLilySwirl.jpg
  • Sargassum, a type of seaweed, rests in a tide pool during an exceptionally low tide on Puget Sound in Carkeek Park, Seattle, Washington.
    Seaweed_Sargassum_Carkeek-Park_3538.jpg
  • The petals, or rays, of a common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) form abstract patterns in this macro view, which is approximately five times life size.
    Dandelion_Flower_Macro_2742.jpg
  • A common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) seed head stands among tall blades of grass in a yard in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Dandelion_Seed-Head_Grass_Lynnwood_2...jpg
  • A common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) seed head is visible in front of the flower of another dandelion.
    Dandelion_Seed-Head_Lynnwood_2449.jpg
  • A cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) picks a berry from a Chinese holly (Ilex cornuta) shrub in Everett, Washington. Cedar waxwings eat berries year-round, though they supplement their diet with insects during breading season.
    Waxwing-Cedar_Holly-Berries_Everett_...jpg
  • Lyell's Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum lyellii) grows in the fork of a birch tree trunk in Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington.
    Moss-Lyells-Bristle_Marymoor_9688.jpg
  • A bitterroot (Lewisia rediviva) grows among the lava rocks that make up a cider cone in the Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho.
    CratersOfTheMoon_Lava-Rock_Bitterroo...jpg
  • The paper-like red bark peels from a Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii) tree near Port Townsend, Washington. Pacific Madrones are part of the arbutus genus. Pacific Madrones are found on the west coast of North America from British Columbia to central California, and on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada and Pacific Coast mountains.
    PacificMadrone_PeelingBark_PortTowns...jpg
  • The paper-like red bark peels from a Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii) tree near Port Townsend, Washington. Pacific Madrones are part of the arbutus genus. Pacific Madrones are found on the west coast of North America from British Columbia to central California, and on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada and Pacific Coast mountains.
    PacificMadrone_PeelingBark_PortTowns...jpg
  • The paper-like red bark peels from a Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii) tree near Port Townsend, Washington. Pacific Madrones are part of the arbutus genus. Pacific Madrones are found on the west coast of North America from British Columbia to central California, and on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada and Pacific Coast mountains.
    PacificMadrone_PeelingBark_PortTowns...jpg
  • A yucca known as Our Lord's Candle (Yucca whipplei) blooms at Yucca Point in Kings Canyon National Park, California. The yucca can grow to be six feet (2 meters) tall. Its blooming season runs from April through June.
    Yucca_OurLordsCandle_KingsCanyon_858...jpg
  • The nearly full moon rises between the branches of a madrona tree, located near Eatonville, Washington.
    Full Moon and Pacific Madrone (#0567)
  • An extreme macro view — approximately five times life-size — and shallow focus isolate a water drop clinging to a blade of moss growing on a tree in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Moss_Water-Drop_Macro_2088.jpg
  • An extreme macro view — approximately five times life-size — and shallow focus isolate a water drop clinging to a blade of moss growing on a tree in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Moss_Water-Drop_Macro_2098.jpg
  • The petals, or rays, of a common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) form abstract patterns in this macro view, which is approximately five times life size.
    Dandelion_Flower_Macro_2710.jpg
  • The petals, or rays, of a common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) form abstract patterns in this macro view, which is approximately five times life size.
    Dandelion_Flower_Macro_2734.jpg
  • Leaves of several California corn lilies (Veratrum californicum) grow around each other in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Washington state. California corn lilies, also known as California false hellebore, are found in mountain meadows from the Cascades to the Sierra Nevada.
    Corn-Lilies_Gifford-Pincho-NF_8811.jpg
  • Numerous drops of rain stick to a blade of grass in a yard in Snohomish County, Washington. A yellow buttercup flower is rendered out of focus in the background.
    Raindrops_Grass_Lynnwood_7417.jpg
  • Three arms begin to sprout on a saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona. Saguaro are native to the Sonoran Desert and are known for their "arms," which take ages to grow. The saguaro can take 10 years to reach its first inch of height and another 60 years to produce its first flowers. By 95-100 years, saguaros can be 15-16 feet tall and may finally produce their first arm, though some of the cacti never generate one.
    Saguaro-NP_Saguaro_Arms-Starting_080...jpg
  • An arm begins to sprout on a saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona. Saguaro are native to the Sonoran Desert and are known for their "arms," which take ages to grow. The saguaro can take 10 years to reach its first inch of height and another 60 years to produce its first flowers. By 95-100 years, saguaros can be 15-16 feet tall and may finally produce their first arm, though some of the cacti never generate one.
    Saguaro-NP_Saguaro_Arm-Start_0788.jpg
  • The paper-like red bark peels from a Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii) tree near Port Townsend, Washington. Pacific Madrones are part of the arbutus genus. Pacific Madrones are found on the west coast of North America from British Columbia to central California, and on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada and Pacific Coast mountains.
    PacificMadrone_PeelingBark_PortTowns...jpg
  • Colorful garden croton (Codiaeum variegatum) leaves growing on the coast of the Hawaiian island of Maui are wet after a rainstorm. The garden croton, a shrub that can grow to heights of nearly 10 feet (3 meters), is native to southern India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the western Pacific Ocean islands.
    Maui_GardenCroton_Makena_7034.jpg
  • A monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) feeds on Purple Milkweed (Asclepias cordifolia), also known as Heartleaf Milkweed, in the valley of Yosemite National Park, California.
    Butterfly_Monarch_Milkweed_Yosemite_...jpg
  • Common rockweed, which normally appears greenish-brown, is bright red and green when exposed to ultraviolet light at low tide off Fidalgo Head near Anacortes, Washington. The glow is fluorescence, a type of photoluminescence, in which certain chemicals absorb light that is invisible to human eyes and emit some of it at a different wavelength that we can see. This scene was captured under black light at Sunset Beach in Washington Park.
    BlackLight_Low-Tide_Rockweed_Fidalgo...jpg
  • The petals, or rays, of a common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) form abstract patterns in this macro view, which is approximately five times life size.
    Dandelion_Flower_Macro_2696.jpg
  • A lily magnolia (Magnolia liliiflora) blooms against a backdrop of blue sky and cumulus clouds. The pink flowers gradually give way to dark green leaves. The lily magnolia is native to southwest China.
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