When it comes to wildflowers, elevation is the key this time of year. Going to higher elevations in Idaho is “like going back in time, to the spring,” said Lynn Kinter, lead botanist with the Idaho ...

Buy some kind of power tool — drill, grinder, plane, saw — and it will come with an instruction manual that explains how to use that tool. Wildflowers also come with an instruction manual that ...

Rubber rabbitbrush has entered the high point of its blooming season, and it is a plant well worth spending some time watching. The recreational pursuit I call “wildflowering” typically involves ...

Information about the Pacific Northwest’s wide array of wildflowers is just a swipe away with a new mobile app designed in part by botanists at Oregon State University. Available for download on both ...

IFORT (Identification of Flora on the Rail Trail) volunteers and others interested in this project are invited to attend the first meeting for 2015 at 7 p.m. Thursday in the community room of the ...