Nathan Winterfield
@nathanwinterfield.bsky.social
Deranged botanist & naturalist | PNW |Steward of public lands.
Balsamorhiza sagittata -
Arrowleaf Balsamroot
Spring is upon us. I’m ready to be in the Grass Valley for this years Balsamroot bloom! Nearly all parts were used as a food source by the indigenous peoples. Asters rule!
Grass Valley, OR
#spring #easternoregon
#pnw #aster #sunflower
Arrowleaf Balsamroot
Spring is upon us. I’m ready to be in the Grass Valley for this years Balsamroot bloom! Nearly all parts were used as a food source by the indigenous peoples. Asters rule!
Grass Valley, OR
#spring #easternoregon
#pnw #aster #sunflower
March 3, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Balsamorhiza sagittata -
Arrowleaf Balsamroot
Spring is upon us. I’m ready to be in the Grass Valley for this years Balsamroot bloom! Nearly all parts were used as a food source by the indigenous peoples. Asters rule!
Grass Valley, OR
#spring #easternoregon
#pnw #aster #sunflower
Arrowleaf Balsamroot
Spring is upon us. I’m ready to be in the Grass Valley for this years Balsamroot bloom! Nearly all parts were used as a food source by the indigenous peoples. Asters rule!
Grass Valley, OR
#spring #easternoregon
#pnw #aster #sunflower
Calypso bulbosa - Fairy Slipper
This perennial orchid relies on the art of deception for pollination as it does not provide nectar. Most fairy slippers’ are reliant on one of several mycorrhizal fungi for germination.
Spring 2022, Willamette National Forest, OR
#botany #flower #nature #pnw
#neat
This perennial orchid relies on the art of deception for pollination as it does not provide nectar. Most fairy slippers’ are reliant on one of several mycorrhizal fungi for germination.
Spring 2022, Willamette National Forest, OR
#botany #flower #nature #pnw
#neat
February 6, 2025 at 4:07 AM
January 31, 2025 at 9:18 PM
January 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
January 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Hypholoma spp. breaking down a nursery log.
A common fungal saprophyte (organisms dependent on dead or decaying matter) in western cascade temperate forests.
A common fungal saprophyte (organisms dependent on dead or decaying matter) in western cascade temperate forests.
January 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Hypholoma spp. breaking down a nursery log.
A common fungal saprophyte (organisms dependent on dead or decaying matter) in western cascade temperate forests.
A common fungal saprophyte (organisms dependent on dead or decaying matter) in western cascade temperate forests.
“We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Remembering a day I had the privilege to survey this high elevation, old growth mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana) stand. Oregon,USA.
#natureisneat #ancientforests #oregon
Remembering a day I had the privilege to survey this high elevation, old growth mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana) stand. Oregon,USA.
#natureisneat #ancientforests #oregon
January 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
“We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Remembering a day I had the privilege to survey this high elevation, old growth mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana) stand. Oregon,USA.
#natureisneat #ancientforests #oregon
Remembering a day I had the privilege to survey this high elevation, old growth mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana) stand. Oregon,USA.
#natureisneat #ancientforests #oregon
Up close and personal with the stomatal bloom of Abies procera (Noble fir). Look at those pores!
January 26, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Up close and personal with the stomatal bloom of Abies procera (Noble fir). Look at those pores!
Peltigera neopolydactyla!
January 26, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Peltigera neopolydactyla!
Pelican x-ing
January 22, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Pelican x-ing