A subalpine foxtail pine stand in the Trinity Alps Wilderness, Klamath Mountains. Photo: Miguel Vieira / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Pinus balfouriana, the Foxtail
Arizona pines growing among granite boulders at Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalina Mountains. Photo: Debbie / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Pinus arizonica, the
A Rocky Mountain Bristlecone Pine near Mount Goliath, Colorado, showing the dense, irregular crown typical of the species near treeline. Photo: MtBotany / Wikimedia Commons
A mature pokeweed plant with its signature magenta stems and drooping fruit clusters. Photo: Ryan Hodnett / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) ⚠ All parts
A mature Mountain Fetterbush in full spring bloom, its upright flower spikes covering the glossy evergreen foliage. Photo: David J. Stang / Wikimedia Commons (CC
Sand Phlox blooming on a limestone ledge in the Kentucky River Palisades. Photo: Mason Brock (Masebrock), Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) Phlox bifida, commonly called Sand
Mountain Ninebark in bloom along Forest Road 144, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. Photo: Jerry Friedman, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Physocarpus monogynus, commonly known
Douglas’s Phlox forming a tight, spiny-looking cushion in xeric rocky soil near Vantage, Washington. Photo: Jhorthos, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Phlox douglasii, commonly called
Varileaf phacelia on a rocky slope near Crater Lake, Oregon, showing its basal rosette and coiled flower clusters. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz (CC BY-SA 4.0)
A flowering cushion of desert mountain phlox growing among sagebrush grassland on the rim of Grand Canyon National Park. Photo: Grand Canyon NPS (CC BY
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