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Basalt Garden, Washington

June 14, 2009

The Basalt Garden isn't a formally named place, just a track through the sand off the highway between the Vantage bridge and Wanapum Dam on the east side of the Columbia River.
Round-headed Desert Buckwheat among Big Sagebrush
Round-headed Desert Buckwheat among Big Sagebrush
Columbia Cut Leaf
Needle and Thread Grass
Needle and Thread Grass w/ Gray Cryptantha (in fruit)
Columbia Cut Leaf
Pale Evening Primroses
Pale Evening Primroses
Indian Ricegrass in seed
Indian Ricegrass in seed
Indian Ricegrass in seed
Indian Ricegrass in seed
Indian Ricegrass in seed
Round-headed Desert Buckwheat w/ Bluebunch Wheatgrass in sage-steppe habitat
Round-headed Desert Buckwheat w/ Bluebunch Wheatgrass in sage-steppe habitat
Round-headed Desert Buckwheat
Round-headed Desert Buckwheat
Pale Evening Primroses
Indian Ricegrass, White Sand Verbena, Columbia Cutleaf, Lemon Scurfpea in sand below basalt cliffs
Indian Ricegrass, White Sand Verbena, Columbia Cutleaf, Lemon Scurfpea in sand below basalt cliffs
Columbia Cutleaf, Lemon Scurfpea in sand below basalt cliffs
Columbia Cutleaf, Lemon Scurfpea in sand below basalt cliffs
Round-headed Desert Buckwheat in sage-steppe habitat below basalt cliffs
Round-headed Desert Buckwheat in sage-steppe habitat below basalt cliffs
Round-headed Desert Buckwheat in sage-steppe habitat
Round-headed Desert Buckwheat in sage-steppe habitat
Round-headed Desert Buckwheat in sage-steppe habitat
Round-headed Desert Buckwheat below columnar basalt cliffs