Plants

There is a great abundance of a species of bear-grass which grows on every part of these mountains.  Its growth is luxouriant and continues green all winter but the horses will not eat it. Meriwether Lewis June 15, 1806 – Bitterroot Mountains Beargrass, to start off – is not a grass but a member of the […]

here is a great abundance of a species of bear-grass which grows on every part of these mountains.  Its growth is luxouriant and continues green all winter but the horses will not eat it. Meriwether Lewis June 15, 1806 – Bitterroot Mountains Beargrass, to start off – is not a grass but a member of the

Oh yea – there’s this whole other Kingdom of plants!    Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species – or easier to remember as Kings Prefer Cokes Over Frosty Grape Sodas.   I know this one as fairy slipper, with reference to the shoe like appearance of the lower lip of the flower.   It has a wide distribution