Yellow-pine Chipmunk

Mammals > Rodents

The Yellow-pine Chipmunk (Tamias amoenus) is an alert, nimble rodent that forms the bustling heartbeat of dry interior conifer forests throughout the Pacific Northwest. Easily identified by its bright cinnamon-rufous flanks and five sharp, dark dorsal stripes...

White Chanterelle

Fungi > Chanterelles & Cantharellales

The White Chanterelle (Cantharellus subalbidus) is a revered, aristocratic wild gourmet mushroom endemic exclusively to the ancient coniferous temperate rainforests of the Pacific Northwest. Heavier, denser, and meatier than its golden chanterelle cousins, this...

Douglas Maple

Plants > Broadleaf Trees & Shrubs

The Douglas Maple (Acer glabrum), widely celebrated as the Rocky Mountain Maple, is a tough, versatile, and extraordinarily beautiful mountain shrub-tree native to the rugged canyons and river draws of the American West. Famous for its brilliant crimson-red twigs,...

Western Hemlock

Plants > Conifers & Pinaceae

The Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla), proudly celebrated as the official state tree of Washington, is the supreme climax monarch of Pacific Northwest temperate rainforests. Soaring over 200 feet into the mist-laden coastal skies alongside Douglas fir and Sitka...

Ten-lined June Beetle

Invertebrates > Beetles

The Ten-lined June Beetle (Polyphylla decemlineata), affectionately known across the American West as the ‘Watermelon Beetle,’ is a colossal, charismatic scarab beetle famous for its bold pinstriped livery and its surprising ability to loudly hiss like an...