Flowers and Other Plant Life

The ranch is rich in its variety of wildflowers and other plants, large and small.  The most common tree on the ranch is Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta, also known as Jack Pine).  Old-growth Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa, also known as Western Yellow Pine) remains on the ranch from the days of the Vandevert family.  Many new ponderosa have been planted since 1998.

Understory vegetation includes bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata), rabbit brush (Ericameria nauseosa), wild currant (ribes), spirea, woods rose (Rosa woodsii), and varieties of sedges, rushes, forbs, and grasses.     

Willows that grow low along the river include Coyote Willow (Salix exigua) and Flame Willow (Salix x “Flame”).  Aspen trees (Populus tremula) and Oregon Vine Maple (Acer circinatum) flourish in landscaping.  

A wide variety of beautiful wild flowers bloom in the woods and meadows including Wild Iris (Iris tenax) and Lupine (Lupinus polycarpus).  See the Wildflower Gallery.

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