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Apr 19, 2012

Uta stansburiana

Side-blotched lizards are variable in color and pattern, being spotted, blotched, or unpatterned, depending on location. The scales along the middle of the back are of uniform size. Each side of chest has a dark blotch (a large blue-black streak is present in some males). The throat of adults is blue, with an orange rim in some regions (colors less intense in late summer). At least one scale on ...
Apr 19, 2012

Coluber constrictor

Upper surface of adults varies from black (e.g., northeastern U.S) to plain brown or olive (most of western and central U.S.), with a spattering of white, yellowish, buff, or pale blue in some parts of the south-central United States; upper scales smooth (unkeeled); belly black (e.g., northeastern U.S.) to plain yellow or cream (western and central U.S.); eyes large; anal scale divided; nostril ...
Apr 19, 2012

Crotalus oreganus

Western rattlesnakes have a horny rattle or button on the end of the tail, numerous small scales on the top of the head, a head that is much broader than the neck; and an infrared sensing pit on each side of the face between (but lower than) the eye and nostril. Coloration is highly variable, ranging from light tan or pink to black, usually with large blotches along the back and sides and bands ...
Apr 19, 2012

Najas guadalupensis

Guadalupe Water-nymph is a submerged aquatic annual with slender, branching stems up to about 7 dm long. The opposite, ribbon-like leaves, usually with additional leaves in their axils, are 0.5-2 cm long and have minutely toothed margins and enlarged bases. Tiny unisexual flowers, both male and female on the same plant, are borne singly, without stalks, in the axils of leaves. The male flowers h...
Jun 25, 2012

Featured resource: Puget Sound Stream Benthos

Puget Sound Stream Benthos is a data management project which monitors benthic invertebrates in streams and rivers in the Puget Sound region. The system is maintained and operated by King County and was the result of a joint effort between King, Pierce, and Snohomish Counties.
By Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
May 13, 2021

Chinook Salmon Implementation Strategy

This article provides an overview and a link to further information about the Chinook Salmon Implementation Strategy. Implementation Strategies (Strategies) are plans for accelerating progress toward the 2020 ecosystem recovery targets for the Puget Sound Vital Signs. The Strategies are developed collaboratively with technical, professional, and policy experts and with local and regional input. They are funded by the Environmental Protection Agency.
By Puget Sound Partnership
Apr 19, 2012

Pinguicula vulgaris

Butterwort is a small insectivorous plant. It has a small basal rosette of bright green to yellow-green, narrow tongue-shaped leaves that are covered with sticky glands that give it a shiny, waxy appearance. The margins of the leaves curl inward as insects are trapped and digested. One to nine flower stalks grow up to 6 inches high from the basal rosette and are topped by a single, tubular, v...