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Nooksack Fen
Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington
July 9, 2005

Nooksack Fen is a local name for a wetland on the banks for the North Fork Nooksack River downstream from the confluence of Ruth Creek & the Nooksack.

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0505247 Northwest Territory Sedge (Beaked Sedge) male & female inflorescence [Carex utriculata]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505248 Northwest Territory Sedge (Beaked Sedge) male & female inflorescence [Carex utriculata]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505251 Northwest Territory Sedge (Beaked Sedge) male & female inflorescence [Carex utriculata]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505252 Douglas's water-hemlock blossoms & foliage [Cicuta douglasii]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505255 Douglas's water-hemlock blossoms & foliage [Cicuta douglasii]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505257 Douglas's water-hemlock blossoms extreme detail [Cicuta douglasii]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505258 Marsh Cinquefoil blossoms & foliage [Comarum palustre]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505261 Marsh Cinquefoil [Comarum palustre]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505264 Marsh Cinquefoil [Comarum palustre]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505265 Marsh Cinquefoil blossoms & foliage [Comarum palustre]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505267 Marsh Cinquefoil blossoms & foliage detail [Comarum palustre]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505271 Marsh Cinquefoil blossoms [Comarum palustre]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505273 Panicled Bulrush inflorescence [Scirpus microcarpus]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505276 Panicled Bulrush inflorescence [Scirpus microcarpus]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505278 Panicled Bulrush inflorescence detail [Scirpus microcarpus]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505281 Panicled Bulrush inflorescence [Scirpus microcarpus]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505283 Panicled Bulrush inflorescence [Scirpus microcarpus]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505284 Panicled Bulrush [Scirpus microcarpus]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505287 Panicled Bulrush inflorescence & upper foliage [Scirpus microcarpus]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505290 Swordleaf Rush (Daggerleaf Rush) [Juncus ensifolius]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505292 Swordleaf Rush (Daggerleaf Rush) inflorescence [Juncus ensifolius]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505294 Swordleaf Rush (Daggerleaf Rush) [Juncus ensifolius]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505298 Common Rush inflorescences [Juncus effusus]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505300 Common Rush inflorescence detail [Juncus effusus]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505302 Common Rush inflorescence detail [Juncus effusus]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505305 Northwest Territory Sedge (Beaked Sedge) & Daggerleaf Rushs on sandbar w/ high water flowing over Skunk Cabbage bkgnd [Carex utriculata; Juncus ensifolius]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505308 Northwest Territory Sedge (Beaked Sedge) & Daggerleaf Rushs on sandbar w/ high water flowing over Skunk Cabbage bkgnd [Carex utriculata; Juncus ensifolius]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505310 High water flowing over Skunk Cabbage, Northwest Territory Sedge (Beaked Sedge) & Daggerleaf Rushs [Lysichiton americanus; Carex utriculata; Juncus ensifolius]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505312 Panicled Bulrush, Western Coltsfoot, Skunk Cabbage, Forget-me-nots, Douglas' Water-hemlock in wetland adjacent to N Fk Nooksack R [Scirpus microcarpus; Petasites frigidus var. palmatus; Lysichiton americanus; Myosotis sp.; Cicuta douglasii ]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505314 Panicled Bulrush, Western Coltsfoot, Skunk Cabbage, Forget-me-nots, Douglas' Water-hemlock in wetland adjacent to N Fk Nooksack R [Scirpus microcarpus; Petasites frigidus var. palmatus; Lysichiton americanus; Myosotis sp.; Cicuta douglasii ]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505315 Panicled Bulrush, Western Coltsfoot, Skunk Cabbage in wetland adjacent to N Fk Nooksack R w/ Slate Mtn bkgnd [Scirpus microcarpus; Petasites frigidus var. palmatus; Lysichiton americanus]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505318 Mertens' Sedge inflorescence [Carex mertensii]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505321 Mertens' Sedge inflorescence detail [Carex mertensii]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505324 Northwest Territory Sedge (Beaked Sedge) [Carex utriculata]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505327 North Fork Nooksack Rd (to Nooksack Cirque TH). Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505328 North Fork Nooksack Rd (to Nooksack Cirque TH). Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Nooksack Fen, WA. © Mark Turner 0505330 Tailed frog tadpoles [Ascaphus truei]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF N Fork Nooksack Rd, WA. © Mark Turner 0505332 Tailed frog tadpoles [Ascaphus truei]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF N Fork Nooksack Rd, WA. © Mark Turner 0505335 Short-styled Thistle (Cluster Thistle) blossom, buds & foliage [Cirsium brevistylum]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF N Fork Nooksack Rd, WA. © Mark Turner 0505337 Short-styled Thistle (Cluster Thistle) blossom, buds & foliage detail [Cirsium brevistylum]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF N Fork Nooksack Rd, WA. © Mark Turner 0505340 Short-styled Thistle (Cluster Thistle) blossom, buds & foliage [Cirsium brevistylum]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF N Fork Nooksack Rd, WA. © Mark Turner 0505341 Short-styled Thistle (Cluster Thistle) blossom detail [Cirsium brevistylum]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF N Fork Nooksack Rd, WA. © Mark Turner 0505342 Cattails & Horsetails in shallow water at edge of small woodland pond [Typha latifolia]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Cabin Pond, WA. © Mark Turner 0505345 Small shallow woodland pond. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Cabin Pond, WA. © Mark Turner 0505346 Small mushrooms among Stair Step Moss [Hylocomium splendens]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Cabin Pond, WA. © Mark Turner 0505349 Small mushrooms among Stair Step Moss, detail [Hylocomium splendens]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Cabin Pond, WA. © Mark Turner 0505351 Small mushrooms among Stair Step Moss, extreme detail [Hylocomium splendens]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Cabin Pond, WA. © Mark Turner 0505355 Pinesap [Monotropa hypopithys]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Cabin Pond, WA. © Mark Turner 0505357 Pinesap [Monotropa hypopithys]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Cabin Pond, WA. © Mark Turner 0505361 Pinesap [Monotropa hypopithys]. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF Cabin Pond, WA. © Mark Turner

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