Charlie Russell Nature Photography
California stickseed, Hackelia californica

Lassen Mill Creek Falls

The hike to Mill Creek Falls inĀ Lassen Volcanic National ParkĀ is interesting because of the variety of plant communities that the trail leads you through. You’ll pass through a red fir forest, traverse open...

Scarlet gilia, Ipomopsis aggregata

Lassen Paradise Meadow

The hike to Paradise Meadow in Lassen Volcanic National Park is a great summer wildflower hike. You get an interesting variety of flowers as you start with a relatively dry forest trail, then climb along a creek, and...

Cardwell's Penstemon, Penstemon cardwellii

Mount St Helens Wildflowers

If you are driving through Washington you absolutely must take time to visit Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument. The eruption that occurred here in 1980 was dramatic and catastrophic, and it completely...