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Lahontan beardtongue, Penstemon palmeri var. macranthus, Nevada, Pershing County, Humboldt Range, Humboldt Canyon, Humboldt City, Humboldt River watershed, elevation 1682 m (5520 ft).

This northwestern Nevada endemic variety is threatened by hybridization due to widespread use of var. palmeri (Palmer penstemon) in seed mixes outside its native range, which is in southern and eastern Nevada and farther south and east.

From 35mm Ektachrome Elite-100 color transparency film exposed with a Tamron 28-70 mm zoom-macro lens on an Olympus OM-4T body. Scanned at 4000 dpi with a Nikon Coolscan 5000, and restored using Corel Paintshop Pro X4.

Indian chickweed, Mollugo cerviana, California, Inyo County, White Mountains, Beer Creek, Deep Springs Valley watershed, elevation 1579 m (5180 ft).

This area received exceptional monsoon precipitation, with about 2.25 inches 5 weeks prior, and another 1.6 inches 4 weeks prior, to this observation.

Though considered introduced in this region, this annual species only appears after exceptional warm-season rains, and seems as well-integrated into the local flora as many of the other local native monsoon-triggered annual species.