Flora: Exploring the botanical world

A collection of flora featuring everything from pretty flowers to rare native plants.

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Life Returns

Plants begin to eek out an existence on an a lava-encrusted landscape. The Lava Lands at Newberry Crater National Volcanic Monument were formed by a cinder cone eruption just 7,000 years ago. The eruption covered over 9 square miles with lava!

Newberry Volcanic Lavarock Lava Lava Lands OR Oregon Nature Landscape Newberry National Volcanic Monument Deschutes National Forest USFS Geology Nikon D300 Flowers Bend PNW Northwest Pacific Northwest Outdoors Vacation 2009 Michael Menefee

From The Variety Collection

Michael Menefee Photography

Flora: Exploring the botanical world