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Article: Wildflowers with domestic roots: Roadside palette planted, maintained by state.
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- The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)
- Article date:
- April 14, 2006
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Byline: James Hagengruber
Apr. 14--At 70 mph, they can look like yellow flecks of litter.
A closer look in the roadsides and median along Interstate 90 between Post Falls and Coeur d'Alene reveals something of a moving garden tour. Beginning about now, this stretch of highway offers prime viewing of native wildflowers.
The yellow splotches are the blossoms of glacier lilies and yellowbells. Mixed in are lavender splotches of grass widows. Their emergence is just the start of a show that lasts much of the summer, said Judd Reed, regional roadside vegetation manager for the Idaho Transportation Department.
Peak color usually doesn't ...
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... ... news release: The Idaho Transportation Board will hold a special ... at 2 p.m. at the Idaho Transportation Department headquarter ... Special Meeting of the Idaho Transportation Board September 14 ...
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