Susan McDougall

By training a mathematician and programmer, with degrees from the University of Washington, and now retired from a career with Boeing, Susan has balanced and sustained her scientific side with a love of the natural world, while her artistic side has found outlet through photography.

She is the author of several books, including The Trees of Mount Rainier and The Wildflowers of Mount Adams, Washington. With David, she wrote The Flora of Mount Adams, Washington.

Her websites include:

Rainier in Bloom   devoted to the native plants of Mount Rainier National Park - over 600 different species!

North American Trees: Across the Continent with a Camera  which documents more than 550 tree species native to North America


Her photography has appeared in Washington Trails and other publications, including various field guides to trees. More than 800 of her photographs, primarily of trees, are found in the National Plants Database, where they have been used by writers, students, researchers, and designers.

David Biek

A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and retired from a career in public library management, David has long had a curiosity for the natural world, especially plants of all sorts.

In addition to The Flora of Mount Adams, Washington, he is the author of The Flora of Mount Rainier National Park (Oregon State University Press, 2000).

David is a passionate gardener and is currently working on a new project that has included planting over 200 trees, and establishing a vegetable garden and small orchard. He is also learning to work with wood.