At harvest time, the hop plants were covered with aphids feeding on the multitudinous insects present.

It was inspired by a hop plant that some locals had seen on a farm.

Male and female flowers of the hop plant develop on separate plants (dioecious).

Female hop plants are sold by Thyme Garden, (541) 487-8671 or www.thymegarden.com.

To the left is a polyglot visitors' center, which opened in a former hop plant in 2002.

The flowers of the hop plant add bitterness to beer and the oils in the plant also guard against any infections during the brewing process.

It is an obligate parasite and infests hop plants, Humulus lupulus.

It is also found in the hop plant (Humulus lupulus).

Hops are the flowers of the hop plant, which are in the humulus genus.

The pods are broad and flat, and resemble the pods of the hop plant.