Wildflowers of the Island Springs Trail #66

Point Where the Trail Reaches the top of Ridge of Wonders: --- N 46 10.124' --- W 121 23.374' ---- Elevation: 5326' --- +/- 53'

* Indicates the Wildflower is in Bloom.

1. Liverworts

2. Western Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina ssp. cyclosorum

3. Northern Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens

4. Silver Fir: Abies amabilis

5. Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa

6. Western Larch: Larix occidentalis

7. Engelmann Spruce: Picea engelmannii

8. Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta

9. Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa

10. Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii

11. Mountain Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana

12. Merten's Rush: Juncus mertensianus

13. Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

14. Cat's Ear Mariposa Lily: Calochortus subalpinus

15. Queen's Cup/ Bead Lily: Clintonia uniflora

16. False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule

17. Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum

18. Clasping Twisted Stalk: Streptopus amplexifolius var. amplexifolius

19. Rosy Twisted Stalk: Streptopus lanceolatus

20. White Trillium: Trillium ovatum

21. Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride

22. Bear Grass: Xerophyllum tenax

23. Merten's Coralroot Orchid: Corallorhiza mertensiana - Just past bloom.

24. Slender Bog Orchid: Platanthera (Habenaria) saccata - Just past bloom.

25. Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

26. Red Alder: Alnus rubra

27. Sitka Alder: Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata

28. Douglas Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii

* 29. Heart-leaved Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

30.* Sulfur-flowered Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. subalpinum

* 31. Newberry's Knotweed: Polygonum newberryi

* 32. Willow Dock: Rumex salicifolius ssp. triangulivalvus

33. Broad-leaved Spring Beauty: Claytonia cordifolia

* 34. Sticky Chickweed: Cerastium glomeratum

35. Large-leaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla

* 36. Oregon Campion: Silene oregana

* 37. Monkshood: Aconitum columbianum

* 38. Crimson Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

39. False Bugbane: Trautvettaria caroliniensis

40. Cascade Rockcress: Arabis furcata var. furcata - In fruit.

* 41. Cascade Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum

42. Creeping Oregon Grape: Mahonia (Berberis) repens

* 43. Spreading Stonecrop: Sedum divergens

44. Alumroot: Heuchera species - Only basal leaves present (Possibly H. micrantha var. micrantha?)

* 45. Brewer's Mitrewort: Mitella breweri

* 46. Five-stamen Mitrewrt: Mitella pentandra

* 47. Brook Saxifrage: Saxifraga odontoloma

48. Swamp Gooseberry: Ribes lacustre

49. Sticky Currant: Ribes viscosissimum

50. Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ?)

51. Broad-petal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana var. platypetalla

* 52. Large-leaved Avens: Geum macrophyllum

* 53. Ocean Spray: Holodiscus discolor

54. Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. glabrata - Plant appeared largelly non-glandular, was about 45-50 cm high, with leaves reminiscent of both species. No inflorescence was present.

55. Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata

56. Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus

57. Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus

58. Cascade Mt. Ash: Sorbus scopulina var. cascadense

59. Sitka Mt. Ash: Sorbus sitchensis var. grayi

* 60. Douglas' Spiraea, Hardhack: Spiraea douglasii

* 61. Pyramid Spiraea: Spiraea pyramidata

* 62. Subalpine Spirea: Spiraea splendens var. splendens

63. Thick-leaved Pea: Lathyrus lanzwertii ?

* 64. Broadleaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

* 65. American Vetch: Vicia americana var. americana

66. Oregon Boxwood: Paxistima myrsinites

67. Stream Violet: Viola glabella

68. Round-leaved Violet: Viola orbiculata

69. Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus

* 70. Western St. John's Wort: Hypericum formosum

* 71. Fireweed: Chamaenerionangustifolium

* 72. Common Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum ssp ciliatum ?

* 73. White Willow-herb: Epilobium lactiflorum

* 74. Spreading Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum

* 75. Sharp-tooth Angelica: Angelica arguta

* 76. Cow Parsnip: Heracleum lanatum

* 77. Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii

78. Fern-leaved Desert Parsley: Lomatium multifidum

79. Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza species

80. Western Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis

81. Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens

82. Kinnickinick: Arctostaphylos nevadensis

* 83. Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea

84. Side-bells Wintergreen: Orthilia secunda

85. Western Azalea: Rhododendron albiflorum

86. Thinleaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium membrancaceum

87. Grouseberry: Vaccinium scoparium

88. Night-blooming Morning-glory: Convolvulus atriplicifolia

89. Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora

* 90. Sky Rocket: Ipomopsis aggregata

91. Western Polemonium: Polemonium occidentale

92. Low Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. pulcherrimum

* 93. Varied-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla

* 94. Tall Bluebells: Mertensia paniculata var. borealis

95. Nettle-leaved Horsemint: Agastache occidentalis

* 96. Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata

* 97. Magenta Paintbrush: Castilleja parviflora var. oreoplola

* 98. Suksdorf's Paintbrush: Castilleja suksdorfii

99. Common Monkey Flower: Erythranthe guttata

* 100. Lewis' Monkey Flower: Erythranthe lewisii

* 101. Turtle Heads: Nothochelone nemorosa

* 102. Racemose Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa var. racemosa

* 103. Glaucous Penstemon: Penstemon euglaucous

104. Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

* 105. Kelloggia: Kelloggia galioidies

106. Utah Twinberry: Lonicera utahensis

* 107. Sitka Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis

* 108. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* 109. Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor

* 110. Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca

*111. Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

* 112. Broad-leaf Arnica: Arnica latifolia

* 113. Wormwood: Artemisia tilesii ?

* 114. Leafy Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. parryi

* 115. Cascade Aster: Eucephalus ledophyllus

* 116. Tall Northern Aster: Canadanthus modestus

* 117. Rough-leaved Aster: Eurybia radulina

* 118. Rabbitbrush Goldenweed: Ericameria bloomeri

* 119. Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron peregrinus ssp. callianthemus

* 120. Rocky Mountain Sunflower: Helianthella uniflorus

* 121. White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

* 122. Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri var. scouleri

* 123. American Sawwort: Saussurea americana

124. Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus (var. ?)

* 125. Streambank Butterweed: Senecio pseudaureus

* 126. Arrowleaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis

* 127. Canada Goldenrod: Solidago canadensis var. salebrosa