Rd K6000 runs west and sharply uphill from the Mt. Adams Highway to the Hellroaring Ditch and then further upwards to above 4000' in elevation near the boundaries of both the Gifford Pinchot NF and Yakama Nation.
N46 06.241' --- W121 19.137' --- Elevation: 2780 --- +/- 22'1. Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum - Fiddlenecks arising now.
2. Red Alder: Alnus rubra - At small stream just downhill from this meadow.
*3. California Hazelnut: Corylus cornuta var. californica -
4. Vine Maple: Acer circinatum - At small stream just downhill from this meadow.
*5. Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - Still in bloom, but beginning to fade.
6. Cascade Mariposa Lily, Cat's-ear Lily: Calochortus subalpinus - In bud.
*7. White Brodiaea: Triteleia (Brodiaea) hyacinthina - In bud.
*8. Common Knotweed: Polygonum aviculare -
*9. Sheep-sorrel: Rumex acetosella - A few plants present near the road.
10. Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata -
11. Broad-petaled Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana var. platypetala -
*12. Pink Pinwheels: Horkelia fusca ssp. fusca -
*13. Glandular Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa ssp. glabrata - Fading from bloom.
14. Black Raspberry: Rubus leucodermis -
*15. White Spiraea: Spiraea betulifolia var. lucida - Beginning to bloom.
*16. Nevada Deer-vetch: Lotus nevadensis -
*17. Spanish-clover: Lotus purshiana -
*18. Common Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea - Fading out of bloom.
*19. Small-flowered Willow Herb: Epilobium minutum ? -
*20. Diffuse Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum -
21. Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata - Flower buds forming.
22. Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea - Getting ready to bloom (In bloom along K6000 at about 3300').
23. White-vein Pyrola: Pyrola picta -
*24. Flytrap Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium -
*25. Mountain Navarretia: Navarretia divaricata ? - Mostly bloomed out.
*26. Midget Phlox: Phlox (Microsteris) gracilis -
*27. Cooley's Hedge-nettle: Stachys chamissonis var. cooleyae (formerly S. cooleyae) - Beginning to bloom along the creek just downhill from this meadow.
*28. Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus -
*29. Taper-leaved Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus -
*30. Kelloggia: Kelloggia galioides -
*31. Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus -
*32. Scouler's Harebell: Campanula scouleri - Beginning to bloom in shade along the road.
*33. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis -
*34. Large-flowered Agoseris: Agoseris grandiflora - A few in bloom ,but mostly going to seed.
*35. Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla - Renewed bloom, perhaps due to recent rains.
*36. Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea -
37. Roughleaf Aster: Aster radulinus - Only several leaves (toothed on distal 1/3-1/2) present.
38. Lowland Cudweed: Gnaphalium palustre - Nearing bloom at the edge of the road.
*39. White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum -
*40. Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri var. scouleri - Glaucous leaves.
*41. Little Tarweed: Madia minima - Common, but fading from bloom.
*42. Common Tarweed: Madia gracilis -
1. Dark-eyed Junco
2. Black-headed Grosbeak
3. Western Tanager (female)
4. Canada Jay
5. Woodpecker heard in the distance.
6. Douglas' Squirrel
7. Mosquitoes !