Trailhead: N46 19.529' --- W121 30.368' --- 4742' --- 20'
Summit of Potato Hill: N46 19.987' --- W121 30.063' --- 5395' --- 20'
1. Common Juniper: Juniperus communis var. montana - "Berries" forming.
2. Grand Fir: Abies grandis var. grandis -
3. Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta var. murrayana -
4. Western White Pine: Pinus monticola -
5. Mt. Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana -
*6. Cat's-ear Mariposa Lily: Calochortus subalpinus -
*7. Tiger Lily: Lilium columbianum - A number of plants in bloom.
*8. Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum (formerly Smilacina stellata) - In bloom near and at the summit.
9. Beargrass: Xerophyllum tenax -
*10. Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella -
*11. Big-leaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla - A few still in bloom at the summit.
*12. Red Columbine: Aquilegia formosa - In bloom at the summit and upper slopes.
*13. Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus var. parviflorus -
*14. Cascade Rock Cress: Arabis furcata var. furcata -
*15. Sticky Currant: Ribes viscosissimum - A few plants still trying to bloom near the summit.
16. Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. semiintegrifolia - Past bloom.
*17. Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala -
*18. Partridge Foot: Luetkea pectinata - Scapes forming
*19. Drummond's Cinquefoil: Potentilla drummondii ssp. drummondii - Finishing blooming.
*20. Dwarf Brambles: Rubus lasiococcus -
*21. Subalpine Spiraea: Spiraea splendens var. splendens - In bloom at the trailhead.
*22. Broadleaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius ssp. latifolius -
*23. Low Mountain Lupine: Lupinus sellulus ssp. sellulus var. lobbii -
*24. Mt. Adams Lupine: Lupinus sericeus ssp. sericeus var. flexuosus -
25. White Clover: Trifolium repens -
*26. American Vetch: Vicia americana var. truncata -
*27. Snow Brush: Ceanothus velutinus - Still in bloom near the summit.
28. Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium - A few in bud.
*29. Diffuse Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum -
*30. Red Mt. Heather: Phyllodoce empetriformis - 26. Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii -
*31. Martindale's Desert Parsley: Lomatium martindalei var. - In bloom at the summit.
32. Pinemat Manzanita, Kinnickinnick: Arctostaphylos nevadensis -
*33. Merten's Mt. Heather: Cassiope mertensiana var. mertensiana - Seen only in the crater at the summit.
*34. Red Mt. Heather: Phyllodoce empetriformis - A few still in bloom in the summit crater.
*35. White-flowered Azalea: Rhododendron albiflorum - Beginning to bloom enmasse on the summit
*36. Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa - Finishing bloom above.
*37. Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - A few still in bloom.
*38. California Polemonium: Polemonium californicum - Fading from bloom.
39. Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata - On some, the bracts are lobed rather than entire.
40. Turtleheads, Woodland Beard-tongue: Nothochelone nemorosa - In bud.
41. Sickletop Lousewort, Leafy Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa var. racemosa -
*42. Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus var. fruticosus - A number of albino plants found near the summit.
*43. American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii -
*44. Mt. Heliotrope: Valeriana sitchensis -
*45. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium (var. alpicola or var. occidentalis) -
*46. Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca -
47. Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea - In bud.
*48. Howell's Pussytoes: Antennaria howellii ssp. howellii - In bloom on the south-facing slopes of Potato Hill.
*49. Woolly Pussytoes: Antennaria lanata - A few still in bloom at the summit.
*50. Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea - Beginning to bloom.
*51. Broadleaf Arnica: Arnica latifolia -
*52. Nodding Arnica: Arnica parryi -
53. Cascade Aster: Eucephalus ledophyllus var. ledophyllus (formerly Aster ledophyllus) - A few with buds forming, but most still rather small.
*54. Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron glacialis ssp. glacialis -
*55. White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum - In bloom at the summit, still in bud below.
*56. Slender Hawkweed: Hieracium gracile var. gracile -
*57. Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale -
Dark-eyed Juncos
Chipping Sparrows
White-crowned Sparrows
Mountain Chickadees
Cascade Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel