Approximate Treeline on Trail #114: N46 15.457' --- W121 28.760' --- 6170' --- +/- 20'
Highest Point Reached in the Devils Garden: N46 13.303' --- W121 27.899' --- above 8000'
* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.
1. Cascade Parsley Fern: Cryptogramma cascadensis - Found in shaded, rocky areas and cliffs up to 7800' in the Devils Garden.
2. Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa - Scattered. Mostly found below 6800'.
3. Whitebark Pine: Pinus albicaulis - Small plants found up to 8000', larger ones to about 7500'.
*4. Cushion Buckwheat: Eriogonum ovalifolium var. nivale -
*5. Alpine Buckwheat / Dirty Socks: Eriogonum pyrolifolium -
*6. Sulfur-flower Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. hausknechtii -
*7. Mountain-sorrel: Oxyria digynia -
*8. Fleeceflower, Newberry's Knotweed: Aconogonon davisiae var. davisiae (Polygonum newberryi) -
*9. Pussypaws: Cistanthe umbellata var. caudicifera (formerly Spraguea umbellata) -
*10. Slender Mountain Sandwort: Arenaria capillaris ssp. americana -
*11. Alpine Sandwort: Minuartia obtusiloba -
*12. Cascade Catchfly: Silene suksdorfii -
*13. Drummond's Anemone: Anemone drummondii ssp. drummondii - Common above 7100', but past bloom except near 8000'
*14. Modest Buttercup: Ranunculus verecundus - Found occasionally in drainages at about 7900' in the Devils Garden.
*15. Cascade Rock Cress: Arabis furcata var. furcata - Only in bloom above 7400'.
16. Hoelboell's Rock Cress: Arabis hoelboellii var. pendulocarpa - Stem leaves taper gradually to the stem, not auriculate or clasping at their base. Fruits spreading to pendant, the pedicels rising to spreading, then immediately down-turned. Found on gravel, moraines and rocky cliffs from 6000-8000'.
*17. Lyall's Rock Cress: Arabis lyallii - Plants in bloom and in fruit.
18. Payson's Draba: Draba paysonii var. paysonii - Past bloom. Scapes with several leaves at the base of the inflorescence. Basal leaves with 2 hairs either forked at the base, or a hair that is branched at mid-length. Found amongst rocks on cliffs at the eastern end of the Devils Garden from 7600- 7900'.
*19. Alpine Smelowskia: Smelowskia calycina var. americana -
20. Alpine Prickly Currant, Mt. Gooseberry: Ribes montigenum - Only seen amongst rocks where the Highline Trail begins to descend steeply into meadows to the north of Goat Butte. Past bloom.
*21. Gordon's Ivesia: Ivesia gordonii -
*22. Sibbaldia: Sibbaldia procumbens - Found in the Devils Garden, although a few were seen in the flood plain of the Muddy Fork along Trail #114 (long past bloom).
*23. Low Mountain Lupine: Lupinus sellulus ssp. sellulus var. lobbii -
*24. Mt. Adams Lupine: Lupinus sericeus ssp. sericeus var. flexuosus - Many with saccate to spurred calyces. Found from timberline up to about 7300'.
*25. Club-pod Willow-herb: Epilobium clavatum - Mostly past bloom.
26. Watson's Desert Parsley: Lomatium watsonii - Found on cinder flats at about 7950'.
*27. Yellow Mt. Heather: Phyllodoce glanduliflora - Seen at base of Red Butte. Nearing end of bloom.
*28. Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa ssp. longistylis -
*29. Henderson's Phlox: Phlox hendersonii - Fading from bloom. Seems to bloom a week or two earlier than P. diffusa at the same altitude.
*30. Sky-pilot, Elegant Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium elegans -
*31. Low Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. pulcherrimum - Often found under Pinus albicaulis up to about 7300.
*32. Silver-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. compacta - Found occasionally above 7600' in the Devils Garden.
*33. Silky Phacelia, Alpine Phacelia: Phacelia sericea ssp. sericea - Fading out of bloom below, still blooming above 7100'.
*34. Thompson's Paintbrush: Castilleja thompsonii -
*35. Davidson's Penstemon: Penstemon davidsonii var. davidsonii - Fading from bloom.
*36. Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus var. fruticosus ? - At about 6500' amongst P. davidsonii var. davidsonii. Large leaves and flowers.
*37. Small-flowered Penstemon: Penstemon procerus var. tolmiei -
*38. American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii -
*39. Rough Harebell, Rough Bellflower: Campanula scabrella - Common. Found in cinders and rocky slopes above 7200'
*40. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium var. alpicola -
41. Pale Agoseris: Agoseris glauca var. monticola - Basal leaves only.
42. Woolly Pussytoes: Antennaria lanata - Going to seed.
*43. Alpine Pussytoes: Antennaria media (formerly A. alpina) - Found in bloom above 7400'.
*44. Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea -
*45. Mountain Arnica: Arnica gracilis -
*46. Michaux Mugwort: Artemisia michauxiana - Beginning to bloom on rocky cliffs at 7600'.
*47. Alpine Aster: Oreostemma alpigenum var. alpigenum (formerly Aster alpigenus var. alpigenus) -
*48. Cutleaf Daisy, Dwarf Mountain Fleabane: Erigeron compositus -
*49. Oregon Sunshine, Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum -
*50. Slender Hawkweed: Hieracium gracile var. gracile -
*51. Dwarf Alpinegold: Hulsea nana -
*52. Dwarf Goldenrod: Solidago simplex ssp. simplex var. nana -
*53. Lyall's Goldenweed: Tonestus lyallii -
Red and black ants (at 7300')
Hairy Woodpecker
Clark's Nutcrackers
Canada Jays / Camp Robbers - includes young, newly fledged birds
Nighthawks
Dipper (at east branch of Muddy Fork)
Dark-eyed Juncos
Chipping Sparrows
Juvenile Horned Lark
Red-breasted Nuthatches
Rock Wren - very vocal!
Mountain Chickadees
Yellow-rumped Warblers
Townsends Warblers
Female Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Violet-green Swallows
Rufous Hummingbird
Herd of 41 Mountain Goats (including numerous kids) in meadows below and on moraine on east side of Lyman Glacier.
Herd of 4 Mountain Goats on moraine at lowest end of Lyman Glacier.