This list begins from Road #150 at: --- N46 06.154' --- W121 28.032' --- Elevation: 4803' --- +/- 30'
Coordinates for near the summit of Snipes Mt.: N46 06.802' --- W121 28.130' --- Elevation: 4235' --- +/- 30'
1. Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides -
2. Subalpine Mariposa Lily: Calochortus subalpinus -
3. Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum - Recently finished blooming here.
* 4. Wood Lily, Western Wakerobin: Trillium ovatum
* 5. Lance-leaf Spring Beauty: Claytonia lanceolata var. lanceolata - Numerous.
* 6. Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra -
* 7. Big-leaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla
8. Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa var. formosa -
* 9. Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum -
* 10. American Wintercress: Barbarea orthoceras -
* 11. Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii var. nuttallii (formerly C. pulcherrima var. pulcherrima) - A few still in bloom.
* 12. Mountain Tansy-mustard: Descurainia incana ssp. viscosa -
* 13. Rough Wallflower: Erysimum asperum -
* 14. Pacific Mitrewort: Mitella trifida var. trifida -
* 15. Wax Currant: Ribes cereum -
* 16. Sticky Currant: Ribes viscosissimum -
* 17. Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana var. platypetala
* 18. Bitter Cherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata - Some of the plants found at the beginning coordinates above were plants greater than 15 feet high, but most were less than 6' high.
19. Blackcap Raspberry: Rubus leucodermis var. leucodermis -
* 20. Baker's Violet: Viola bakeri -
* 21. Stream Violet: Viola glabella
22. Night-blooming False Bindweed: Calystegia atriplicifolia ssp. atriplicifolia (formerly Convolvulus nyctagineus) -
* 23. Sierra Sanicle, Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens -
* 24. Midget Phlox: Phlox (Microsteris) gracilis
* 25. Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum - High on Snipes Mt.
26. Phacelia: Phacelia (leptosepala or nemoralis) -
* 27. Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora -
28. Penstemon: Penstemon sp. -
29. Western Yarrow: Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis -
30. Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaratacea -
31. Broadleaf Arnica: Arnica latifolia -
32. Rabbitbrush Goldenweed: Ericameria bloomeri -
33. Oxeye Daisy: Leucanthemum vulgare -
34. Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans - In bud.
* 35. Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale -
Animals Seen at this Location:
Douglas' Squirrel
large Chipmunk
Black-headed Grosbeak
Spotted Towhee
Red-breasted Nuthatches
Mountain Chickadees
Grouse booming in distance
a species of sulfur butterfly