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. Filbert, Hazelnut: Corylus cornuta - Male catkins observed in bloom.
* 2. Sedge: Carex species - Abundant. confined to drier, deeper soils in the open forest.
3. Taper-tip Onion: Allium accuminatum - Many plants in bud.
* 4. Rock Onion: Allium macrum - A few plants have begun to bloom.
5. Panicled Death-camas: Zigadenus paniculatus - A number of small plants with leaves visible in the open forest above this rocky meadow.
6. Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii - In bud, but not in bloom yet.
7. Kellogg's Knotweed: Polygonum polygaloides ssp. kellogii - Numerous, but not in bloom yet.
* 8. Threeleaf Lewisia: Lewisia triphylla -
* 9. Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis - Fading out of bloom.
* 10. Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum -
11. Cascade Oregon Grape: Mahonia (Berberis) aquifolium -
* 12. Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii var. nuttallii - Fading out of bloom.
13. Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera - Now completely out of bloom.
* 14. Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflora - Beginning to bloom.
* 15. Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. -
* 16. Broad-petaled Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana var. platypetala -
17. Cinquefoil: Potentilla arguta or Potentilla glandulosa - Plants still small yet.
* 18. Baker's Violet: Viola bakeri (V. nuttallii var. bakeri) - A few small plants beginning to bloom in the open forest above the rocky meadow.
* 19. Stream Violet: Viola glabella - Several very small plants in bloom at the edge of the small stream that crosses under the road about 80 meters down the road from this rocky meadow.
* 20. Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum - A number of very small, reduced plants just beginning to bloom as the leaves emerge from the ground.
21. Mountain Navarretia: Navarretia divaricata ssp. divaricata - Numerous, but plants are small and not in bloom yet.
* 22. Midget Phlox: Phlox gracilis - Fairly common.
23. Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus - Now out of bloom.
* 24. Blue Scorpion-grass: Myosotis discolor - Fairly common.
* 25. Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Fairly common.
* 26. Brewer's Monkey Flower: Mimulus breweri - Several small plants now in bloom.
* 27. Pulsifer's Monkeyflower, Candelabrum Monkeyflower: Mimulus pulsiferae - A few in bloom.
28. Taper-tip Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus - Not in bloom yet.
* 29. Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora var. purpurea - Several dozen plants in bloom.
*30. Small-flowred Tarweed: Madia minima - A few minute plants are in bloom.
Animals Seen at this Site:
Blue butterfly
Hummingbird Moth