Wildflower of Killen Creek Trail #113

Wildflowers in Bloom along the Killen Creek Trail #113, along the Pacific Crest Trail to Killen Creek, and uphill to the headwaters of Killen Creek:

* Denotes the plant was in bloom.

Running Ground-pine: Lycopodium clavatum

Common Juniper: Juniperus communis var. montana

Pacific Silver Fir: Abies amabilis

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa

Engelman Spruce: Picea engelmanii

White Bark Pine: Pinus albicaulis

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta var. murrayana

Western White Pine: Pinus monticola

Mt. Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana

* Woodrush Sedge: Carex luzulina

* Black Alpine Sedge: Carex nigricans

* Showy Sedge: Carex spectabilis

* Cottongrass: Eriophorum angustifolium var. angustifolium

Parry's Rush: Juncus parryi

Hitchcock's Wood-rush: Luzula glabrata ssp. hitchcockiana

Piper's Wood-rush: Luzula piperi

* Mountain Bentgrass: Agrostis variabilis

* Fescue: Festuca sp.

* Alpine Timothy: Phleum alpinum ssp. alpinum

* Bluegrass: Poa sp.

Bead Lily: Clintonia uniflora

* Avalanche Lily: Erythronium montanum - Fading out of bloom.

* Bog Lily: Tofieldia glutinosa

* Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride

Bear Grass: Xerophyllum tenax

* Dirty Socks: Eriogonum pyrolaefolium

* Mountain Sorrel: Oxyria digynia

* Pussy-paws: Calyptridium (Spraguea) umbellata

* Pygmy Lewisia: Lewisia pygmaea

* Marsh Marigold: Caltha leptosepala ssp. howellii

* Suksdorf's Buttercup: Ranunculus suksdorfii

* Cascade Rockcress: Arabis furcata

* Lyall's Rock Cress: Arabis lyallii var. lyallii

Brewer's Mitrewort: Mitella breweri

* Brook Saxifrage: Saxifraga odontoloma

* Tolmie's Saxifrage: Saxifraga tolmiei

Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana var. platypetala

* Partridge Foot: Luetkea pectinata

* Fan-leaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia

* Drummond's Cinquefoil: Potentilla drummondii var. drummondii

* Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus

Cascade Mountain Ash: Sorbus scopulina var. cascadensis

Sitka Mountain Ash: Sorbus sitchensis var. grayi

* Mountain Spiraea: Spiraea densiflora

* Arctic Lupine, Subalpine Lupine: Lupinus arcticus (Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus)

* Broad-leaved Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

* Low Mt. Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii

Hooked Spur Violet: Viola adunca

Round-leaved Violet: Viola orbiculata

* Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium

* Alpine Willowherb: Epilobium anagallidifolium

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii

Kinnikinnik: Arctostaphylos nevadensis

* White Mountain Heather: Cassiope mertensiana

* Alpine Laurel: Kalmia microphylla

Sidebells Wintergreen: Orthillia secunda

* Pink Mountain-heath: Phyllodoce empetriformis

* Yellow Mountain-heath: Phyllodoce glandulifera

* Side-bells Wintergreen: Orthillia secunda

* White Rhododendron: Rhododendron albiflorum

* Dwarf Huckleberry: Vaccinium caespitosum ?

Thinleaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium membranaceum - Black fruits ripening.

Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium

Bog Blueberry: Vaccinium uliginosum

* Mt. Bog Gentian: Gentiana calycosa var. calycosa

* Alpine Shooting Star: Dodecatheon alpinum

* Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa var. longistylis

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata

* Magenta Paintbrush: Castilleja parviflora var. oreopola

* Suksdorf's Paintbrush: Castilleja suksdorfii

* Lewis' Monkeyflower: Erythranthe lewisii - Just beginning to bloom.

* Elephant-head Lousewort: Pedicularis groenlandica- Fading out of bloom.

* Sickle-top Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa

* Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii

* Northern Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis

Black Twinberry: Lonicera involucrata var. involucrata

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca

* Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

* Woolly Pussytoes: Antennaria lanata

* Rocky Mt. Pussytoes: Antennaria media

* Smallhead Arnica: Arnica gracilis

* Broad-leaved Arnica: Arnica latifolia

* Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis

* Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron glacialis ssp. glacialis

* Cascade Aster: Eucephalus ledophyllus

* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

* Alpine Hawkweed: Hieracium triste

* Northern Microseris: Nothocalais alpestris

* Alpine Aster: Oreostemma alpigenum var. alpigenum

* Arrow-leaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis

Coyote - scat

Douglas' Squirrel

Townsend's Chipmunk

Ravens

Clark's Nutcrackers (including some squacky juveniles wanting to be fed)

Gray Jays

Varied Thrush

Dark-eyed Juncos

Mt. Chickadees

Red-breasted Nuthatches

Yellow-rumped Warblers

Cascade Frogs

Tree Frogs

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