Alpine Slopes Below the Adams Glacier

Map Lichen: Rhizocarpon sp. ?

Blistered Rock Tripe: Umbilicaria hyperborea

Liverworts

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa

Common Juniper: Juniperus communis var. montana

Whitebark Pine: Pinus albicaulis

Mt. Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana

Black Cottonwood: Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa - Bush-like plants up to a meter high, seen high up on the "dry" sides and tops of some of the moraines up to 7000' elevation.

* Barclay's Willow: Salix barclayi

Imbricate Sword Fern: Polystichum imbricans

* Black Alpine Sedge: Carex nigricans

Dunhead Sedge: Carex phaeocephala

* Presl's Sedge: Carex preslii

* Showy Sedge: Carex spectabilis

Drummond's Rush: Juncus drummondii

Merten's Rush: Juncus mertensianus

Parry's Rush: Juncus parryi

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

* Piper's Woodrush: Luzula piperi

* Seashore Bentgrass: Agrostis diegoensis (A. pallens) ? - Plants to 25 cm high with open inflorescence of moist subalpine meadows.

* Alpine Bentgrass: Agrostis variabilis

* Drooping Woodreed: Cinna latifolia

* Squirrel-tail Grass: Elymus elymoides ssp. elymoides

* Blue Wildrye: Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus

Alpine Fescue: Festuca brachyphylla ssp. brachyphylla

* Alpine Timothy: Phleum alpinum ssp. alpinum

Bluegrass: Poa (cusickii ?)

* Spike Trisetum: Trisetum spicatum

* Cushion Buckwheat: Eriogonum ovalifolium var. nivale

* Alpine Buckwheat: Eriogonum pyrolifolium var. coryphaeum

* Pussypaws: Cistanthe umbellata var. caudicifera

* Alpine Sandwort: Minuartia obtusiloba

Pearlwort: Sagina sp. - In bud.

Suksdorf's Catchfly: Silene suksdorfii

* Cascade Rockcress: Arabis furcata

* Lyall's Rockcress: Arabis lyallii var. lyallii

Lemmon's Rockcress: Arabis lemmonii var. paddoensis

* Tolmie's Saxifrage: Saxifraga tolmiei

* Partridge Foot: Luetkea pectinata

* Fan-leaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia

* Sibbaldia: Sibbaldia procumbens

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

* Low Mt. Lupine: Lupinus sellulus (Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii)

* Club-pod Willowherb: Epilobium clavatum

* Willowherb: Epilobium sp.

Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza (berteroi ?)

Kinnickinick: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

* White Mountain Heather: Cassiope mertensiana var. mertensiana

Pink Mountain Heather: Phyllodoce empetriformis

Yellow Heather: Phyllodoce glanduliflora

Grouse Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium

* Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa var. longistylis

* California Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium californicum - Fading out of bloom.

Sky-pilot: Polemonium elegans

* Magenta Paintbrush: Castilleja parviflora var. oreopola

* Lewis' Monkeyflower: Mimulus lewisii

* Sickletop Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa

* Davidson's Penstemon: Penstemon davidsonii - Fading out of bloom.

* Tolmie's Penstemon: Penstemon procerus var. tolmiei - Fading out of bloom.

* American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii

* Sitka Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis - Fading out of bloom.

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca

* Alpine Pussytoes: Antennaria media

Wooly Pussytoes: Antennaria lanata

* Broad-leaved Arnica: Arnica latifolia

* Dwarf Mountain Fleabane: Erigeron compositus - A few still in bloom at the highest elevations

* Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron glacialis ssp. glacialis

* Cascade Aster: Eucephalus ledophyllus var. ledophyllus

* Alpine Hawkweed: Hieracium triste

* Dwarf Alpinegold: Hulsea nana

* Alpine Dandylion: Nothocalais alpestris

* Alpine aster: Oreostemma alpigenum var. alpigenum

* Arrowleaf Butterweed: Senecio triangularis

* Dwarf Goldenrod: Solidago simplex ssp. simplex var. nana

Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

Animals Seen :

Turkey Vulture

Prairie Falcon

Raven

Clark's Nutcrackers

Mountain Bluebirds

Horned Lark - Juvenile

Cassin's Finches

Dark-eyed Juncos

Orange-crowned Warblers

Yellow-rumped Warblers

20 Mountain Goats (in 3 herds)

Elk - poo & tracks

Hoary Marmots

Least Chipmunks

Red Admirable

Whites

Blues

Bumblebees

Deer Flies

Horse Flies

Caddisfly Larvae

Mosquito Larvae