Wildflowers of the Alpine Slopes Below the Adams Glacier

Blistered Rock Tripe: Umbilicaria hyperborea

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa

Common Juniper: Juniperus communis var. montana

Engelmann Spruce: Picea engelmannii

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 - Beginning to bloom.

Dunhead Sedge: Carex phaeocephala ?

* Presl's Sedge: Carex preslii ?

* Showy Sedge: Carex spectabilis

Merten's Rush: Juncus mertensianus

* Parry's Rush: Juncus parryi

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

* Piper's Woodrush: Luzula piperi

* Alpine Bentgrass: Agrostis variabilis

* Drooping Woodreed: Cinna latifolia - Beginning to bloom in the forest below the alpine slopes.

* Squirrel-tail Grass: Elymus elymoides ssp. elymoides

* Blue Wildrye: Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus - Beginning to bloom around the PCT.

Bluegrass: Poa (cusickii ?)

* Spike Trisetum: Trisetum spicatum

* Cushion Buckwheat: Eriogonum ovalifolium var. nivale

* Alpine Buckwheat: Eriogonum pyrolifolium var. coryphaeum

* Mountain Sorrel: Oxyria digynia

* Pussypaws: Cistanthe umbellata var. caudicifera

* Alpine Sandwort: Cherleria obtusiloba

* Suksdorf's Catchfly: Silene suksdorfii

* Dwarf Plantain-leaved Buttercup: Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismellus

* Snow Buttercup: Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. eschscholtzii

* Cascade Rockcress: Arabis furcata

* Lyall's Rockcress: Boechera lyallii

Lemmon's Rockcress: Boechera paddoensis

* Tolmie's Saxifrage: Micranthes tolmiei

* Partridge Foot: Luetkea pectinata

* Fan-leaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia

* Sibbaldia: Sibbaldia procumbens - Fading out of bloom.

* Arctic Lupine, Subalpine Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus - Beginning to bloom in the forest below the alpine slopes.

* Low Mt. Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii

* Club-pod Willowherb: Epilobium clavatum

* White Mountain Heather: Cassiope mertensiana var. mertensiana

* Pink Mountain Heather: Phyllodoce empetriformis

* Yellow Heather: Phyllodoce glanduliflora

* Grouse Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium - Beginning to bloom.

* Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa var. longistylis

* California Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium californicum

* Sky-pilot: Polemonium elegans - Fading out of bloom.

* Magenta Paintbrush: Castilleja parviflora var. oreopola

Lewis' Monkeyflower: Mimulus lewisii

Sickletop Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa

* Davidson's Penstemon: Penstemon davidsonii

* Tolmie's Penstemon: Penstemon procerus var. tolmiei

* American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii

* Sitka Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca var. aurantiaca

* Wooly Pussytoes: Antennaria lanata

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea - Fading out of bloom.

* Slender Arnica: Arnica gracilis

* Mountain Arnica: Arnica latifolia

* Dwarf Mountain Fleabane: Erigeron compositus - Beginning to bloom.

* Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron glacialis ssp. glacialis - Beginning to bloom.

Cascade Aster: Eucephalus ledophyllus var. ledophyllus

* Alpine Hawkweed: Hieracium triste - Begining to bloom.

* Dwarf Alpinegold: Hulsea nana - Beginning to bloom.

* Alpine Dandylion: Nothocalais alpestris

* Alpine aster: Oreostemma alpigenum var. alpigenum

Arrowleaf Butterweed: Senecio triangularis

* Dwarf Goldenrod: Solidago simplex var. nana

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

Animals Seen :

Prairie Falcon

Raven

Clark's Nutcrackers

American Pipits

Horned Larks, including nest with eggs.

Dark-eyed Juncos

Pine Siskins

Mountain Goats

Snowberry Checkerspot

Whites

Blues

Bumblebees

Horse Flies

numerous Mosquitos