This list was compiled between the following two GPS readings:
Kiger Gorge Overlook: N 42* 42.518' ---- W118* 34.504' ---- Elevation: 8904' --- +/- 18'
Summit Ridge that overlooks both Kiger Gorge & Mosquito Creek: N 42* 42.159' ---- W 118* 33.839' ---- Elevation: 9044' --- +/- 18'
Other than the upper parts of the cliffs, the ground at the Kiger Gorge viewpoint is free of snow. Bloom within the confines of the upper cirques and atop the top of the summit ridge is just beginning.
* indicates flowers currently in bloom
* Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei
* Mat Buckwheat: Eriogonum cespitosum
* Oval-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum ovalifolium var. depressum
* Sulfur-flower Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. dicrocephalum
* Alpine Sorrel: Oxyria digynia
* American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides
* Pussypaws: Calyptridium umbellatum (Spraguea umbellata)
* Prickly Sandwort: Arenaria aculeata
* Ballhead Sandwort: Arenaria congesta (var. ?)
* Nuttall's Sandwort: Minuartia nuttallii var. fragilis
* Plantain-leaved Buttercup: Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismifolius
* Snow Buttercup: Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. suksdorfii
* Spreading Rockcress: Arabis x divaricarpa ?
* Tower Mustard: Arabis glabra ?
* Sicklepod Rockcress: Arabis sparsiflora var. sparsiflora
* Steens Draba: Draba cusickii var. cusickii
* Western Bladderpod: Lesquerella occidentalis ssp. occidentalis
* Daggerpod: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides - Mostly in bloom at the overlook but still in full bloom just below the eastern rim.
* Lance-leaved Stonecrop: Sedum lanceolatum
* Roundleaf Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica var. alpina
*Slender Woodland Star: Lithophragma tenellum
* Swamp Saxifrage: Saxifraga nidifica var. nidifica (S. integrifolia var. columbiana)
* Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum
* Mountain Gooseberry: Ribes montigenum
* Shrubby Cinquefoil: Dasiphora fruticosa (Potentilla fruticosa)
* Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum
*Pink Pinwheels: Horkelia fusca ssp. capitata
* Gordon's Ivesia: Ivesia gordonii - Only blooming on the rim overlooking Mosquito Creek.
* Brewer's Cinquefoil: Potentilla brewerii
* Diverse-leaved Cinquefoil: Potentilla diversifolia var. glaucophylla
* Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa varieties nevadensis & pseudorupestris
* Fan-leaved Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis (var. ?)
* Balloon Milkvetch: Astragalus whitneyi var. confusus
* Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii
* Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes var. shastense
* Gumbo Desert Parsley: Lomatium bicolor var. leptocarpum
* Small-flowered Gymnosteris: Gymnosteris parvula
* Prickly Phlox: Leptodactylon pungens
* Three-seed Linanthus: Linanthus harknessii
* Silky Phacelia: Phacelia sericea var. ciliosa- Almost in bloom.
* Sagebrush Bluebells: Mertensia oblongifolia - Mostly out of bloom.
* Steens Mt. Paintbrush: Castilleja pilosa var. steenensis
* Steen's Mountain Penstemon: Penstemon davidsonii var. praeteritus
* Rydberg's Penstemon: Penstemon rydbergii var. rydbergii
* Downy-fruited Valerian: Valeriana acutiloba var. pubicarpa
*Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
Mountain Agoseris: Agoseris glauca (var. ?)
* Tall Pussytoes: Antennaria anaphaloides
* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea
* Umber Pussytoes: Antennaria umbrinella
Low Sagebrush: Artemisia arbuscula
Lemon Sagewort: Artemisia michauxiana - In bud.
* Orange Sneezeweed: Dugaldia hoopesii
Discoid Goldenweed: Ericameria disoidea var. discoidea
Sticky-flower Green Rabbitbrush: Ericameria viscidiflora ssp. viscidiflora
* Scabland Fleabane: Erigeron bloomeri var. bloomeri - Only in bloom at the summit ridge.
* Cut-leaved Daisy: Erigeron compositus var. glabratus (Both discoid and with rays.)
Woolly Groundsel: Senecio canus - In bud.
* Dwarf Mountain Butterweed: Senecio fremontii - Only a few in bloom.
* Narrowleaf Goldenweed: Nestotus stenophyllus
Horned Larks
Violet-green Swallows
Ravens
Prairie Falcon
Belding Ground Squirrel
Numerous butterfly species