Summit Parking Area: N 42* 38.491 ---- W118* 34.779' ---- Elevation: 9552' --- +/- 21'
Last Area Surveyed to ENE of Lake: N 42* 37.871' ---- W 118* 35.181' ---- Elevation: 8531' --- +/- 16'
Common Juniper: Juniperus communis var. montana
Cliff Brake: Pellaea breweri
Alpine Lady Fern: Athyrium alpestre var. americanum ?
Tea-leaved Willow: Salix planifolia ssp. planifolia var. monica ?
Willow: Salix species
Onion: Allium sp.
* White False Hellebore: Veratrum californicum var. californicum
White Bog Orchid: Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys
* Mat Buckwheat: Eriogonum cespitosum
Wyeth Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracloides var. heracloides
* Oval-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum ovalifolium var. depressum
* Oval-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum ovalifolium var. ovalifolium (Yellow flowers.)
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. anserinum
* Sulfur-flower Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. dicrocephalum
American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides
Mountain Sorrel: Rumex paucifolius
* Pussypaws: Calyptridium umbellatum
* Prickly Sandwort: Arenaria aculeata
Ballhead Sandwort: Arenaria congesta (var. ?)
Field Mouse-ear: Cerastium arvense
Douglas' Silene: Silene douglasii
Oregon Campion: Silene oregana
Monkshood: Aconitum columbianum ssp. columbianum
Crimson Columbine: Aquilegia formosa
Marsh Marigold: Caltha leptosepala var. leptosepala
Dwarf Larkspur: Delphinium depauperatum
Plaintain-leaved Buttercup: Ranunculus alismifolius (var. ?)
Snow Buttercup: Ranunculus eschscholtzii (var. ?)
Veiny Meadowrue: Thalictrum venulosum
* Rockcress: Arabis species
American Wintercress: Barbarea orthoceras
* Steens Draba: Draba cusickii var. cusickii - A few left in bloom.
Draba: Draba sp.
* Lance-leaved Stonecrop: Sedum lanceolatum
* Roundleaf Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica var. alpina
Bishop's Cap: Mitella pentandra
Swamp Saxifrage: Saxifraga nidifica var. nidifica
Brook Saxifrage: Saxifraga odontoloma
Bog Saxifrage: Saxifraga oreganavar. montanensis
Grass-of-Parnassus: Parnassia cirrata var intermedia - In bud.
* Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum
Mountain Gooseberry: Ribes montigenum
Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum
Owyhee Ivesia: Ivesia baileyi var. beneolens
* Gordon's Ivesia: Ivesia gordonii
Shrubby Cinquefoil: Pentaphylloides fruticosa (Dasiphora fruticosa or Potentilla fruticosa)
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. ?)
Varying Cinquefoil: Potentilla versicolor
Sibbaldia: Sibbaldia procumbens
Tailcup Lupine: Lupinus argenteus var. heteranthus
* Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii
* Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes var. hansenii
Goosefoot Violet: Viola purpurea var. venosa- 1 seen in bloom.
Willowherb: Epilobium species (White flowers.)
Willowherb: Epilobium species (Lavender/ pink flowers.)
Rose Willowherb: Epilobium obcordatum
Blue Flax: Linum lewisii (formerly L. perenne var. lewisii) - In bud.
Angelica: Angelica arguta
Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii
Alpine Laurel: Kalmia microphylla - Fading.
Alpine Shooting Star: Dodecatheon alpinum
* Prickly Phlox: Leptodactylon pungens
* Yellow-flowered Navarretia: Navarretia brewerii
Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus
Ball-head Phacelia: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. alpinum - Past bloom.
Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. alpina
Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata
* Broadleaf Bluebells: Mertensia ciliata
Cryptantha or Plagiobothrys sp.
Nettle-leaved Horsemint: Agastache urticifolia var. urticifolia
Monardella: Monardella odoratissima - In bud.
Wavy-leaved Paintbrush: Castilleja applegatei var. pinetorum
Scarlet Paintbrush: Castilleja peckiana ?
Sticky Paintbrush: Castilleja viscidula
* Dwarf Purple Monkeyflower: Mimulus nanus ? - On 1st 100 meters of trail.
Lewis' Monkeyflower: Mimulus lewisii
Primrose Monkeyflower: Mimulus primuloides
Subalpine Monkeyflower: Mimulus tilingii
* Little Elephant's Heads: Pedicularis attollens
* Steen's Mountain Penstemon: Penstemon davidsonii var. praeteritus
Small-flowered Penstemon: Penstemon procerus var. formosus
* Rydberg's Penstemon: Penstemon rydbergii var. rydbergii
American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii
Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus - Not in bloom.
* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca
Mountain Agoseris: Agoseris glauca var. monticola ? - Not yet in bloom.
Alpine Pussytoes: Antennaria media
* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea
* Longleaf Arnica: Arnica longifolia
* Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis
Intermediate Sagewort: Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. incompta
Lemon Sagewort: Artemisia michauxiana - In bud.
Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata var. vaseyana (Forming the inflorescences.)
Hayden's Aster: Aster alpigenus var. haydenii
Leafy Aster: Aster foliaceus var. apricus
Steen's Mt. Thistle: Cirsium peckii
* Orange Sneezeweed: Dugaldia hoopesii
Discoid Goldenweed: Ericameria discoidea var. discoidea
Truckee Green Rabbitbrush: Ericameria humilis - Nearing bloom.
Sticky-flower Green Rabbitbrush: Ericameria viscidiflora ssp. viscidiflora (Almost in bloom.)
* Cut-leaved Daisy: Erigeron compositus var. glabratus (Both discoid and with rays.)
Foreign Fleabane: Erigeron glacialis var. callianthemus
Narrowhead Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma carthamoides var. cusickii ?
* Woolly Groundsel: Senecio canus
Thick-leaved Groundsel: Senecio crassulus
Alpine Meadow Groundsel: Senecio cymbalarioides
* Dwarf Mountain Butterweed: Senecio fremontii
Arrowleaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis var. triangularis
Stemless Goldenweed: Stenotus acaulis
Horned Larks
Violet-green Swallows
Ravens
Golden Eagle being hazeed by irrate prairie falcon
Prairie Falcon
Golden Eagle
Rock Wrens
Mountain Bluebird
Belding Ground Squirrel
Sierra Nevada Ground Squirrel
Chipmunk
Numerous butterfly species
