The snow has finally cleared off the full length of the Roads End Trail #201A and along most of the Onion Creek Trail. Access to Strawberry Mountain from Strawberry Lake is also open with only a few snow patches just downhill from the junction where that trail joins the Onion Creek Trail near the southeast corner of Strawberry Mt.
The bloom along the mile length of the Roads End Trail #201A as well as the Onion Creek Trail are both nearing a peak, perhaps lasting another week or two depending on temperatures and chance of any rainfall.
Fairly complete plant list for the Roads End Trail #201A and Strawberry Mountain.
Brown-eyed Wolf Lichen: Letharia columbiana
Juniper Haircap Moss: Polytrichum juniperinum
American Alpine Lady Fern: Athyrium alpestre var. americanum
Steller's Rock Brake: Cryptogramma stelleri or American Parsley Fern: Cryptogramma acrostichoides
Brittle Fern: Cystopteris fragilis
Rock Sword Fern: Polystichum scopulinum
Common Juniper: Juniperus communis var. saxatilis
Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa
Engelmann Spruce: Picea engelmannii
Whitebark Pine: Pinus albicaulis
* Baltic Rush: Juncus balticus ssp. ater
* Parry's Rush: Juncus parryi
* Dagger-leaved Rush: Juncus ensifolius
* Merten's Rush: Juncus mertensianus
* Spiked Woodrush: Luzula spicata
* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri
* Hood's Sedge: Carex hoodii
* Mountain Shore Sedge: Carex lenticularis var. lipocarpa
* Small-winged Sedge: Carex microptera
* Dunhead Sedge: Carex phaeocephala
* Raynold's Sedge: Carex raynoldsii
* Ross' Sedge: Carex rossii
* Pubescent Western Needlegrass: Achnatherum occidentale ssp. pubescens
* Mountain Bentgrass: Agrostis variabilis
* Bordered California Brome: Bromus carinatus var. marginatus
* Smooth Brome: Bromus inermis - Near trailhead
* Longleaf Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius
* Onion Grass: Melica sp. ?
* Alpine Timothy: Phleum alpinum
* Spike Trisetum: Trisetum spicatum
* American Stinging Nettle: Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis
* White Bog Candle: Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata ?
* Long-spurred Bog Orchid: Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys
* Piper's Golden Buckwheat: Eriogonum flavum var. piperi
* Wyeth Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides
* Spurry Buckwheat: Eriogonum spergulinum var. reddingianum
* Mountain Sorrel: Oxyria digyna
* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii
Broad-leaved Knotweed: Polygonum minimum
* Kellogg's Knotweed: Polygonum polygaloides ssp. kelloggii - Beginning to bloom.
* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella
* Pussypaws: Calyptridium umbellata - Beginning to fade out of bloom.
* Alpine Springbeauty: Claytonia megarhiza - Beginning to bloom.
* Nevada Lewisia: Lewisia nevadensis - Fading out of bloom.
* Threeleaf Lewisia: Lewisia triphylla
* Prickly Sandwort: Eremogone aculeata
* Menzies' Catchfly: Silene menziesii
* Oregon Silene: Silene oregana
Red Sandspurry: Spergularia rubra
* Red Columbine: Aquilegia formosa
* Blue Mountain Larkspur: Delphinium depauperatum - Fading out of bloom.
* Snow Buttercup: Ranunculus eschsholtzii (var. trisectus ?)
* Steershead: Dicentra uniflora - Mostly past bloom.
Drummond's Rockcress: Arabis drummondii
* Lemmon's Rockcress: Arabis lemmonii - Fading out of bloom.
* Sticky Cutleaf Tansymustard: Descurainia incisa ssp. viscosa
* Alpine Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica var. alpina
Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera - Past bloom.
Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum
* Alpine Prickly Currant: Ribes montigenum
Sticky Currant: Ribes viscosissimum - Past bloom.
* Short-leaved Cinquefoil: Potentilla brevifolia
* Mountain Meadow Cinquefoil: Potentilla glaucophylla var. glaucophylla - Fading out of bloom.
* Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa var. glandulosa
* Nevada Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa var. nevadensis
* Rocky Mountain Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa var. pseudorupestris
* Sibbaldia: Sibbaldia procumbens
* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus ?
* Tailcup Lupine: Lupinus argenteus var. heteranthus
* White Clover: Trifolium repens
* Goosefoot Yellow Violet: Viola purpurea var. venosa
* Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium var. canescens - Beginning to bloom.
* Fringed Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. glandulosum
* White Willowherb: Epilobium lactiflorum ?
* Nuttall's Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum var. parviflorum
* Fennel Cymopteris: Cymopterus terebinthinus var. foeniculaceus
* Cow Parsnip: Heracleum lanatum
* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii
* Western Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis
Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens - Fruits maturing.
* Grouseberry: Vaccinium scoparium
* Floerkea: Floerkea proserpinacoides
* Nuttall's Linanthus: Leptosiphon nuttallii ssp. nuttallii
* Northern Linanthus: Leptosiphon septentrionalis
* Mountain Navarretia: Navarretia divaricata
* Mountain Phlox: Phlox austromontana ?
* California Polemonium: Polemonium californicum
Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. alpinum
* Purple Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. alpina
* Silky Phacelia: Phacelia sericea var. ciliosa
* Blue Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha
Nettleleaf Horsemint: Agastache urticifolia var. urticifolia
* Glandular Paintbrush: Castilleja glandulifera
* Scarlet Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata var. miniata
* Brewer's Monkeyflower: Mimulus breweri
* Lewis' Monkeyflower: Mimulus lewisii
* Elephant Heads: Pedicularis groenlandica - Fading out of bloom.
* Taper-leaved Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus var. palustris
* Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus var. fruticosus - Fading out of bloom.
* American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii
* Milk Kelloggia: Kelloggia galioides
Black Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. melanocarpa
* Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus var. utahensis
* Sitka Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis
* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
* Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca
* Pale Agoseris: Agoseris glauca var. glauca ? or (Mountain Agoseris: Agoseris monticola ?)
* Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea - Beginning to bloom.
* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea
* Alpine Everlasting: Antennaria media
* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - Fading out of bloom.
* Sticky Arnica: Arnica diversifolia
* Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis
Mountain Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana
Greene's Goldenbush: Ericameria greenei
* Eaton's Shaggy Fleabane: Erigeron eatonii var. villosus
* Peregrine Fleabane: Erigeron glacialis var. glacialis
* Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium
* Rocky Mountain Sunflower: Helianthella uniflora var. douglasii
* Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - Beginning to bloom.
* Slender Hawkweed: Hieracium triste
* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans
* Woolly Groundsel: Packera cana
* Black Head: Rudbeckia occidentalis var. occidentalis
* Mountain Meadow Butterweed: Senecio crassulus
Dwarf Mountain Groundsel: Senecio fremontii var. fremontii - In bud.
* Tall Butterweed: Senecio serra var. serra
* Arrowleaf Butterweed: Senecio triangularis - Beginning to bloom.
* Northern Goldenrod: Solidago multiradiata
* Leafybract Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. apricum
Red Squirrel
Golden Eagle
Northern Flickers
Clark's Nutcrackers
Stellers Jays
American Robins
Mountain Bluebirds
Hermit Thrushes
Cassin's Finches
Western Wood Peewees
Chipping Sparrows
White-crowned Sparrows
Dark-eyed Juncos
Mountain Chickadees
House Wren ?
Rock Wrens
Tree Swallows
White-throated Swift
Hummingbirds (Annas or Rufous ?)
Lorquin's Admiral
Milbert's Tortoiseshells
West Coast Painted Ladys
Fritillarys - Numerous
Parnassians
Crescent
Anise Swallowtails
Anglewings
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