This list includes plants observed in a riparian area along the South Loop Road about one mile below the East Rim Viewpoint.
Common Juniper: Juniperus communis var. montana
Alpine Spikemoss: Selaginella watsonii
Drummond's Rush: Juncus drummondii
Merten's Rush: Juncus mertensianus
Small-winged Sedge: Carex microptera
Western Singlespike Sedge: Carex scirpoidea ssp. pseudoscirpoidea
Rocky Mountain Sedge: Carex scopulorum var. bracteosa
Pine Needlegrass: Achnatherum (pinetorum ?) or A. nelsonii ssp. nelsonii ?
* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides (ssp. californicus ?) - Mostly past bloom.
* Alpine Timothy: Phleum alpinum
* American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides - Mostly past bloom.
* Oval-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum ovalifolium var. nivale
* Sulfur-flower Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. dicrocephalum - Fading out of bloom.
* Alpine Sorrel: Oxyria digynia - Fading out of bloom.
Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii
* Pussypaws: Calyptridium umbellatum - Mostly past bloom.
Alpine Spring Beauty: Claytonia megarhiza
Sierran Spring Beauty: Claytonia nevadensis - Red-tinged leaves filling the small creeks and onto moist gravelly slopes where the snow lies late into the summer.
Prickly Sandwort: Arenaria aculeata
Ballhead Sandwort: Eremogone congesta var. congesta
Umbellate Chickweed: Stellaria umbellata
Marsh Marigold: Caltha leptosepala var. leptosepala
* Suksdorf's Buttercup: Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. suksdorfii - Second bloom in moist areas.
American Wintercress: Barbarea orthoceras
Daggerpod: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides - Pods well formed.
Lance-leaved Stonecrop: Sedum lanceolatum
Roundleaf Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica var. alpina
Brook Saxifrage: Micranthes odontoloma
Alpine Prickly Currant: Ribes montigenum - Past bloom.
* Shrubby Cinquefoil: Dasiphora fruticosa - Second bloom on scattered plants.
Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum - Feathery fruits forming.
* Gordon's Ivesia: Ivesia gordonii - Fading out of bloom.
Brewer's Cinquefoil: Potentilla breweri
Diverse-leaved Cinquefoil: Potentilla glaucophylla
Elmer's Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri
Varying Cinquefoil: Potentilla versicolor
Sibbaldia: Sibbaldia procumbens
Balloon Milkvetch: Astragalus whitneyi var. confusus
* Low Mt. Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii
Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii
Dwarf Huckleberry: Vaccinium cespitosum - Leaves a bright red.
Pleated Gentian: Gentiana affinis
Alpine Shooting Star: Dodecatheon alpinum
* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata var. miniata
Lewis' Monkeyflower: Erythranthe lewisii
* Subalpine Monkeyflower: Erythranthe tilingii
Little Elephant Heads: Pedicularis attolens
Small-flowered Penstemon: Penstemon procerus var. formosus
Thyme-leaved Speedwell: Veronica serpyllifolia ssp. humifusa
* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
* Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca - A few plants still in bloom.
* Alpine Agoseris: Agoseris monticola
* Longleaf Arnica: Arnica longifolia - Fading out of bloom. Recent snowfall crushed plants to the ground while flowering pretty well.
Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis
* Michaux's Sagewort: Artemisia michauxiana
Steens Mt Thistle: Cirsium eatonii var. peckii
Cut-leaved Daisy: Erigeron compositus var. glabratus
Foreign Fleabane: Erigeron peregrinus ssp. callianthemus var. scaposus
* Orange Sneezeweed: Hymenoxys hoopesii
* Hayden's Aster: Oreostemma alpigenum var. haydenii
Narrow-headed Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma carthamoides var. cusickii
* Dwarf Mountain Butterweed: Senecio fremontii - A few plants trying to bloom.
* Leafy Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. parryi - A few plants still in bloom.
* Western Mountain Aster: Symphyotrichum spathulatum var. spathulatum - A few plants in bloom.
* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale - Along the South Loop Road.
Swainson's Hawks
Prairie Falcons
Harriers
Common Ravens
American Pipits
Golden-crowned Sparrows
Orange Sulphurs
Whites
Tortoise Shells
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