[Fawnlilies: The Genus Erythronium in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Alpine Fawnlily, Avalinche-lily, Avalanche Lily, White Avalanche-lily

Erythronium montanum

Close-up of the flower of Alpine Fawnlily, Avalanche Lily, White Avalanche-lily: Erythronium montanum - Alpine Fawnlily, Avalinche-lily, Avalanche Lily, White Avalanche-lily: Erythronium montanum

Close-up of the flower of avalanche lily as seen at left along the East Crater Trail #43 in the Indian Heaven Wilderness of the southern Washington Cascades.........August 5, 2010. The photo at right shows a close-up image of the flower of an avalance lily as seen along the Goat Ridge Trail #95 about a mile south of Jordan Basin, Goat Rocks Wilderness.......July 12, 2018.

Alpine Fawnlily, Avalinche-lily, Avalanche Lily, White Avalanche-lily: Erythronium montanum - Alpine Fawnlily, Avalinche-lily, Avalanche Lily, White Avalanche-lily: Erythronium montanum

A late blooming avalanche lily as seen near the junction of the Chinook Trail #808B and Trail #180 on the north side of Silver Star Mountain, Gifford Pinchot National Forest..........June 3, 2016


Alpine Fawnlily, Avalinche-lily, Avalanche Lily, White Avalanche-lily: Erythronium montanum

Late-blooming avalanche lilies blooming beneath shrubs along the Boundary Trail #1 at the western base of Harry's Ridge, Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument.........June 18, 2018.

Alpine Fawnlily, Avalinche-lily, Avalanche Lily, White Avalanche-lily: Erythronium montanum - Alpine Fawnlily, Avalinche-lily, Avalanche Lily, White Avalanche-lily: Erythronium montanum

Alpine Fawnlily, Avalinche-lily, Avalanche Lily, White Avalanche-lily: Erythronium montanum - Alpine Fawnlily, Avalinche-lily, Avalanche Lily, White Avalanche-lily: Erythronium montanum

Avalanche lilies blooming in forest burned by the 2020 Big Hollow Fire. Photo from along the Observation Trail #132 in the Sister Rocks Research Natural Area, Gifford Pinchot National Forest.....June 25, 2024.

Ripe seed pods of Alpine Fawnlily, Avalinche-lily, Avalanche Lily, White Avalanche-lily: Erythronium montanum - Ripe seed pods of Alpine Fawnlily, Avalinche-lily, Avalanche Lily, White Avalanche-lily: Erythronium montanum

Ripe seed pods of avalanche lilies observed in forest burned by the 2020 Big Hollow Fire. Photo from along the Observation Trail #132 in the Sister Rocks Research Natural Area, Gifford Pinchot National Forest......September 6, 2023.

Seedlings of Alpine Fawnlily, Avalinche-lily, Avalanche Lily, White Avalanche-lily: Erythronium montanum - Alpine Fawnlily, Avalinche-lily, Avalanche Lily, White Avalanche-lily: Erythronium montanum

Several stages of seedling growth (first, second and possibly third year) of avalanche lilies as seen in a ditch along a turnpike on the East Crater Trail #48 close to Junction Lake, Indian Heaven Wilderness.......September 9, 2024.

Alpine Fawnlily, Avalanche Lily, White Avalanche-lily: Erythronium montanum

Avalanche lilies from along the Indian Heaven Trail in the Indian Heaven Wilderness. Probably taken in early July, 1974.

Seed pod of Alpine Fawnlily, Avalanche Lily, White Avalanche-lily: Erythronium montanum

Maturing seed pod of the avalanche lily.

Paul Slichter