Bottlebrush Squirreltail, Squirrel-tail
Grass
Elymus elymoides ssp. elymoides
Synonyms: Elymus sitanion, Sitanion elymoides, Sitanion hystrix var. hystrix
Bottlebrush Squirreltail as seen along the Round the Mountain Trail #9 about half a mile east of the junction with the South Climb Trail #183, Mt. Adams Wilderness......August 30, 2018.
The photo above shows bottlebrush squirreltail as seen at 6800' atop an old moraine at the base of the Adams Glacier, Mt. Adams.......September 18, 2008.
The photo above shows a close-up of a spikelet of bottlebrush squirreltail as seen at 6800' atop an old moraine at the base of the Adams Glacier, Mt. Adams........September 18, 2008.
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The photo at left shows a side-view of the head
of bottlebrush squirreltail. Note the long, sharply spreading awns so distinctive
of this species. Photographed along the Hellroaring Creek Trail #10, about one-half
mile downstream from its junction with the Island Springs Trail #66, Mt. Adams........July
17, 2005. The photo at right shows a close-up of the inflorescence of bottlebrush squirreltail as seen on the terminal moraine of the Adams Glacier above the head of the Lewis River, Mt. Adams Wilderness......July 19, 2018.
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Bottlebrush squirreltail as seen with maturing achenes along the Bluff Lake Trail between Bird and Bluff Lakes, Yakama Nation lands at Bird Creek Meadows, Mount Adams.......September 4, 2022
The photo above shows a view down the axis
of the head of bottlebrush squirreltail to give a 3-dimensional view of the
plant. Photographed along the Hellroaring Creek Trail #10, about one-half mile
downstream from its junction with the Island Springs Trail #66, Mt. Adams.......July
17, 2005.
A tattered field crescent on bottlebrush squirreltail as seen
at Crooked Falls in Bird Creek Meadows........August 13, 2006.
The photo above shows the "green" heads of bottlebrush
squirreltail as seen on the south-facing slopes of the Ridge of Wonders at the
southeatern corner of Mt. Adams........July 30, 2005.
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The 3 photos directly above show what may be bottlebrush squirreltail
from about 6700' on the Ridge of Wonders........August 12, 2006.
Paul Slichter