[The Buckthorn Family in Mt. Adams Country]

The photo at left shows the upright inforescences and sparse leaves of buck brush as seen along an east-west road along the northern crest of the ridge separating the Dairy Creek and Cougar Creek drainages on the southeastern flanks of Mt. Adams.........June 12, 2005. A number of plants of this species were seen along the road from 3800'-4000'. The branches have a reddish tinge, which is only apparent at left. The image at right shows buck brush as viewed in open forest along a vernally moist drainage extending uphill to the WSW from Dead Canyon, about 2-3 miles west of the Klickitat River.......May 9, 2025.

The photo at left shows the leaf of buck brush as seen along an east-west road along the northern crest of the ridge separating the Dairy Creek and Cougar Creek drainages on the southeastern flanks of Mt. Adams.........June 12, 2005. The photo at right shows the upright inforescence and sparse leaves of buck brush as seen along an east-west road along the northern crest of the ridge separating the Dairy Creek and Cougar Creek drainages on the southeastern flanks of Mt. Adams.........June 12, 2005.