Thorofare Mountain

6/23/2002

Enjoying the 360¾ view from the summit.

The photo at right shws a rest stop during the steep ascent, much of it in loose scree rock.

Alp Lily : Lloydia serotina

Elegant Death Camas: Zygadenus elegans

Scamman's Spring Beauty: Claytonia scammaniana

Chickweed: Cerastium arvense

Bering Sea Chickweed: Cerastium beeringianum

Moss Campion: Silene acaulis ssp. acaulis

Long-stalked Starwort: Stellaria longipes

Blue Anemone: Anemone drummondii

Narcissus-flowered Anemone: Anemone narcissiflora

Buttercup: Ranunculus species

Few-flowered Corydalis: Corydalis pauciflora

Macoun's Poppy: Papaver macounii

Purple Cress: Cardamine purpurea

Alpine Draba: Draba alpina

Draba: Draba stenopetala

Parry's Wallflower: Parrya nudicaulis ssp. interior

Smelowskia: Smelowskia borealis

Smelowskia: Smelowskia pyriformis

Chrysoplenium wrightii

Yellow spotted Saxifrage:Saxifraga bronchialis

Barnacle Saxifrage: Saxifraga escholtzii

Red-stemmed Saxifrage: Saxifraga lyallii ?

Purple Mt. Saxifrage: Saxifraga oppositifolia

Thyme-leaf Saxifrage: Saxifraga serpyllifolia

Lapland Diapensia: Diapensia lapponica

Mt. Avens: Dryas octopetala

Ross' Avens: Geum rossii

Cinquefoil: Potentilla biflora

Tundra Rose: Potentilla fruticosa

Hooker's Cinquefoil: Potentilla hookeriana

Eskimo Potato: Hedysarum alpinum

Purple Oxytrope: Oxytropis nigrescens

Small Yellow Violet: Viola bicolor

Dwarf Fireweed: Epilobium latifolium

Bell Heather: Cassipe tetragona

Alpine Azalea: Loiseleuria procumbens

Alaska Jasmine: Androsace alaskana

Rock Jasmine: Androsace chamaejasme

Frigid Shooting Star: Dodecatheon frigidum

Northern Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium borealis

Mt. Forget-me-not: Eritrichium aretioides

Chiming Bells: Mertensia paniculata

Weasel Snout: Lagotis glauca ssp. minor

Capitate Lousewort: Pedicularis capitata

Woolly Lousewort: Pedicularis kanei (P. lanata)

Whorled Leaf Lousewort: Pedicularis verticillata

Alaska Synthyris: Synthyris borealis

Capitate Valerian: Valeriana capitata

One-flowered Harebell: Campanula uniflora

Frigid Arnica: Arnica frigida

Wormwood: Artemisia globularia

Alpine Hawksbeard: Crepis nana

Mt. Fleabane: Erigeron humilis

Butterweed: Senecio fuscatus

Dwarf Arctic Butterweed: Senecio residifolius

Northern Goldenrod: Solidago muliradiata

Pink Dandelion: Taraxacum carneocoloratum

Animals Seen:

4 Dall Sheep

3 Caribou

Numerous Snow Buntings

2 surfbirds

1 American pipit

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