Bottlebrush Squirreltail, Squirrel-tail
Grass
Elymus elymoides ssp. elymoides
Synonyms: Elymus sitanion, Sitanion elymoides, Sitanion hystrix var. hystrix
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.
The photo above 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 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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Bottlebrush squirreltail
from about 6700' on the Ridge of Wonders.........August 12, 2006.
Paul Slichter