[Hawkweeds: The Genus Hieracium in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Alpine Hawkweed, Slender Hawkweed

Hieracium triste

Synonyms: Chlorocrepis tristis ssp. gracilis, Hieracium gracile, Hieracium gracile var. densifloccosum, Hieracium gracile var. detonsum, Hieracium gracile var. gracile,Hieracium triste ssp. gracile, Hieracium triste var. gracile

Alpine Hawkweed, Low Alpine Hawkweed, Slender Hawkweed: Hieracium gracile (Synonyms: Chlorocrepis tristis ssp. gracilis, Hieracium gracile var. densifloccosum, Hieracium gracile var. detonsum, Hieracium gracile var. gracile, Hieracium triste, Hieracium triste ssp. gracile, Hieracium triste var. gracile)

Slender hawkweed as photographed at the base of the terminal moraine of the Adams Glacier above High Camp, Mount Adams.........August 12, 2016.

Characteristics:

 


Habitat:

Slender hawkweed may be found in vernally moist places in mountain meadows and on open, rocky or gravelly slopes high in the mountains.


Range:

A widespread species of North America, slender hawkweed may be found from Alaska south to California and northern New Mexico and east through the Pacific Northwest into the Rocky Mts. It is also found in the Andes Mts. of South America.

In the Columbia River Gorge, it may be found at the elevation of 4300' on Indian Mt.


Alpine Hawkweed, Slender Hawkweed: Hieracium triste (Synonyms: Chlorocrepis tristis ssp. gracilis, Hieracium gracile, Hieracium gracile var. densifloccosum, Hieracium gracile var. detonsum, Hieracium gracile var. gracile,Hieracium triste ssp. gracile, Hieracium triste var. gracile)

The photo above shows slender hawkweed as photographed along the climbers trail above Hellroaring Overlook on Mt. Adams.......August 7, 2004.

Stem leaf of Alpine Hawkweed, Slender Hawkweed: Hieracium triste (Synonyms: Chlorocrepis tristis ssp. gracilis, Hieracium gracile, Hieracium gracile var. densifloccosum, Hieracium gracile var. detonsum, Hieracium gracile var. gracile,Hieracium triste ssp. gracile, Hieracium triste var. gracile)

The photo above shows a close-up of a basal leaf of slender hawkweed as photographed along the climbers trail above Hellroaring Overlook on Mt. Adams........August 7, 2004.

Alpine Hawkweed, Slender Hawkweed: Hieracium triste (Synonyms: Chlorocrepis tristis ssp. gracilis, Hieracium gracile, Hieracium gracile var. densifloccosum, Hieracium gracile var. detonsum, Hieracium gracile var. gracile,Hieracium triste ssp. gracile, Hieracium triste var. gracile) - Alpine Hawkweed, Slender Hawkweed: Hieracium triste (Synonyms: Chlorocrepis tristis ssp. gracilis, Hieracium gracile, Hieracium gracile var. densifloccosum, Hieracium gracile var. detonsum, Hieracium gracile var. gracile,Hieracium triste ssp. gracile, Hieracium triste var. gracile)

The photo above shows slender hawkweed as photographed along the climbers trail above Hellroaring Overlook on Mt. Adams........August 7, 2004.

Paul Slichter