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