Norse Peak, Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) - Chinook Pass to Snoqualmie Pass & Bullion Basin — Thursday, Jul. 14, 2022

Paul's list (below) counted 92 species of flowering plants! There were thick areas of glacier lilies, little-flowered penstemon, snow buttercups, spreading phlox, beargrass, western anemones, groundsel, wallflower, globe flowers, yellow and purple violets, arnica, lots of wild buckwheats, and I'm sure I am forgetting some. Some of the more striking flowers that were in smaller numbers: some early magenta paintbrush, Orobanche uniflora (picture 3, and a purple willowherb), orange agoseris (picture 2), and in the open area as you approach Norse, silky/blue alpine phacelia (picture 1).   

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FLOWERING PLANTS IN BLOOM (92 species)

white (38)

ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)

blue-leaf strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)

thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus)

dwarf dogwood / bunchberry (Cornus unalaschkensis)

little-leaf montia / miner’s lettuce (Montia parvifolia)

lance-leaf springbeauty (Claytonia lanceolata)

Siberian springbeauty (Claytonia sibirica)

Sitka valerian (Valeriana sitchensis)

vanilla leaf (Achlys triphylla)

star-flowered false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum)

plumed false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum)

pussytoes, probably raceme (Antennaria, probably racemosa)

large-leaf sandwort (Moehringia macrophylla)

threadleaf / mountain sandwort (Eremogone capillaris)

three-toothed mitrewort (Ozomelis trifida)

mitrewort, alpine or Brewer’s (Pectiantia pentandra or Brewerimitella breweri)

spreading phlox (Phlox diffusa)

western serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia)

pinemat mazanita (Arctostaphylos nevadensis)

silverleaf phacelia (Phacelia hastata)

common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax)

sticky currant (Ribes viscosissimum)

arrowleaf buckwheat (Eriogonum compositum)

alpine buckwheat / dirty socks (Eriogonum pyrolifolium)

campion / catchfly, species uncertain (Silene sp.)

Fendler’s waterleaf (Hydrophyllum fendleri)

alpine / Fendler’s pennycress (Noccaea fendleri)

field chickweed (Cerastium arvense)

western anemone / pasqueflower (Anemone occidentalis)

western globeflower (Trollius albiflorus)

three-leaf foamflower (Tiarella trifoliata)

western / Pacific trillium (Trillium ovatum)

Sitka mountain-ash (Sorbus sitchensis)

cow parsnip (Heracleum maximum)

milk-flower willowherb (Epilobium lactiflorum)

fringecups (Tellima grandiflora)

small-flowered alumroot (Heuchera micrantha)

yellow (18)

straight-beak buttercup (Ranunculus orthorhyncus)

snowmelt buttercup (Ranunculus eschscholtzii)

stonecrop, probably spreading (Sedum, probably divergens)

Cascade Oregon grape (Berberis / Mahonia nervosa)

heart-leaf arnica (Arnica cordifolia)

mountain / broadleaf arnica (Arnica latifolia)

bracted lousewort (Pedicularis bracteosa)

tall western groundsel (Senecio integerrimus)

?nodding microseris (Microseris nutans)

desert-parsley / biscuitroot, probably nineleaf or short-leaved

(Lomatium, probably triternatum or brevifolium)

Martindale’s desert-parsley / biscuitroot (Lomatium martindalei)

western sweet-cicely (Osmorhiza occidentalis)

streamside / pioneer violet (Viola glabella)

glacier lily (Erythronium grandiflorum)

fan-leaf / mountain cinquefoil (Potentilla flabellifolia)

wallflower, sand dune or sand-dwelling (Erysimum capitatum or arenicola)

whitlow-grass, species uncertain (Draba sp.)

large-leaved avens (Geum macrophyllum)

reddish: pink to red to red-purple (17)

western starflower (Lysimachia latifolia)

spotted coralroot (Corallorhiza maculata)

scarlet paintbrush (Castilleja miniata)

harsh paintbrush (Castilleja hispida)

magenta paintbrush (Castilleja parviflora)

liverleaf wintergreen (Pyrola asarifolia)

rosy pussytoes (Antennaria microphylla)

red-flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum)

cushion buckwheat (Eriogonum ovalifolium)

red columbine (Aquilegia formosa)

willowherb, species uncertain (Epilobium sp.)

cliff / rock penstemon (Penstemon rupicola)

grouseberry (Vaccinium scoparium)

Cascade blueberry (Vaccinium deliciosum)

oval-leaf blueberry (Vaccinium ovalifolium)

tall / black huckleberry (Vaccinium membranaceum)

sicklepod rockcress (Boechera pauciflora)

bluish: blue to violet to blue-purple (16)

Cascade penstemon (Penstemon serrulatus)

shrubby penstemon (Penstemon fruticosa)

Davidson’s penstemon (Penstemon davidsonii)

small-flowered penstemon (Penstemon procerus)

lupine, maybe broadleaf uncertain (Lupinus, maybe latifolia)

small-flowered blue-eyed Mary (Collinsia parviflora)

one-flowered broomrape (Aphyllon purpureum / Orobanche uniflora)

early blue / hooked-spur violet (Viola adunca)

glacier daisy (Erigeron glacialis)

Jacob’s ladder, probably low (Polemonium, probably californicum)

ball-head waterleaf (Hydrophyllum capitatum)

Cusick’s speedwell (Veronica cusickii)

silky phacelia (Phacelia sericea)

larkspur, probably Menzies’s or upland (Delphinium, probably menziesii or nuttallianum)

tall bluebells (Mertensia paniculata)

Oregon anemone (Anemone oregana)

green (1)

Thompson’s paintbrush (Castilleja thompsonii)

orange (2)

Columbia lily (Lilium columbianum)

orange agoseris (Agoseris aurantiaca)

BUTTERFLIES

Comma / Anglewing, Oreas or Hoary

Western White

greater fritillary, species uncertain

Boisduval’s Blue

Anise Swallowtail

Edith’s Checkerspot

Julia’s Orange-tip

MAMMALS

pika

chipmunk