Well, maybe better late than never…

After one of my last hikes of last summer into the Patrick’s Knob Roadless area on the top part os USFS trail 205 and the east end of USFS trail 404 I put these photos into a pending file and forgot them. It might be interesting to note that these plants are presently resting under about eight feet of snow.

Along USFS trail 205

American Vetch ~ Vicia americana

Parship-flower Buckwheat ~ Eriogonum heracleoides

Douglas’ buckwheat ~ Eriogonum douglasii

Pearly Everlasting ~ Anaphalis margaritacea

Yellow Clover ~ Trifolium aureum

Pearly Everlasting ~ Anaphalis margaritacea

Fireweed ~ Chamaenerion angustifolium

Birch-leaved Spirea ~ Spirea betulifolia

Mountain Ash ~ Sorbus scopulina

Little Thompson Peak (4)

Nature seems to have a special fondness for the bare areas just off the very top of mountain peaks on their south sides and often adorns such places with flowers.

Arrowleaf Buckwheat, Northern Buckwheat, Eriogonum compositum

Douglas Buckwheat, Eriogonum douglasii

Menzies’ Campion, Silene menziesii

Roundleaf Alumroot, Lava Alumroot, Heuchera cylindric