Six of us - Kay, Kate, Galene, David, Nancy and I - escaped the valley smoke Friday morning, heading up the rocky but colorful flower-filled trail from FS Road 20 to McDonald Peak. It is only a 2-mile one-way hike, but there are SO many flowers to identify, it was wonderfully slow on the way up, especially with so much floral knowledge among the group.
The weather was cool at the beginning, but we were grateful for the bits of shade we encountered as the morning progressed. We made it to the top and sat on the rocks admiring the view for awhile with butterflies fluttering all around us. Then we headed back down the trail for a shady lunch among the DOZEN blooming monument plants.
We saw at least 50 species of flowering plants and shrubs, too many to name all of them, but you can check out the attached updated wildflower list below.
Respectfully submitted, Your Flower Floozy Liz
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Applegate paintbrush_Castilleja applegatei
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Bullhead sandwort_Eremogone congesta
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Cobwebby paintbrush_Castilleja arachnoidea
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Cream stonecrop_Sedum oregonense
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Giant Fraser or Monument plant
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Giant frasera or Monument plant_Frasera speciosa (1)
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Giant frasera or Monument plant_Frasera speciosa
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Great red or slender paintbrush_Castelleja miniata
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IMG_6986
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Lyall's Angelica_Angelica argutas
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Scouter's woolyweed_Hieraciium nudicale
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Sickletop lousewort_Pedicularis racemosa
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Western pasque flower_Anenome occidentalis
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Western wallflower_Erysimum capitatum
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Woodland penstemon_Nothochelone nemorosa
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