Wildflower Walk at Emigrant Lake 5-30-25

Photos by Rich

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In a wild and crazy week, as Liz, our Flower Floozie, scrambles to get her house and garden ready for Sunday's party, I stepped in at the last minute to lead a flower walk at Emigrant Lake...Whoa!

David Kennedy and I met at Rite Aid parking and headed out to the parking at Emigrant Lake Dam. There were a lot of cars there, but none for the flower walk.

The Lake was full for the first time in anyone's memory, so that was our first attraction. 

We hiked up and across the dam before we started creating our flower list. First came American Vetch an invasive and then some pink Clover was spotted next to the trail.

David took to the hillside and found Madea and a purple Brodyea called Blue Dyck.

Next came the yellow Salsify and the Narrow Leaf Lomatium. 

As we worked our way south along the shoreline we saw more and more wildflowers. A rare find was the Slender Leaf Clarkia, followed by the Collomia Grande Flora.

Next up was White Yarrow, followed by Arrow Leaf Balsamroot. Then another Lomatium this time Celery Leaf and then Oregon Sunshine.

Fiddle Neck was all over, but another rarity was the Pink Star Tullip, which is a Mariposa Lily

Another rare flower was the light blue, Wild Blue Flax.

And heading back after going around the Pioneer Cemetery, we found two more invasives the MountainTansy Mustard and the Field Bind Weed, which is a type of Morning Glory.

We were done and back at parking by 10;30 where we said our goodbyes until next Monday's hike by Pilot Rock.

Happy Flowers,
Rich