Plants of the Pasayten River Loop

This guide contains around 200 plants (specifically trees, shrubs, wildflowers, ferns, clubmosses, and graminoids) found in the Pasayten Wilderness along the Middle Fork and West fork of the Pasayten River and the Pacific Crest Trail between Holman Pass and Harts Pass.

All 167

Western Rattlesnake Plantain ¹
Goodyera oblongifolia

Listera cordata ²
Neottia cordata

white bog-orchid ³
Platanthera dilatata

Slender Bog Orchid ⁴
Platanthera stricta

giant red Indian paintbrush ⁵
Castilleja miniata

Mountain Indian Paintbrush ⁶
Castilleja parviflora

Cliff Indian-paintbrush ⁷
Castilleja rupicola

Towering Lousewort ⁸
Pedicularis bracteosa

Elephant's Head ⁹
Pedicularis groenlandica

Leafy Lousewort ¹⁰
Pedicularis racemosa

Pink Monkey Flower ¹¹
Erythranthe lewisii

Erythranthe tilingii ¹²

Pacific silver fir ¹³
Abies amabilis

subalpine fir ¹⁴
Abies lasiocarpa

subalpine larch ¹⁵
Larix lyallii

whitebark pine ¹⁶
Pinus albicaulis

lodgepole pine ¹⁷
Pinus contorta

western white pine ¹⁸
Pinus monticola

western hemlock ¹⁹
Tsuga heterophylla

mountain hemlock
Tsuga mertensiana

Cascade Beardtongue ²⁰
Penstemon serrulatus

American alpine speedwell ²¹
Veronica wormskjoldii

mountain bentgrass ²²
Agrostis variabilis

California brome ²³
Bromus carinatus

Sweet Grass ²⁴
Glyceria

Alpine Timothy ¹²
Phleum alpinum

spreading phlox ²⁵
Phlox diffusa

Polemonium ²⁶

Pyrola-leaf Buckwheat ²⁵
Eriogonum pyrolifolium

sulfur buckwheat ²⁷
Eriogonum umbellatum

alpine sorrel ²⁸
Oxyria digyna

Cascade parsley fern ²⁹
Cryptogramma cascadensis

Columbian Monkshood ³⁰
Aconitum columbianum

Drummond's Anemone ²⁵
Anemone drummondii

Western Anemone ²⁵
Anemone occidentalis

western columbine ³¹
Aquilegia formosa

white marsh marigold ⁵
Caltha leptosepala

woodland buttercup ³²
Ranunculus uncinatus

Western Meadow-rue ³³
Thalictrum occidentale

Snowbrush Ceanothus ³⁴
Ceanothus velutinus

Saskatoon ³⁵
Amelanchier alnifolia

shrubby cinquefoil ³⁶
Dasiphora fruticosa

Virginia strawberry ³⁷
Fragaria virginiana

Segmented Luetkea ⁵
Luetkea pectinata

Drummond's cinquefoil ³⁸
Potentilla drummondii

fan-foil ³⁹
Potentilla flabellifolia

Baldhip Rose ⁴⁰
Rosa gymnocarpa

thimbleberry
Rubus parviflorus

Five-leaf Dwarf Bramble ⁴¹
Rubus pedatus

creeping sibbaldia ⁴²
Sibbaldia procumbens

Greene's mountain ash ⁴³
Sorbus scopulina

Sitka Mountain-ash ²⁸
Sorbus sitchensis

bedstraws ⁴⁴
Galium

trembling aspen ²³
Populus tremuloides

arctic willow ¹⁶
Salix arctica

Undergreen Willow ⁴⁵
Salix commutata

Scouler's willow ⁴⁶
Salix scouleriana

Elmera ²⁵
Elmera racemosa

Leather-leaf Saxifrage ²⁸
Leptarrhena pyrolifolia

Russethair Saxifrage ⁸
Micranthes ferruginea

Brook Saxifrage ³
Micranthes odontoloma

Tolmie's Saxifrage ⁴⁷
Micranthes tolmiei

Alpine Mitrewort ⁴⁸
Pectiantia pentandra

Matte Saxifrage ⁴⁹
Saxifraga bronchialis

threeleaf foamflower ⁵⁰
Tiarella trifoliata

western false asphodel ⁵¹
Triantha occidentalis

Sitka valerian ⁵²
Valeriana sitchensis

Edited by T. Abe Lloyd, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

Photo Credits

1. (c) Andrey Zharkikh, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2. (c) Matt Bowser, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Matt Bowser
3. (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
4. (c) Scott Wilson, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND)
5. (c) J Brew, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
6. (c) Walter Siegmund, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
7. (c) Richard Droker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
8. (c) Brent Miller, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
9. (c) Jerry Oldenettel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
10. (c) Damon Tighe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Damon Tighe
11. (c) Alex Abair, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Alex Abair
12. (c) Jim Morefield, some rights reserved (CC BY)
13. (c) Ian Cruickshank, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ian Cruickshank
14. (c) Erin and Lance Willett, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
15. (c) J Brew, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by J Brew
16. (c) Bryant Olsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
17. (c) Endre Hansen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
18. (c) Bill Finch, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Bill Finch
19. (c) S. Rae, some rights reserved (CC BY)
20. (c) Tab Tannery, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
21. (c) Eric in SF, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
22. (c) Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
23. (c) Matt Lavin, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
24. (c) Michael, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
25. (c) J Brew, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by J Brew
26. (c) billy liar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
27. (c) FarOutFlora, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
28. (c) Peter Stevens, some rights reserved (CC BY)
29. (c) 2010 Keir Morse, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
30. (c) Tim Giller, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Tim Giller
31. (c) James Gaither, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
32. (c) 2009 Zoya Akulova, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
33. (c) Erin Faulkner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Erin Faulkner
34. (c) David Hofmann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
35. (c) Gravitywave, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
36. (c) Bengt Rehnström, some rights reserved (CC BY)
37. (c) Leo Papandreou, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
38. (c) 2012 Gary A. Monroe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
39. (c) 1998 California Academy of Sciences, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
40. (c) Thayne Tuason, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
41. (c) 2011 California Academy of Sciences, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
42. (c) Denali National Park and Preserve, some rights reserved (CC BY)
43. (c) Jamie Anderson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
44. (c) bramblejungle, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
45. (c) Mike LaBarbera, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
46. (c) David Greenberger, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by David Greenberger
47. (c) Tom Hilton, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Tom Hilton
48. (c) Planet Earth, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
49. (c) Laurel F, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
50. (c) M.E. Sanseverino, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
51. (c) Todd Plummer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Todd Plummer
52. (c) pfly, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

Plants of the Pasayten River Loop

Western Rattlesnake Plantain 1 Goodyera oblongifolia

Listera cordata 2 Neottia cordata

white bog-orchid 3 Platanthera dilatata

Slender Bog Orchid 4 Platanthera stricta

giant red Indian paintbrush 5 Castilleja miniata

Mountain Indian Paintbrush 6 Castilleja parviflora

Cliff Indian-paintbrush 7 Castilleja rupicola

Towering Lousewort 8 Pedicularis bracteosa

Elephant's Head 9 Pedicularis groenlandica

Leafy Lousewort 10 Pedicularis racemosa

Pink Monkey Flower 11 Erythranthe lewisii

Erythranthe tilingii 12

Pacific silver fir 13 Abies amabilis

subalpine fir 14 Abies lasiocarpa

subalpine larch 15 Larix lyallii

whitebark pine 16 Pinus albicaulis

lodgepole pine 17 Pinus contorta

western white pine 18 Pinus monticola

western hemlock 19 Tsuga heterophylla

mountain hemlock Tsuga mertensiana

Cascade Beardtongue 20 Penstemon serrulatus

American alpine speedwell 21 Veronica wormskjoldii

mountain bentgrass 22 Agrostis variabilis

California brome 23 Bromus carinatus

Sweet Grass 24 Glyceria

Alpine Timothy 12 Phleum alpinum

spreading phlox 25 Phlox diffusa

Polemonium 26

Pyrola-leaf Buckwheat 25 Eriogonum pyrolifolium

sulfur buckwheat 27 Eriogonum umbellatum

alpine sorrel 28 Oxyria digyna

Cascade parsley fern 29 Cryptogramma cascadensis

Columbian Monkshood 30 Aconitum columbianum

Drummond's Anemone 25 Anemone drummondii

Western Anemone 25 Anemone occidentalis

western columbine 31 Aquilegia formosa

white marsh marigold 5 Caltha leptosepala

woodland buttercup 32 Ranunculus uncinatus

Western Meadow-rue 33 Thalictrum occidentale

Snowbrush Ceanothus 34 Ceanothus velutinus

Saskatoon 35 Amelanchier alnifolia

shrubby cinquefoil 36 Dasiphora fruticosa

Virginia strawberry 37 Fragaria virginiana

Segmented Luetkea 5 Luetkea pectinata

Drummond's cinquefoil 38 Potentilla drummondii

fan-foil 39 Potentilla flabellifolia

Baldhip Rose 40 Rosa gymnocarpa

thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus

Five-leaf Dwarf Bramble 41 Rubus pedatus

creeping sibbaldia 42 Sibbaldia procumbens

Greene's mountain ash 43 Sorbus scopulina

Sitka Mountain-ash 28 Sorbus sitchensis

bedstraws 44 Galium

trembling aspen 23 Populus tremuloides

arctic willow 16 Salix arctica

Undergreen Willow 45 Salix commutata

Scouler's willow 46 Salix scouleriana

Elmera 25 Elmera racemosa

Leather-leaf Saxifrage 28 Leptarrhena pyrolifolia

Russethair Saxifrage 8 Micranthes ferruginea

Brook Saxifrage 3 Micranthes odontoloma

Tolmie's Saxifrage 47 Micranthes tolmiei

Alpine Mitrewort 48 Pectiantia pentandra

Matte Saxifrage 49 Saxifraga bronchialis

threeleaf foamflower 50 Tiarella trifoliata

western false asphodel 51 Triantha occidentalis

Sitka valerian 52 Valeriana sitchensis