06 June 2011

Woods Gulch Hike

Now is definitely the time to go seeking out wildflowers!  A hike up Woods Gulch this past weekend awarded views of FIFTY-TWO plant species in full bloom.  Gorgeous!  Here's what you may see if you amble up that lovely little trail anytime soon:
side-flowered mitrewort
twisted stalk
false Solomon's seal (two species)
western trillium
black gooseberry
serviceberry
hawthorne
meadowrue
stream violet
dandelions
shooting stars
ninebark
clematis
stinging nettles
baneberry
arrowleaf balsamroot
desert parsley
blue-eyed Mary
pussytoes
Canada violet
false boxwood
mountain ash
kittentails
stoneseed
miner's lettuce
draba
groundsel
Oregon grape
prairie/woodland stars
kinnikinnick
Rocky Mountain maple
white arabis
purple arabis
bluebells
heart-leafed arnica
alumroot
wild strawberry
wood strawberry
glacier lilies
early blue violet
sitka valerian
waterleaf
fairybells
paintbrush
huckleberry
shooting stars
9-leaf desert parsley
collomia
lupine
penstemon
larkspur

What are you finding on your outdoor explorations?