High Country Plants - Day 2

High Country Plants - Day 2 - July 14, 2007

We met in the morning and then drove to Galena Summit

We did a lot of hiking in this class and learned a lot about plants.  I will admit that I am not much of a plant person but was amazed at the diversity of the plants that are there if you stop and actually look at what is growing.

 

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Galena Summit Road

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Another view of the road

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Keynactus Alpinus
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Broomrape

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Balloon Milkweed

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Baloon Milkweed
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Balloon Milkweed seeds

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Rock race

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Gymnosteris
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Balloon Milkweed pods

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Buckwheat

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Dagger Pod
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View of the mountain

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Orange Lichen

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Rock Ravine
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Climbing hill

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Beetle and pine cone

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Beetle
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Parrys Silene

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Big mushroom

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Big mushroom
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Big mushroom - pencil for scale

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Down the hill.  We are at 8970' elevation here

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Class members and White Bark Pine.  We ate lunch here
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Snow Smut

 

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Valley

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White Lichen
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Squirrel Tail Grass

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Elk Sedge

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Indian Paintbrush
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Clouds

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Pixy Cup Lichen

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Pixy Cup Lichen
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Currents\Goosberry

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Pyrolla

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Sandwort
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Rock wall holding the old road up

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Sego Lilly

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Bee on thistle
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Rock retaining wall

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Monkey Flower

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Monkey Flower
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False Helibore

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Our transfer car