#sub alpine

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[ofcarnivora]

Bioblitzing in the middle of no where

[thebashfulbotanist]

Climb high enough in the Cascade Mountains or the Sierra Nevadas, and you’ll be rewarded by the show put on by Davidson’s beardtongue! Penstemon davidsonii is a gorgeous subalpine penstemon that flowers in late spring and early summer in the subalpine zone. 

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sub-alpine

[heaveninawildflower]

1) Thalictrum Aquilegifolium, Rhododendron Ferrugineum, Linum Tenuifolium

2) Phyteuma Betonicifolium, Gnaphalium Sylvaticum, Phyteuma Spicatum,       Anemone Hepatica, Phyteuma Orbiculare

3) Linaria Alpina, Linaria Petraea, Eriophorum Vaginatum, Polygala Chamaebuxus, Dianthus Superbus, Anemone Pulsatilla, Anemone Sulphurea

4) Polygonum Viviparum, Ranunculus Aconitifolius, Polygonum Bistorta, Parnassia Palustris, Soldanella Alpina, Achillea Macrophylla, Thesium Alpinum

5) Viola Calcarata, Viola Piflora, Viola Montana, Viola Alpestris, Viola Sylvatica

6) Silene Inflata, Dianthus Sylvestris, Dianthus Carthusianorum

7) Trifolium Badium, Trifolium Alpinum, Lathyrus Luteus, Vicia Onobrychioides

8) Trollius Europaeus, Cuscuta Epithymum, Vincetoxicum Officinale, Carex Ferruginea, Cyclamen Europoeum, Jasione Montana

9) Potentilla Argentea, Senecio Sylvaticus, Potentilla Aurea, Solidago Virga-Aurea, Helianthemum Vulgare

10) Rosa Alpina, Rosa Pomifera, Vaccinium Vitis-Idaea, Arctostaphylos Uva Ursi

Illustrations taken from ‘Sub-Alpine Plants’ by H. Stuart Thompson.

Published 1912 by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.

University of California Libraries 

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[thethirdbear]

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Lake 22, Granite Falls, Washington