Burrough’s Mountain, Pierce County, WA. List covers plants found on the top of First and Second Burrough’s Mountain, near Sunrise Park on Mt. Rainier. WNPS Central Washington Chapter field trip, Charles Hawkins, leader, August 2000. 47 spp.

These lists represent the work of different WNPS members over the years. Their accuracy has not been verified by the Washington Native Plant Society. We offer these lists to individuals as a tool to enhance the enjoyment and study of native plants.

*Introduced species.

Scientific Name Common Name Plant Family Abies lasiocarpa Sub-alpine fir Pinaceae Agoseris glauca Mountain agoseris Asteraceae Antennaria alpina Alpine pussy-toes Asteraceae Antennaria lanata Woolly pussy-toes Asteraceae Arabis lyallii Lyall's rockcress Brassicaceae Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Bearberry Ericaceae Arenaria nuttallii Nuttall's sandwort Caryophyllaceae Arenaria obtusiloba Arctic sandwort Caryophyllaceae Artemesia trifurcata Three-forked artemesia Asteraceae Aster alpigenus Alpine aster Asteraceae Carex spectabilis Showy sedge Cyperaceae Castilleja parviflora oreopola Magenta paintbrush Scrophulariaceae Castilleja rupicola Cliff paintbrush Scrophulariaceae Collomia debilis Alpine collomia Polemoniaceae Epilobium alpinum Alpine willow-herb Onagraceae Erigeron aureus Golden fleabane Asteraceae Eriogonum pyrolifolium Alpine buckwheat Polygonaceae Hieracium gracile Slender hawkweed Asteraceae Juncus sp. Rush Juncaceae Juniperus communis Mountain juniper Cupressaceae Luetkea pectinata Partridge foot Rosaceae Lupinus lepidus Prairie lupine Fabaceae Luzula hitchcockii Smooth woodrush Juncaceae Pedicularis contorta Coiled lousewort Scrophulariaceae Pedicularis ornithoryncha Bird's-beak lousewort Scrophulariaceae Penstemon davidsonii Davidson's penstemon Scrophulariaceae Penstemon procerus Small-flowered penstemon Scrophulariaceae Phlox diffusa Spreading phlox Polemoniaceae Phyllodoce empetriformis Red mountain heather Ericaceae Phyllodoce glanduliflora Yellow heather Ericaceae Pinus albicaulis White-bark pine Pinaceae Poa sp. Bluegrass Poaceae Polemonium elegans Elegant polemonium Polemoniaceae Polygonum newberryi Newberry's knotweed Polygonaceae Potentilla diversifolia Diverse-leaved cinquefoil Rosaceae Potentilla flabellifolia Fan-leaf cinquefoil Rosaceae Potentilla fruticosa Shrubby cinquefoil Rosaceae Saxifraga caespitosa Tufted saxifrage Saxifragaceae

Burrough’s Mountain, Pierce County, WA. WNPS Plant Lists. Page 1 of 2 Saxifraga tolmiei Alpine saxifrage Saxifragaceae Sedum lanceolatum Lance-leaved stonecrop Crassulaceae Sibbaldia procumbens Creeping sibbaldia Rosaceae Silene suksdorfii Suksdorf's silene Caryophyllaceae Sitanion hystrix Squirreltail Poaceae Smelowskia ovalis Short-fruited smelowskia Brassicaceae Solidago multiradiata Northern goldenrod Asteraceae Spraguea umbellata Pussypaws Portulacaceae Veronica cusickii Cusick's speedwell Scrophulariaceae

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