Wildflowers of the Bear Creek Mountain Trail #1130 from the Section 3 Lake Trailhead to the summit of Bear Creek Mt. Goat Rocks Wilderness Yakima County, WA from a hike on July 31, 2019 T12N R12E S3. 4, 8, 9 & 17 Updated: December 16, 2019 Common Name Scientific Name Family Ferns & Horsetails ____ Common Horsetail Equisetum arvense Equisetaceae Monocots - Sedges, Rushes, Grasses & Herbaceous Wildflowers ____ Showy Sedge Carex spectabilis Cyperaceae ____ Merten's Rush Juncus mertensianus Juncaceae ____ Parry's Rush Juncus parryi Juncaceae ____ Hitchcock's Woodrush Luzula hitchcockii Juncaceae ____ Piper's Woodrush Luzula piperi Juncaceae ____ Glacier Lily Erythronium (grandiflorum v. grandiflorum ?) Liliaceae ____ White Bog Orchid Platanthera dilatata v. dilatata Orchidaceae ____ Slender Bog Orchid Platanthera stricta Orchidaceae ____ Mountain Bentgrass Agrostis variabilis ? Poaceae ____ Mountain Brome Bromus sitchensis v. marginatus Poaceae ____ Tufted Hair Grass Deschampsia cespitosa ? Poaceae ____ Bottlebrush Squirreltail Elymus elymoides Poaceae ____ Alpine Timothy Phleum alpinum Poaceae ____ Timothy Phleum pratense Poaceae ____ Narrow False Oat Trisetum spicatum Poaceae Trees and Shrubs ____ Black Elderberry Sambucus racemosa v. melanocarpa Adoxaceae ____ Nootka Cedar Chamaecyparis nookatensis Cupressaceae ____ Common Juniper Juniperus communis v. jackii Cupressaceae ____ White Mountain Heather Cassiope mertensianus Ericaceae ____ Pink Mountain Heather Phyllodoce empetriformis Ericaceae ____ Yellow Mountain Heather Phyllodoce glandulifera Ericaceae ____ Dwarf Bilberry Vaccinium caespitosum Ericaceae ____ Thinleaf Huckleberry Vaccinium membranaceum Ericaceae ____ Whortleberry Vaccinium scoparium Ericaceae ____ Subalpine Fir Abies lasiocarpa v. lasiocarpa Pinaceae ____ Whitebark Pine Pinus albicaulis Pinaceae ____ Lodgepole Pine Pinus contorta v. latifolia Pinaceae ____ Mountain Hemlock Tsuga mertensiana Pinaceae ____ Dwarf Bramble Rubus lasiococcus Rosaceae Herbaceous Wildflowers - Dicots (includes shrublet species) ____ Cow Parsnip Heracleum lanatum Apiaceae ____ Gray's Lovage Ligusticum grayii Apiaceae ____ Cascade Desert Parsley Lomatium martindalei Apiaceae ____ Mountain Sweet Cicely Osmorhiza occidentalis Apiaceae ____ Sierra Snakeroot Sanicula graveolens Apiaceae ____ Yarrow Achillea millefolium Asteraceae ____ Pale Goat-chicory Agoseris glauca v. dasycephala Asteraceae ____ Woolly Pussytoes Antennaria lanata Asteraceae ____ Rosy Pussytoes Antennaria rosea Asteraceae ____ Mountain Arnica Arnica latifolia Asteraceae ____ Hairy Arnica Arnica mollis Asteraceae ____ Nodding Arnica Arnica parryi Asteraceae ____ Rydberg's Arnica Arnica rydbergii Asteraceae ____ Cutleaf Daisy Erigeron compositus Asteraceae ____ Subalpine Daisy Erigeron glacialis ssp. glacialis Asteraceae ____ Cascade Aster Eucephalus ledophyllus Asteraceae ____ Slender Hawkweed Hieracium gracile Asteraceae ____ Scouer's Hawkweed Hieracium scouleri Asteraceae ____ Mountain Dandylion: Nothocalais alpestris Asteraceae ____ Tundra Aster Oreostemma alpigenum v. alpigenum Asteraceae ____ Tongue-leaf Luina Rainiera stricta Asteraceae ____ American Sawwort Saussurea americana Asteraceae ____ Western Groundsel Senecio integerrimus v. exaltatus Asteraceae ____ Arrow-leaf Groundsel Senecio triangularis Asteraceae ____ Northern Goldenrod Solidago multiradiata Asteraceae ____ Common Dandelion Taraxacum officinale Asteraceae ____ Lyall's Goldenweed Tonestus lyallii Asteraceae ____ Cascade Rockcress Arabis furcata Brassicaceae ____ Rough Bellflower Campanula scabrella Campanulaceae ____ Alpine Sandwort Cherleria obtusiloba Caryophyllaceae ____ Fescue Sandwort Eremogone capillaris ssp. americana Caryophyllaceae ____ Northern Starwort Stellaria calycantha ? Caryophyllaceae ____ Sidebells Wintergreen Orthillia secunda Ericaceae ____ Subalpine Lupine Lupinus latifolius v. subalpinus Fabaceae ____ Low Mountain Lupine Lupinus lepidus v. lobbii Fabaceae ____ Silky Lupine Lupinus sericeus Fabaceae ____ Longstalk Clover Trifolium longipes (v. longipes ?) Fabaceae ____ Explorer's Gentian Gentiana calycosa Gentianaceae ____ Fendler's Waterleaf Hydrophyllum fendleri v. albifrons Hydrophyllaceae ____ Pussypaws Calyptridium umbellatum Montiaceae ____ Heart-leaf Springbeauty Claytonia cordifolia Montiaceae ____ Ciliate Willowherb Epilobium glandulosum Onagraceae ____ Small-flowered Willowherb Epilobium minutum Onagraceae ____ Diffuse Groundsmoke Gayophytum diffusum Onagraceae ____ Magenta Paintbrush Castilleja parviflora v. oreopola Orobanchaceae ____ Suksdorf's Paintbrush Castilleja suksdorfii Orobanchaceae ____ Thompson's Paintbrush Castilleja thompsonii Orobanchaceae ____ Bracted Lousewort Pedicularis bracteosa (v. latifolia ?) Orobanchaceae ____ Elephantheads Pedicularis groenlandica Orobanchaceae ____ Common Monkeyflower Erythranthe guttata Phrymaceae ____ Lewis' Monkeyflower Erythranthe lewisii Phrymaceae ____ Davidson's Penstemon Penstemon davidsonii v. davidsonii Plantaginaceae ____ Tolmie's Penstemon Penstemon procerus v. tolmiei Plantaginaceae ____ Rock Penstemon Penstemon rupicola Plantaginaceae ____ Cusick's Speedwell Veronica cusickii Plantaginaceae ____ Alpine Speedwell Veronica wormskjoldii Plantaginaceae ____ Alpine Mountain Trumpets Collomia debilis v. debilis Polemoniaceae ____ Harkness' Flaxflower Leptosiphon harknessii Polemoniaceae ____ Midget Phlox Microsteris gracilis Polemoniaceae ____ Spreading Phlox Phlox diffusa v. longistylis Polemoniaceae ____ Henderson's Phlox Phlox hendersonii Polemoniaceae ____ California Jacob's Ladder Polemonium californicum Polemoniaceae ____ Western Polemonium Polemonium occidentale Polemoniaceae ____ American Bistort Bistorta bistortoides Polygonaceae ____ Alpine Buckwheat Eriogonum pyrolifolium Polygonaceae ____ Mountain Sorrel Oxyria digynia Polygonaceae ____ Douglas' Knotweed Polygonum douglasii Polygonaceae ____ Drummond's Anemone Anemone drummondii Ranunculaceae ____ White Marsh Marigold Caltha leptosepala Ranunculaceae ____ Dwarf Plantain-leaved Buttercup Ranunculus alismifolius v. alismellus Ranunculaceae ____ Broad-petal Strawberry Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala Rosaceae ____ Partridgefoot Luetkea pectinata Rosaceae ____ Drummond's Cinquefoil Potentilla drummondii Rosaceae ____ Fanleaf Cinquefoil Potentilla flabellifolia Rosaceae ____ Twinleaf Bedstraw Galium bifolium Rubiaceae ____ Rusty Saxifrage Micranthes ferruginea Saxifragaceae ____ Brook Saxifrage Micranthes odontoloma Saxifragaceae ____ Bog Saxifrage Micranthes oregana Saxifragaceae ____ Tolmie's Saxifrage Micranthes tolmiei Saxifragaceae ____ Brewer's Mitrewort Pectiantia breweri Saxifragaceae ____ Fivestamen Mitrewort Pectiantia pentandra Saxifragaceae ____ Spotted Saxifrage Saxifraga austromontana Saxifragaceae ____ Mountain Valerian Valeriana sitchensis Valerianaceae ____ Hooked Spur Violet Viola adunca Violaceae.