Posted by: Sandy Steinman | July 9, 2016

Mount Rainier Wildflowers 7/8/16

Mount Rainier National Park  reports

Currently Blooming – Updated July 8, 2016
At Paradise, early bloomers such as avalanche and glacier lilies are at prime bloom. Many flowers appearing in the lower meadows, which are estimated to be 2-3 weeks from peak bloom. Three or more weeks to reach full bloom for upper and east meadows in the Paradise area. At Sunrise, lilies and marsh marigold are in the meadows near Shadow Lake and the approach to Fremont Lookout is a good spot for blooming wildflowers. Please remember to stay on trails.

Wildflower Reports

  • Sunrise (7/7) – western spring beauty, valerian, magenta paintbrush, harsh paintbrush, glacier lily, avalanche lily, penstemon, speedwell, cinquefoil, buttercup, marsh marrigold, pasqueflower, pink heather, bracted lousewort, American bistort, broadleaf lupine, cascade aster, Lewis monkeyflower (White River), low and elegant jacob’s ladder, tall bluebells, mountain monkeyflower (Fremont), partridge foot, smooth mountain dandelion, spreading phlox, subalpine buckwheat, western columbine

  • Paradise (7/4) – valerian, paintbrush (particularly along roadway), glacier lily, avalanche lily, penstemon, speedwell, cinquefoil (Alta Vista trail), buttercup, marsh marigold, pasqueflower, pink heather, Jeffrey’s shooting star, bracted lousewort, western spring beauty

  • Carbon River (7/5) – foam flower, buttercup, pearly everlasting (early), thimbleberry, slender bog orchid, twin flower

  • Summerland Trail (6/28) – lupine, pussytoes, sandwort, bracted lousewort, penstemon

  • Fremont Trail (6/27) – cascade wallflower, Drummond’s anemone, king’s crown/roseroot, red columbine, small flowered penstemon, tall bluebells, lewis monkeyflower, yellow mountain heather, elegant Jacob’s ladder

  • Longmire to Paradise Road (moving up in elevation) (6/27) – tiger lily, cow parsnip, thimbleberry, goats beard, thistle, bear grass, yarrow, penstemon, rosy spirea, paintbrush, jeffrey’s shooting star, sitka valerian, bluebells, subalpine daisy

  • Longmire (6/22) – bunchberry, pipsissewa, foam flower, pinesap; (6/16) cow parsnip, lupine, coralroot, bog orchid, salal, common speedwell, candyflower, gnomeplant, starwort, curly dock, yarrow, fringecup, buttercup, wood sorrel, twin flower, tiny trumpet

See photos and more information on Mt. Rainier Wildflowers at Discover Wildflowers – Mount Rainier National Park (U.S. National Park Service)

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