Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington

Subalpine Plants and Animals - July 2004


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Tatoosh Range &
Mazama Ridge

subalpine forest

Mt. Rainier

krummholz and
moutain heather

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subalpine meadow and
Tatoosh Range

subalpine meadow
and trees

white and pink
mountain heather

unknown subalpine
flower

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lupine and
mountain heather

subalpine daisy

magenta paintbrush

pasqueflower

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pasqueflower seedhead

beargrass

avalanche lily

"watermelon snow"

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lichen

Cascade golden-
mantled ground
squirrel

black-tailed deer

mountain goat

 

Photos by Michael R. Clapp - 2004

 

Identification and information aided by National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Pacific Northwest (Peter Alden and Dennis Paulson) and "Subalpine Wildflowers - Mount Rainier National Park" (a single page, double-sided color guide available at Mount Rainier National Park) published by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

 

For more information on the biology of Mt. Rainier you may wish to visit the following sites:

Mount Rainier National Park - www.nps.gov/mora