Mt. Rainier National Park
Comet Falls Trail - August 2010


Comet Falls trailhead

falls and pools

creek

flowers & falls

falls

Comet Falls





 
Wildflowers

Pinesap
Monotropa hypopitys
heath family

Pinesap
Monotropa hypopitys
heath family

pinedrops
Pterospora andromedea
heath family

pinedrops
Pterospora andromedea
heath family


Canadian dogwood
Cornus canadensis
dogwood family

pipsissewa
Chimaphila umbellata
plant family

pipsissewa
Chimaphila umbellata
plant family

creeping raspberry
Rubus lasiococcus
plant family


sickletop lousewort
Pedicularis racemosa
figwort family

twinflower
Linnaea borealis
honeysuckle family

small-flowered alumroot
Heuchera micrantha
plant family

small-flowered alumroot
Heuchera micrantha
plant family


foamflower
Tiarella trifoliata
plant family

rusty saxifrage
Saxifraga ferruginea
saxifrage family

vanilla leaf
Achlys triphylla
plant family

rattlesnake plantain
Goodyera oblongifolia
orchid family


rattlesnake plantain
Goodyera oblongifolia
orchid family

rattlesnake plantain
Goodyera oblongifolia
orchid family

bog orchid
Platanthera (stricta?)
orchid family

bog orchid
Platanthera (stricta?)
orchid family


one-sided wintergreen
Orthilia secunda
plant family

one-sided wintergreen
Orthilia secunda
plant family

one-sided wintergreen
Orthilia secunda
plant family

yarrow
Achillea millefolium
sunflower (aster) family


sitka valerian
Valeriana sitchensis
plant family

Canby's lovage 2
L igusticum canbyi

plant family

cow parsnip
Heracleum lanatum
parsley family

goat's beard
Aruncus dioicus
plant family


pearly everlasting
Anaphalis margaritacea
sunflower family

pearly everlasting
Anaphalis margaritacea
sunflower family




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monkeyflower
Mimulus sp.
figwort family

monkeyflower
Mimulus sp.
figwort family

monkeyflower
Mimulus sp.
figwort family

monkeyflower
Mimulus sp.
figwort family


yellow willowherb
Epilobium luteum
evening-primrose family

yellow willowherb
Epilobium luteum
evening-primrose family

yellow willowherb
Epilobium luteum
evening-primrose family

Oregon stonecrop
Sedum oreganum
plant family


arrowleaf groundsel
Senecio Triangularis
sunflower (aster) family

orange agoseris
Agoseris aurantaca
plant family

orange agoseris
Agoseris aurantaca
plant family



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tall bluebell
Mertensia paniculata
borage family

tall bluebell
Mertensia paniculata
borage family

mountain daisy
Erigeron perigrinus
sunflower (aster) family

cascades (coast) penstemon
Penstemon serrulatus
figwort family


woodland penstemon
Nothochelone nemorosa
nothochelone family

woodland penstemon
Nothochelone nemorosa
nothochelone family

Lewis monkeyflower
Mimulus lewisii
figwort family

rosy spirea
Spiraea densiflora
rose family


Red columbine
Aquilegia formosa
buttercup family

paintbrush
Castilleja sp.
figwort family

leatherleaf saxifrage
Leptarrhena pyrolifolia
saxifrage family



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green false hellebore
Veratrum viride
lily family

greenfalse hellebore
Veratrum viride
lily family




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Shrubs

white rhododendron
Rhododendron albiflorum
plant family

white rhododendron
Rhododendron albiflorum
plant family

white rhododendron
Rhododendron albiflorum
plant family

devil's club
Oplopanax horridum
plant family


salal
Gaultheria shallon
plant family

salmonberry
Rubus spectablis
plant family

salmonberry
Rubus spectablis
plant family



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Grasses, Sedges and Reed

sedge

sedge

   

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Ferns

deer fern
Blechnum spicant

     

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Lichens
"fairy barf" 1
Icmadophila ericetorum

     

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Animals

pika

long-horned flower beetle
long-horned flower beetle

house fly & seven-spotted ladybird beetle


flower fly

wasp?
stoneflies



Hikers

Jared

Jared & Joel

Joel

Joel & Jared


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Resources & Links

Mount Rainier:

Online Plant ID Resources:

Published Plant ID Resources:

  • Wildflowers of Mount Rainier . Laird R. Blackwell. Lone Pine Publishing.
  • Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Compiled and edited by Jim Pojar and Andy MacKinnon. Lone Pine Publishing.
  • Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest . Mark Turner & Phyllis Gustafson. Timber Press, Inc.
  • Wildflowers of Washington. C. P. Lyons. Lone Pine Publishing.
  • Mountain Flowers of the Cascades and Olympics. (2nd edition) Harvey Manning. The Mountaineers Books.

References

1. Armstrong, W.P. 2005. "Crustose Rock, Soil & Bark Lichens." Available at: http://waynesword.palomar.edu/pljan98d.htm. Accessed 21 August 2010.
2. Tracy, Donovan. "Canby's Lovage." Flowers of Rainier. Accessed 21 August 2010.


Notes regarding photos & identification

The images above were taken with a Canon PowerShot digital camera. They were then cropped and enhanced (color, lighting, sharpening, image compression, ...) in Adobe Photoshop Elements. The webpage was created using Macromedia Dreamweaver. Website hosting by lunarpages.com.

*Please be aware that the identifications on this site are done by a novice naturalist. Any assistance regarding incorrect or missing identifications would be greatly appreciated. Feel free to contact me at the email address shown below.


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Created by Michael R. Clapp (2010). All rights reserved.
For more information, contact: mclapp@nwnature.net

updated: 8/21/10