It is the PERFECT time to visit Sawtooth Rock Meadow, which is covered with a kaleidoscope of wildflowers!
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Blooming in forested areas: Vanilla Leaf <I>(Achlys triphylla)</I>, Hooker's Fairybell <I>(Disporum hookeri)</I>, Candyflower <I>(Claytonia sibirica)</I>, Fairy Slipper <I>(Calypso bulbosa)</i>, Star-Flowered Solomon's Seal <I>(Maianthemum stellatum)</I>, False Solomon's Seal <I>(Maianthemum racemosum)</I>, Evergreen Violet <I>(Viola sempervirens)</I>, Pacific Bleeding Heart <I>(Dicentra formosa)</i>, Redwood Sorrel <I>(Oxalis oregana)</I>, Coralroot <I>(Corallorhiza sp.)</I>, Western Meadowrue <I>(Thalictrum occidentale)</I>, and Pacific Rhododendron <I>(Rhododendron macrophyllum)</I> is just getting started.
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Blooming in the meadows: Rosy Plectritis <I>(Plectritis congesta)</I>, Prairie Star <I>(Lithophragma sp.)</I>, Yellow Leaf Iris <I>(Iris chrysophylla)</I>, Cliff Larkspur <I>(Delphinium menziesii)</I>, Cat's Ear Lily <I>(Calochortus tolmiei)</I>, Bluehead Gilia <I>(Gilia capitata)</I>, Harsh Paintbrush <I>(Castilleja hispida)</I>, Yellow Monkeyflower <I>(Mimulus guttatus)</I>, Manroot <I>(Marah oregonus)</I>, Spring Gold <I>(Lomatium utriculatum)</I>, Western Buttercup <I>(Ranunculus occidentalis)</I>, Olympic Onion <I>(Allium crenulatum)</I>, Wild Strawberry <I>(Fragaria virginiana)</I>, Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary <I>(Collinsia uniflora)</I>, Large-flowered Blue-eyed Mary <I>(Collinsia grandiflora)</I>, Pacific Lupine <I>(Lupinus lepidus)</I>, Maiden Clover <I>(Trifolium microcephalum)</I>, Branched Indian Clover <I>(Trifolium dichotomum)</I>, American Vetch <I>(Vicia americana)</I>, Silver Bush Lupine <I>(Lupine albifrons)</I>, Western Wallflower <I>(Erysimum capitatum)</I>, Oregon Sunshine <I>(Eriophyllum lanatum)</I>, Serviceberry <I>(Amelanchier arborea)</I>, and Yarrow <I>(Achillea millefolium)</I>.
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Although I did not thoroughly explore the south ridges at Mount June, I saw the following species blooming at the summit: Cliff Penstemon <I>(Penstemon rupicola)</I>, Bluehead Gilia <I>(Gilia capitata)</I>, Harsh Paintbrush <I>(Castilleja hispida)</I>, Western Wallflower <I>(Erysimum capitatum)</I>, Spring Gold <I>(Lomatium utriculatum)</I>, Olympic Onion <I>(Allium crenulatum)</I>, Wild Strawberry <I>(Fragaria virginiana)</I>, and Serviceberry <I>(Amelanchier arborea)</I>.
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