The Wild Flag is a member of the Iris family.
Tag: Wildflowers
Bunchberry (Cornus Canadensis)
(Cornus Canadensis)
The Bunchberry has a distinctive four petal flower and six leaf combination that makes it easy separate from the other forest plants.
Paradise, Mount Rainier National Park
The meadows of Paradise are arguably the most popular summer hiking destination located within Mount Rainier National Park. Late each summer, peaking around the second week in August, massive amounts of flowers burst into bloom across the spectacular meadows of Paradise.
You will find many hiking trails in Paradise. Trails range from less than a quarter mile on a paved surface to the five mile dirt, gravel and snow, Skyline Trail which travels the circumference of the meadows. Common flowers that you will find are Indian Paintbrush, Daisies, Lupins, Beargrass and many many others.
Points of interest:
- Panorama Point – 6,800 feet elevation
- Alta Vista – 4,940 feet elevation
- Skyline Trail – Round Trip 5.0 miles
- Skyline Trail (Golden Gate Trail shortcut) – Round Trip 4.1 miles
- Nisqually Vista Trail – Round Trip 1.1 miles
- Waterfall Trail – 0.21 miles long
- Avalanche Lily Trail – 0.41 miles long
- Golden Gate Trail – 1.0 miles long
- Glacier Vista Trail – 0.31 miles long – 6,336 feet elevation
Directions:
Paradise is located on the south face of Mt. Rainier. Follow Washington State route 706 to the Nisqually entrance. Continue east for 18 miles until you reach the Paradise Visitors Center.
List of Pacific Northwest Plants
The Pacific Northwest has it’s own special species as well as common plants, trees and wildflowers. Below is an incomplete list of a few plants and wildflowers you may find as you travel and visit the outdoors.
Click on the links below for pictures and more detailed information.
- Beadlily – Clintonia uniflora
- Beargrass – Nolina microcarpa
- Black Cottonwood – Populus Trichocarpa
- Bunchberry – Cornus Canadensis
- Common Camas – Camassia quamash
- Candy Flower – Montia sibirica
- Fairy slipper – Calypso bulbosa
- Foxglove – Digitalis purpurea
- Herb Robert – Geranium robertianum
- Indian Pipe – Monotropa uniflora
- Miner’s Lettuce – Montia perfoliata
- Pacific Bleeding Heart – Dicentra formosa
- Pacific Water Leaf – Hydrophyllum tenuipes
- Rhododendron – Rhododendron macrophyllum
- Slender toothwort – Cardamine pulcherrima
- Smooth violet – Viola glabella
- Three Leaved Windflower – Anemone deltruidea
- Trillium – Trillium ovatum
- White Fawn-lily – Erythronium oregonum
- Wild Flag – Iris setosa
