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Alpine Zone (11,500–14,246 ft, 3,505–4,342 m)

 
 

COMMON NAME

SCIENTIFIC NAME

FAMILY

 

Shrubs

Dwarf Sagebrush

Artemisia arbuscula

Asteraceae

 

Wax Currant

Ribes cereum

Saxifragaceae

 

Herbs

Alpine Daisy

Erigeron vagus

Asteraceae

 

Alpine Gold

Hulsea algida

Asteraceae

 

Lemmon Rock Cress

Arabis lemmonii var. lemmonii

Brassicaceae

 

White Mountain Draba

Draba oligosperma

Brassicaceae

 

Alpine Sandwort

Arenaria kingii ssp. compacta

Caryophyllaceae

 

Mono Clover

Trifolium andersonii ssp. monoense

Fabaceae

 

Alpine Gentian

Gentiana newberryi

Gentianaceae

 

Blue Flax

Linum lewisii

Linaceae

 

Prickly Phlox

Leptodactylon pungens

Polemoniaceae

 

Cushion Phlox

Phlox condensata

Polemoniaceae

 

White Mountain Sky Pilot

Polemonium chartaceum

Polemoniaceae

 

Raspberry Buckwheat

Eriogonum gracilipes

Polygonaceae

 

Fell-field Buckwheat

Eriogonum ovalifolium var. nivale

Polygonaceae

 

Dwarf Lewisia

Lewisia pygmaea ssp. pygmaea

Portulacaceae

 

Snow Buttercup

Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. oxynotus

Ranunculaceae

 

White Mountain Ivesia

Ivesia lycopodioides ssp. scandularis

Rosaceae

 

Brewer Cinquefoil

Potentilla breweri

Rosaceae

 

Dwarf Paintbrush

Castilleja nana

Scrophulariaceae

 

Meadow Mimulus

Mimulus primuloides var. primuloides

Scrophulariaceae

 

Little Elephant's Head

Pedicularis attolens

Scrophulariaceae

 

Whorlflower Penstemon

Penstemon heterodoxus

Scrophulariaceae


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