Blue Lake | Sitka Nature

This entry is part 90 of 143 in the series 2008 Photojournal

The white-hairy leaves and old stalks from the prior year helped to identify this plant as Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea)

Alaska Paintbrush (Castilleja unalaschcensis) is a little less distinctive before the yellow bracts develop.

I do not remember seeing Yellow Cedar (Xanthocyparis nootkatensis) that looked like it had been browsed by deer.

Swamp Horsetail (Equisetum fluviatile)

Alpine Azalea (Loiseleuria procumbens)

Young Yellow Monkey-flower (Mimulus guttatus)

This is a section of the old corduroy road leading to Glacier Lake.

Boreal Sagebrush (Artemisia arctica)

Alpine Milk-vetch (Astragalus alpinus)

Bryophyte growing on lake shore stump

Bluebell Bellflower (Campanula rotundifolia)

Climacium dendroides