Snowy Lakes. Skagit County, WA. List covers plants found around Snowy Lakes and the trail leading to the lakes from the PCT. The trail leaves the PCT about 11 miles north of the trailhead near Rainy Pass on SR 20. List by WNPS Backpacking Trip group, Jim Riley, leader, July 2004. 50 spp.
These lists represent the work of different WNPS members over the years.
Their accuracy has not been verified by the Washington Native Plant Society.
We offer these lists to individuals as a tool to enhance the enjoyment and study of native plants.
* - Introduced
Scientific Name
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Common Name
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Family Name
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Abies lasiocarpa
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Sub-alpine fir
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Pinaceae
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Anemone occidentalis
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Mountain pasqueflower
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Ranunculaceae
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Antennaria alpina
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Alpine pussy-toes
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Asteraceae
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Antennaria lanata
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Woolly pussy-toes
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Asteraceae
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Arenaria capillaris
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Thread-leaved sandwort
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Caryophyllaceae
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Arnica diversifolia
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Sticky arnica
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Asteraceae
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Arnica latifolia
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Mountain arnica
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Asteraceae
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Carex nigricans
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Black alpine sedge
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Cyperaceae
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Carex sp.
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Sedge
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Cyperaceae
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Cassiope mertensiana
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White mountain heather
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Ericaceae
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Castilleja miniata
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Scarlet paintbrush
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Scrophulariaceae
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Castilleja parviflora albida
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Small-flowered paintbrush
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Scrophulariaceae
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Erigeron peregrinus
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Subalpine daisy
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Asteraceae
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Eriogonum pyrolifolium
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Alpine buckwheat
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Polygonaceae
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Erythronium grandiflorum
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Glacier lily
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Liliaceae
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Gentiana calycosa
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Mountain bog gentian
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Gentianaceae
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Haplopappus lyallii
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Lyall's goldenweed
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Asteraceae
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Hieracium gracile
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Slender hawkweed
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Asteraceae
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Juncus parryi
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Parry's rush
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Juncaceae
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Juniperus communis
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Mountain juniper
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Cupressaceae
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Kalmia microphylla
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Alpine laurel
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Ericaceae
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Larix lyallii
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Subalpine larch
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Pinaceae
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Ledum glandulosum
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Trapper's tea
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Ericaceae
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Leptarrhena pyrolifolia
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Leatherleaf saxifrage
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Saxifragaceae
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Lewisia triphylla
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Three-leaf lewisia
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Portulacaceae
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Lomatium brandegei
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Brandegee's lomatium
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Apiaceae
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Luetkea pectinata
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Partridge foot
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Rosaceae
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Luzula parviflora
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Small-flowered woodrush
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Juncaceae
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Lycopodium selago
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Fir clubmoss
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Lycopodiaceae
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Lycopodium sitchense
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Alaska clubmoss
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Lycopodiaceae
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Parnassia fimbriata
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Fringed grass-of-Parnassus
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Saxifragaceae
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Pedicularis ornithorhyncha
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Bird's-beak lousewort
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Scrophulariaceae
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Penstemon procerus
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Small-flowered penstemon
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Scrophulariaceae
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Phlox diffusa
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Spreading phlox
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Polemoniaceae
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Phyllodoce empetriformis
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Red mountain heather
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Ericaceae
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Phyllodoce glanduliflora
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Yellow heather
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Ericaceae
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Picea engalmannii
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Engelmann spruce
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Pinaceae
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Pinus albicaulis
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White-bark pine
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Pinaceae
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Poa sp.
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Bluegrass
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Poaceae
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Potentilla flabellifolia
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Fan-leaf cinquefoil
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Rosaceae
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Rhododendron albiflorum
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White rhododendron
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Ericaceae
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Saxifraga ferruginea
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Rusty saxifrage
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Saxifragaceae
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Saxifraga tolmiei
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Alpine saxifrage
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Saxifragaceae
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Sibbaldia procumbens
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Creeping sibbaldia
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Rosaceae
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Tsuga mertensiana
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Mountain hemlock
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Pinaceae
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Vaccinium deliciosum
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Cascade huckleberry
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Ericaceae
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Vaccinium scoparium
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Grouseberry
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Ericaceae
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Valeriana sitchensis
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Sitka valerian
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Valerianaceae
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Veratrum viride
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Green false hellebore
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Liliaceae
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Veronica cusickii
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Cusick's speedwell
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Scrophulariaceae
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WNPS Plant Lists
Snowy Lakes, Snohomish County, Washington
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