Mt. Rainier Flora --
Poa secunda -- (One-sided Bluegrass)
The flowers are borne in a dense upright inflorescence. This is subspecies secunda.
Author: Susan McDougall
Nisqually River bed, Mount Rainier National Park
GPS: 46.7492, -121.8076, 2778
Date: July 12, 2014
Common on dry, rocky ground in the subalpine, here this grass grows below 3,000 feet in the Nisqually River bed at Longmire. Seeds may have been carried downstream during a relatively recent flood.
Author: Susan McDougall
Nisqually River bed, Mount Rainier National Park
GPS: 46.7492, -121.8076, 2778
Date: July 12, 2014
The leaves are slender and the stems up to three feet tall.
Author: Susan McDougall
Nisqually River bed, Mount Rainier National Park
GPS: 46.7492, -121.8076, 2778
Date: July 12, 2014
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