June 27, 2016

Eagle Summit, Part 3 (June 23rd)

  
Anemone narcissiflora (Narcissus-flowered anemone). 
ハクサンイチゲも咲いています。

Here is the third bunch of the pictures taken at the Eagle Summit Wayside area.
Strong wind was blowing on the ridge of the hill and found some interestingly-shaped flowers adapting to the harsh environment on the tundra.

先週、出かけたイーグル・サミット、もうしばらく続きます。
不思議に感じたのは、日本だったら春、夏、秋口と、季節をずらして咲きそうな花が、一度に咲いていること。例えば、トリカブトとかウメバチソウなんかももう咲いていました。

The top of the hill was covered with crispy-textured lichens.
ここいら一帯は、地衣類で厚く覆われています。

Tephroseris yukonensis (Yukon groundsel).
Amazingly hairy one! 

I couldn't identify this plant...
Maybe some kind of saxifraga?

If anyone could identify this,
please let me know.

Lagotis minor (Little Weaselsnout).

Lagotis minor (Little Weaselsnout).
Here is the one with my fingers, so you can tell how small this species is,
compared with the one growing in Japan, 


Ranunculus nivalis (Snow Buttercup).

Lagopus muta (Rock Ptarmigan).
The same kind lives in Northern Alps of Japan. 

Lagopus muta (Rock Ptarmigan).
 花の撮影に夢中になってたら、目の前にライチョウがいました。
こっちがじっとしている限り、逃げずに食事を続けてました。

Lagopus muta (Rock Ptarmigan).
 We found two of them and they were only 6 feet away from me.
They kept eating early supper as long as I stayed still.

Lagopus muta (Rock Ptarmigan).

Isn't it amazing?
It was so clear and so blue!

It looks like a normal swallowtail.
We saw 2 people searching and hunting for insects.

Potentilla rubricaulis (Rocky Mountain Cinquefoil).

Potentilla rubricaulis (Rocky Mountain Cinquefoil).
The leaves are covered with tiny hair.

Dryas octopetala (Eightpetal Mountain Avens, or Mountain Avens).
We found this species in the high mountain in Japan, too.
チョウノスケソウもたくさん咲いていました。

Dryas octopetala (Eightpetal Mountain Avens, or Mountain Avens).
This part of the hill was covered with lots of this species.
見えにくいけど、白く点々と見えてるのは、ほとんどチョウノスケソウ。

Minuartia macrocarpa (Longpod Stichwort, or Longpod Sandwort). 
ミヤマツメクサの仲間。

Steese Highway and the mountains.
If you keep going to right, you can get to Circle via Central.

Silene acaulis (moss campion, or cushion pink).
I had taken more pictures of this kind of flower than enough, 
but I couldn't resist to taking even more pictures,
because it looked so unique and pretty.
学名からするとマンテマとかビランジの仲間みたいです。

 
Silene uralensis ssp. uralensis (Mountain Campion, or Apetalous Catchfly).
面白いの見つけたと思って調べたら、タカネマンテマの一亜種でした。 

Silene uralensis ssp. uralensis (Mountain Campion, or Apetalous Catchfly).

Silene uralensis ssp. uralensis (Mountain Campion, or Apetalous Catchfly).

Silene uralensis ssp. uralensis (Mountain Campion, or Apetalous Catchfly).

Tephroseris lindstroemii (Twice-Hairy Butterweed). 

Castilleja hyperborea (Northern Indian Paintbrush).

Aconitum delphiniifolium (Larkspurleaf Monkshood, or Northern Monkshood).
The leaves looks like the ones of delphinium.

Aconitum delphiniifolium (Larkspurleaf Monkshood, or Northern Monkshood).

Aconitum delphiniifolium (Larkspurleaf Monkshood, or Northern Monkshood).
トリカブトの仲間がもう咲いていました。

Tephroseris lindstroemii (Twice-Hairy Butterweed). 

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