Eagle Summit, Central and Twelvemile Summit (Part 4) (June 20th)

 

Marmota caligata (Hoary Marmot) near Eagle Summit.

We stayed at Eagle Summit Wayside after getting caught by the thunder storm.

We went to Central to look for a kind of lady's slipper orchid which we had never seen.

After passing the community of Central, we stopped the car here and there and looked around the area to search for the flowers.   When we felt like giving up searching, I found the orchid right by our rig parked on the road!

雹にうたれた後、ほどなくして雨はやんだので、予定通り、Eagle Summitの駐車スペースに車を止め車中泊。夏至のすぐ直前と言うことで、太陽が沈むことなく地平線ぎりぎりをかすめてまた上っていく様子を途切れ途切れに観察できました。

翌日は、今回のお目当てだったアツモリソウの仲間を見つけることができました。

 

At 1:33 a.m. at Eagle Summit Wayside. 

 

At 2:49 a.m. 

The sun was getting really low in the north.

 

At 4:11 a.m. 

The sun was going up.

 

Marmota caligata (Hoary Marmot).

 

The rays of the sun light were beautiful on the way to Central.

 

Castilleja caudata (Pale Indian Paintbrush).

 

Arnica griscomii ssp. frigida (Snow Arnica or Frigid Arnica).

 

A fox was on the middle of the road.

 

Platanthera obtusata 

(Blunt-leaved Orchid or Small Northern Bog Orchid).

 

Platanthera obtusata 

(Blunt-leaved Orchid or Small Northern Bog Orchid).

 

Cypripedium passerinum 

(Sparrow's Egg Lady's Slipper and Northern Lady's Slipper).

 

Cypripedium passerinum 

(Sparrow's Egg Lady's Slipper and Northern Lady's Slipper).

 

Cypripedium passerinum 

(Sparrow's Egg Lady's Slipper and Northern Lady's Slipper).

 

Ranunculus gmelinii 

(Gmelin's Buttercup or Small Yellow Water-crowfoot).

 

Ranunculus gmelinii 

(Gmelin's Buttercup or Small Yellow Water-crowfoot).

This ranunculus was floating in the water in the bog by the road.

The flowers were amazingly tiny. 

 

Cypripedium passerinum 

(Sparrow's Egg Lady's Slipper and Northern Lady's Slipper).

 

Cypripedium passerinum 

(Sparrow's Egg Lady's Slipper and Northern Lady's Slipper).

 

Cypripedium passerinum 

(Sparrow's Egg Lady's Slipper and Northern Lady's Slipper).

 

Cypripedium passerinum 

(Sparrow's Egg Lady's Slipper and Northern Lady's Slipper).

 

Valeriana capitata (Capitate Valerian).

 

Hedysarum alpinum (Alpine Sweetvetch or Eskimo Potato).

 

Gentianella propinqua (Fourpart Dwarf Gentian).

チシマリンドウとかオノエリンドウとかの仲間。

 

Gentianella propinqua (Fourpart Dwarf Gentian). 

 

Castilleja caudata (Pale Indian Paintbrush). 

 

Dasiphora fruticosa (Tundra Rose or Shrubby Cinquefoil). 

キンロバイもこの辺りでは道路脇の藪でよく見かけます。

 

Senecio lugens (Black-tipped Groundsel). 

キオンの仲間。

 

Epilobium　angustifolium (Fireweed).

夏のアラスカを代表する花の1つ…ヤナギラン。

 

Eriophorum angustifolium (Tall Cottongrass).

 

The view from the highway near Eagle Summit.

 

Upper Birch Creek.

 

Rhodiola integrifolia ssp. integrifolia 

(Ledge Stonecrop or Pacific Roseroot). 

イワベンケイの仲間。

 

Bistorta plumosa (Pink Plumes).

 

Viola epipsila ssp.repens (Dwarf Marsh Violet).

 

Dodecatheon frigidum (Western Arctic Shootingstar).

 

Dodecatheon frigidum (Western Arctic Shootingstar).

 

Andromeda polifolia var. polifolia (Bog Rosemary).