[pct-l] Re: Flower Identification

[alohaann at adelphia.net (alohaann@adelphia.net)]

Aloha All!

This was excellent and fun.  The whole time on the AT I had wished I was much more knowledgeable in plant identification than I was - which was little to none.  I'm guessing after seeing these pics that I'll be thinking the same on the PCT.  Can anyone suggest PCT plant/foliage/vegetation identification book(s) I should peruse/memorize prior to my departure?  Better yet, a class?  Thanks!  

Aloha!
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http://www.studiozoic.com/adventures/2004/pct/mysteries.htm

Sent the link to a biologist friend of mine and this is what he came up with.
 
Shutterbugg
 
1. Just South of Agua Dulce
     Common Names: Alumroot (Coralbells) or San Gabriel Mountains  
Coralbells
     Latin Name: Heuchera elegans

2. Near Bird Spring Pass
     Common Name: Desert Sage
     Latin Name: Salvia dorrii

3.  Palisade Lake
     Common Name: Rosy stonecrop
     Latin Name:  Sedum rosea

4.  Just North of Belden
     Common Names: Roundtooth Ookow, Manyflower Brodiaea
     Latin Name: Dichelostemma multiflorum

5.  Just South of Chester
     Common Name: Newberry's penstemon
     Latin Name: Penstemon newberryi

6.  North of Castle Crags
     Common Name: Rock Fringe
     Latin Name: Epilobium obcordatum

7.  Near Mount Jefferson
     Common Name: Partridge Foot
     Latin Name: Luetkea pectinata>>