Andy's Yukon Alpine Wildflowers Mt Montana (Montana Mountain) Carcross

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Mt Montana (Montana Mountain) seen from the south, looking towards the north. The town of Carcross is located at the north central part of the image.  The blue dots represent locations of images from many photographers, as observed only on GoogleEarth. Mt Montana seen from the north, looking towards the south. The town of Carcross is located at the bottom of the image.  The blue dots represent locations of images from many photographers, as observed only on GoogleEarth. Google Earth views of Mt Montana, Carcross, Yukon Date: July 3, 2007 Scenery and History: Once above the treeline, the subalpine and alpine are easily accessible.  The area has an history on mineral exploration. The target was gold and silver.  Access roads developed to support the mineral exploration affords access to people today.  There are also some old houses in the area where the prospectors and mining folks stayed.  Included in these historic building are some that are made of rock - a remarkable achievement required by the absence of lumber on the Alpine setting. As an aside, without the road access, rough as it is, very few people would be able to reach the subalpine and alpine meadows to enjoy the flowering plants and the scenery. Mount Montana area taken from the Highway to Whitehorse, just north of the Carcross desert. (July 16, 2008) Looking south from an old mining camp at Mt Montana. Date: July 3, 2007 Looking south from an old mining camp at the Mt Montana peak. Date: July 3, 2007 An old rock structure or living quarters related to the old mineral exploration and mining activities in the Sugarloaf Mountain area, Mt Montana. Date: July 3, 2007 An old rock house located on the west side of Sugarloaf Mountain, related to the historic mineral exploration and mining activities in the Sugarloaf Mountain area, Mt Montana. Date: July 3, 2007 Sugarloaf Mountain, Northeast of Mt Montana. This alpine area contains an alpine lake. Date: July 3, 2007 Alpine cinquefoil on a ledge, Sugarloaf Mountain, looking to the southeast.  In the lower right corner are the remains of an old mining operation. Date: July 3, 2007 Flowering Plants: Illustrated on these pages are images of flowering plants photographed in the area of Mt Montana and Sugarloaf Mountain, south of Carcross, Yukon, Canada.  The plants occur in the subalpine and alpine zones.  The range of species illustrated is not comprehensive. The intent is to illustrate only a few of the many species that occur on Mt Montana and Sugarloaf Mountain.  A visit at different times of the summer will yield different species in flower.  Although focusing on this part of Yukon, the wildflowers illustrated on these pages may occur elsewhere in Yukon and in parts of British Columbia, Alberta, and Northwest Territories. Wildflower Common Name Wildflower Scientific Name Thumbnail Image Montane Subalpine Alpine Alpine Buttercup Ranunculus eschscholtzii   Arctic Cinquefoil Potentilla nana   Alpine Forget-me-not Myosotic alpestris Alpine Harebell Campanula lasiocarpa     Arctic Lupine Lupinus arcticus   Boreal Sandwort Minuartia rubella   Cinquefoil, One-flowered cinquefoil Potentilla uniflora         Creeping Sibbaldia Sibbaldia procumbens   Draba, yellow, Yellow Draba Draba spp.     Dwarf Fireweed or River Beauty Epilobium latifolium Frigid Coltsfoot Petasites frigidus   Fuscatus Groundsel Senecio fuscatus     Heather, White Mountain Heather or Arctic White Heather Cassiope tetragona         King's Crown Sedum roseum     Lanceleaf springbeauty Claytonia lanceolata Lapland Rosebay Rhododendron lapponicum   Marigold, White Mountain Marsh Marigold Caltha leptosepala   Mountain Fleabane Erigeron humilis Mountain Sorrel Oxyria digyna   Moss Campion Silene acaulis     Northern Anemone Anemone parviflora   Northern shootingstar Dodecatheon frigidum Pink Mountain Heather Phyllodoce empetriformis Pussytoes, Single-headed Antennaria monocephala White mountain aven Dryas octopetala       Woolly Daisy Erigeron lanatus Hook.     Woolly Lousewort Pedicularis lanata

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Andy Fyon		February 21, 2010

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