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Approach to Stevens Ridge, with Tatoosh Range in background.
Photo: Ben Legler
2005: Tatoosh Range and Steven's Ridge

WTU's Ben Legler and MORA's Pete Del Zotto led collecting trips in early August to the Tatoosh Range and Steven's Ridge on the south side of Mount Rainier over a period of two days. The first day was spent in the vicinity of Pinnacle Saddle and Plummer Peak in the Tatoosh Range, an area of subalpine habitat that has been poorly collected in the past. The focus of the second day were the glacial basins and alpine slopes around upper Steven's Ridge east of Paradise where no trails go.

144 collections were made totaling 338 specimens. These were soon identified at the WTU Herbarium by Ben Legler with volunteer assistance.

Volunteers from WTU for the 2005 MORA trip included Deanna Goldy, Don Knoke, and Sharon Rodman. Besides Pete Del Zotto, participating NOCA staff included Arnie Peterson.



# Collections: 145
# Specimens: 341
# Taxa: 105
# New Taxa: 5

  
Trip Map

Yellow dots represent collection sites. Click on a site to view a list of collections.

13 collections: Mount Rainier National Park; at summit of Plummer Peak in Tatoosh Range. 5 collections: Mount Rainier National Park; north slope of Plummer Peak 0.15 miles north of summit. Tatoosh Range. 1 collections: Mount Rainier National Park, west of Plummer Peak. Tatoosh Range. 10 collections: Mount Rainier National Park, west of Plummer Peak. Tatoosh Range. 40 collections: Mount Rainier National Park; at pass between Pinnacle Peak and Plummer Peak, Tatoosh Range. 6 collections: Tatoosh Range, Site 2, saddle west of Plummer Peak. 2 collections: Mount Rainier National Park; along Pinnacle Peak Trail circa 0.4 miles below (Northeast of) Pinnacle Saddle. 37 collections: Mount Rainier National Park; Headwaters of Stevens Creek below Paradise Glacier Caves, 1.5 air miles northeast of Paradise. 31 collections: Mount Rainier National Park, upper Stevens Ridge 0.5 miles due north of Fairy Falls.
Map created with TOPO!. © 2006 National Geographic.
Trip Results
 # Collections  145  »View Collection List
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 # Specimens  341  
 # Taxa  105  »View Taxa List
 # New Taxa   5   

New Park Records:
The following taxa were not previously documented from within the MORA park complex with a voucher specimen at the MORA Herbarium:

Abies lasiocarpa
Phacelia leptosepala
Poa fendleriana
Polypodium amorphum
Ribes acerifolium


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