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Flora of the Central Wasatch

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Image Type(s): Flora

Page By: mountaingazelle

Created/Edited: Apr 3, 2009 / Sep 1, 2011

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Flora of the Central Wasatch

A field of Indian Paintbrush and the American Fork Twins

American Fork Twin Peaks

Broads Fork

The Central Wasatch Mountains are located east of Salt Lake City in Utah. Some of these species of flowers only occur in the higher elevations. Others can be found on the foothills where they bloom earlier in the year. Wildflowers can usually be seen from April through September. I created this page so that all of these photos could easily be found in one album. The Central Wasatch page was starting to overflow with so many flowers that it was getting hard to keep track of them all. I tried to find all of the photos that belong here but I may have missed a few.

Some of the flowers in the foothills include stork’s bill, bee plant, phlox with blossoms with five petals of white, pink, or blue flowers, mistletoe which resembles a bird's nest; astragalus which is part of the pea family, evening primrose, mullein, and the sego lily which is the state flower of Utah. In mountainous areas are meadow rue, fireweed, violets, geraniums, horsetails, fly amanita which is a fungi, Jacob's ladder, larkspur, Oregon grape with holly-like leaves, gaillardia or brown-eyed susan, and cone flowers which are part of the sunflower family.

Some of the flowers that are located at higher elevations include larkspur with dark blue flowers, mountain bells which are bell-shaped with pink or blue flowers, yellow sunflowers, monkshood which are helmet-shaped purple-blue flowers, daisies, white marsh marigold, monkey flowers, orchids, gentians, columbines, elephanthead, shooting stars which are a dart-shaped flower, wallflowers that are orange brown or rose-purple, and Indian paintbrush. Above timberline are alpine forget-me-nots, pinkish-purple moss campions, white alpine avens, bistorts which are a slender plant with upright spikes of white flowers that resemble tufts of cotton from a distance, harebells which are single dark blue funnel shaped flowers, mat-forming mountain dryads, and alpine willows.

If you have any photos of your own feel free to add them.

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A field of Indian Paintbrush and the American Fork Twins

Dromedary peak from the south...

Mule Ears at the base of Olympus

Coppermallow (Sphaeralcea coccinea)

Mitrewort flowers

Lanceleaf spring-beauty up close

Dandelion-head of Yellow Salsify in moonlight

Broads Fork Wildflowers Below Sunrise Peak

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Dean

Ah, bring on springtime

Voted 10/10

After the gusty winds and horizontal driven snow here in Lehi all day yesterday (april 3rd), this album offers non allergenic relief. I am so ready for spring and this album really sets the stage for it nicely. Beautiful pics.

Posted Apr 4, 2009 6:01 am


	mountaingazelle	Re: Ah, bring on springtime
	Hasn't voted	Thanks Dean! I guess we are getting all of these spring snowstorms to make up for the drier weather earlier in the year. The pictures are mostly from other Utah SPers who are good at photographing flowers. I’m still learning how to identify them. I may add some photos of my own when it stops snowing.
		Posted Apr 4, 2009 8:15 pm

Scott Wesemann

Nice album

Voted 10/10

You have some sweet pics in here. Excellent!

Posted Nov 15, 2010 1:00 pm


	mountaingazelle	Re: Nice album
	Hasn't voted	Thank you Scott! A lot of people have added some great pictures. Wildflowers are something to look forward to after the winter season ends.
		Posted Nov 15, 2010 4:08 pm

utahjimk

utahjimk

Voted 10/10

great album!
tried searching for "orchid" but saw none. I've got some pics somewhere to add but don't know the genus.

Posted Dec 7, 2011 7:46 pm


	mountaingazelle	Re: utahjimk
	Hasn't voted	Thanks Jimk. I've learned a lot about local flora from looking at photos that people added to this album. It's okay if you're not sure of the genus. Sometimes other people will see it and know what it is. There is an orchid and lady-slipper album.
		Posted Dec 7, 2011 9:03 pm

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