Saddle Mountain Expedition
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| Saddle Mountain Saxifrage |
June 17, 2017
Clatsop County, Oregon
9:30am to 1:00pm
Objective
- Find, photograph, and geolocate two flowers that are endemic to Saddle Mountain - Saddle Mountain Saxifrage & Saddle Mountain Bittercress
Results
- I found the Saddle Mountain Saxifrage. It had a lot of flowers on one stem. There are very tiny flowers, each one has five petals.
- Found at 45.96184, -123.68377.
- We didn’t find the Saddle Mountain Bittercress, a four-petaled white flower with one per stem. The size of each flower is one-half inch.
- The past winter was very snowy and very cold. The weather disrupted lots of things. School buses, work schedules, and probably nature. It might have made a later spring because the climate hasn’t been sunny at all during the winter or spring. Now that it’s turning into summer, it finally feels like spring.
Learnings
- I learned that some things (including flowers) don’t look special, but they are special.
- I learned that I don’t really like the food for backpacking. It’s also challenging carrying everything you need for backpacking.
Things I liked the most
- I liked seeing all the different types of flowers on Saddle Mountain.
- I like the two-plank bridge, getting to the top, and making the food for the trip.
By Carter Hedgecock, Expedition Leader
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