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 Eriogonum
(Buckwheat family), Junction Campground,
Inyo National Forest. |
| Eriogonum (Buckwheat family),
near Saddlebag Lake, Inyo National Forest. Note the snow
flattened leaves; there were patches of snow in this area. As
noted on one of the interpretive signs in Yosemite, the growing season
for alpine plants can be quite short, with snow persisting on the
ground into June and starting again in September. |
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