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North Cascades Highland Forests
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Cascade Range
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WA
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The landscape of the North Cascades Highland Forests ecoregion consists of steep, glaciated ridges, highgradient streams, and tarns. Colder climatic conditions, deeper snow pack, and Pacific silver fir/mountain hemlock forests distinguish it from Ecoregion 77a.
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Plants
Roughfruit Berries
Rubus lasiococcus (species)
39
Observations
JAN - DEC
Cascade Bilberries
Vaccinium deliciosum (species)
37
Observations
JAN - DEC
Trillium ovatum
SPECIES ·
“Pacific Trillium”
34
Observations
JAN - DEC
Common Beargrass
Xerophyllum tenax (species),
“Bear-Grass”
31
Observations
JAN - DEC
High Mountain Cinquefoil
Potentilla flabellifolia (species)
31
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
Little Brown Bat
Myotis lucifugus (species),
“Little Brown Myotis”
10
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Pika
Ochotona princeps (species),
“Cony”, “Little Chief Hare”, “Rock Rabbit”, “Whistling Hare”
10
Observations
JAN - DEC
Hoary Marmot
Marmota caligata (species),
“Montague Island Hoary Marmot”
6
Observations
JAN - DEC
Cascade Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel
Callospermophilus saturatus (species)
4
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Black Bear
Ursus americanus (species),
“Black Bear”
4
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Birds
Dark-Eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis (species)
2,949
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Robin
Turdus migratorius (species)
2,453
Observations
JAN - DEC
Pine Siskin
Spinus pinus (species)
2,085
Observations
JAN - DEC
Common Raven
Corvus corax (species),
“Raven”, “Northern Raven”
2,053
Observations
JAN - DEC
Red-Breasted Nuthatch
Sitta canadensis (species)
2,009
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
Plebejus anna
SPECIES ·
“Anna's Blue”
77
Observations
JAN - DEC
Speyeria mormonia
SPECIES ·
“Mormon Fritillary”
66
Observations
JAN - DEC
Boloria epithore
SPECIES ·
“Western Meadow Fritillary”
63
Observations
JAN - DEC
Parnassius clodius
SPECIES ·
“Clodius Parnassian”
50
Observations
JAN - DEC
Boloria chariclea
SPECIES ·
“Purplish Fritillary”
44
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Fungi
Turbinellus floccosus
SPECIES
6
Observations
JAN - DEC
Golden Jelly Cone
Guepiniopsis alpina (species),
“Jelly Cup”, “Alpine Jelly Cone”, “Poor Man's Gumdrop”
5
Observations
JAN - DEC
Panther Cap
Amanita pantherina (species)
5
Observations
JAN - DEC
Gomphidius subroseus
SPECIES
4
Observations
JAN - DEC
Ceriomyces mirabilis
SPECIES
4
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Taxonomy
Region
49
Ecoregion
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Ecoregion
North Cascades Highland Forests
North Cascades Highland Forests
North Cascades Highland Forests
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