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Native Plants for Alpine Elevations

	*Castilleja miniata* Red Paintbrush An attractive wildflower with red brush-like flower clusters. Height: Can be found from low to high elevations, but most common in the subalpine.
	*Festuca rubra* Red Fescue Perennial grass with thread-like leaves forming small patches. Height: Below 2500 meters.
	*Luetkea pectinata* Partridgefoot Low-growing ground cover with spikes of small white flowers.
	*Mimulus lewisii* Pink Monkey-flower A clump forming perennial with large pinkish-red flowers.
	*Phlox diffusa* Spreading Phlox Mat forming perennial with showy white to pink flowers.
	*Platanthera dilatata* White Rein-Orchid, Bog Candle Perennial orchid with spikes of white flowers from tuber-like roots.
	*Polemonium pulcherrimum* Showy Jacob's-ladder Taprooted perennial with mostly basal leaves and blue bell-shaped flowers.
	*Sedum oreganum* Oregon Stonecrop
	*Sorbus sitchensis* Sitka-Mountain Ash

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