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Occurrence. — Olympic, 4,000 to 5,500 feet: source of Boulder Creek, above Olym- 

 pic Hot Springs; Seven Lakes Basin; East Fork Quinault River. MOUNT RAINIER, 

 occasional, 4,000 to 6,500 feet: trail to Reflection Lake; Paradise Valley; small lake 

 above Chain Lakes. CRATER LAKE, common, 5,000 to 6,000 feet: below Annie Springs; 

 Vidae Falls; Castlecrest Garden; west of park headquarters; Copeland Creek. LAS- 

 SEN: Lassen Peak. YOSEMITE, occasional, 4,000 to 9,500 feet: Yosemite Falls; Lake 

 Tenaya; Lake Merced; Kibbe Creek; north of Johnson Lake; Royal Arch Lake; east 

 of Smedberg Lake; Matterhorn Canyon; Isberg Pass trail near Cascade Creek and base 

 of EI Capitan. KINGS CANYON: East Lake. SEQUOIA, occasional. 7,000 to 9,500 feet: 

 above Tamarack Lake; Twin Lakes; Alta Peak; Tocopah Falls. GLACIER, 4,300 feet 

 to timberline: Swiftcurrent Lake; trail to Grinneli Glacier; Three-top Mountain trail; 

 Logging Mountain; Garden Wall trail; Cut Bank Valley; Gunsighl Lake; Crossley 

 Lake trail to Indian Pass. YELLOWSTONE, occasional. GRAND TETON, occasional: Cas- 

 cade Canyon trail. 



3. Broadleaf Meadowsweet Spiraea (Spiraea latijolia (Ait.) 

 Borkh.). — Erect shrub up to 4y2 feet high with reddish-brown branches, the 

 stems angled; leaf-blades oblong to reverse-egg-shaped, pointed at both ends, 

 1^2 to 3 inches long, coarsely 



toothed, smooth, green above, paler .^ 



or rather bluish below; flowers white 

 or pinkish, borne in erect broadly pyr- 

 amidal clusters; stamens longer than 

 the petals; fruits smooth with spread- 

 ing style. (Syn. S. salicifolia of 

 American authors, in part.) 



Occurrence. — isle R0\ ALE : 

 Cove; Washington Creek. 





Rainbow 



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Fig. 69. Shinyleaf spiraea 

 {Spiraea lucida). 



Fig. 70. Subalpine spiraea 

 {Spiraea densiflora) 



