Hike to Silver Star
Tuesday 6/29/16





At the Trailhead
a big group
29 hikers















Hikers on the trail





Lunch at
the top



Who is this at
the very top













Some of the hikers









The trails















Many of us hiked up
the main path
rather than on the more
challenging Ted's trial































The views were terrific


The last mile of the
road in was a bit challenging
to say the least



















The last mile of the
road in was a bit challenging
to say the least



The last turn
was totally unmarked
and easy to miss


There were
lots of flowers









There was lots of
Poison Hemlock
(Conium maculatum)

Note: the Poison Hemlock
flower is not
related to the
native Hemlock Tree

poison-hemlock can be deadly;
it gained notoriety through its
use in the state execution of Socrates







Cloud Flower
(Rubus chamaemorus)

Cloud flowers are closely relaated to the rose family, to strawberries, to raspberries, to cherries and to apples.

The female plants can take several years to produce fruit (up to 7) and they do not produce fruit every season. Thus, they propogate slowly





Iris
Oregon Flag
(Iris tenax)
Iris is the Greek word for rainbow.

The roots of the iris are known to be poisonous
and are said to have been used by Native Americans
to poison the tips of arrowheads.

Native tribes braided the strong leaves of this particular Iris into ropes for capturing deer and elk, as reported by famed botanist David Douglas













Spiraea japonica,
the Japanese meadowsweet

Spiraea japonica was introduced in North America as an ornamental landscape plant and first cultivated in the northeastern states around 1870



Also called
Goldflame
becasue of the changing colors of its foliage.
Leaves emerge bronze-red in spring, mature to yellow-green by summer and finally acquire interesting yellow-orange-copper hues in fall.





Tiger Lily
(Lilium columbianum)



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Penstemon
( Penstemon payettensis )


Directions

1) Go North on Hwy 5 - cross River to Washington
2) Go to Exit 11
3) Turn Right and take Hwy 502
4) Drive 5.7 miles to Battleground
5) Go north on Hwy 503 for 5.6 miles
6) Turn right on Rock Creek Road and drive 8.4 miles
      Sign says "Lucia Falls, Moulton Falls".
7) Turn right on Sunset Falls Rd. sign says Sunset C.G. drive 2 miles 
8) Turn right on Dole Valley Rd over East fork Lewis Rives and drive 2.3 miles uphill
9) Turn left on gravel Rd L1100. Ignore a couple of right turns (esp. after 2.2 mies)- drive 6.4 miles
10) Take sharp right on FR 4109 - obvious intersection - no sign - drive 2.9 miles uphill to trailhead





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