date of photo Jul 12, 2009
location
eastern Sierra Nevada, South Fork Trail of Big Pine Creek (Inyo County, California, US)family
Caryophyllaceae
order
Caryophyllales
class Eudicots
plant community 8200’, granite, lower E-facing slope, alpine scrubnotes Ferris sandwort lower left, looking south, up-trail, growing w/ Cercocarpus ledifolius, Artemisia tridentata, Rhamnus rubra, Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus, Eriogonum umbellatum var. chlorothamnus, E. microthecum, Angelica linearloba, Lupinus padre-crowleyi, Castilleja applegatei, Opuntia polyacantha, & Allium campanulatumkeywords: Arenaria macradenia ssp. ferrisiae, Arenaria macradenia var. ferrisiae
camera Lumix LX3
photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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