North American Rock Garden Society, Northwestern Chapter: Wenatchee Mts

Wenatchee Mts.

Wenatchee Mountain scene with the Stuart Range in background. Forground is Polemonium pulcherrimum v. pulcherrimum and Erigeron compositus. Photo from the ridge above Bean Creek Basin, Ned Lowry, 1988.

For a more detailed discussion of the Wenatchee Mountains see A. Kruckeberg and C. Leuthy, Bulletin of the American Rock Garden Society, Volume 49, pp. 163-168 and for plant propagation see S. Doonan, ibid., pp. 193-206.

The Wenatchee Mountains are located in central Washington and stretch from the Cascade Mountains to the Columbia River. They are flanked on the North by US Highway 2 (Stevens Pass Highway) and on the South by Interstate 90. US Highway 97 cuts across the range from Ellensburg to Leavenworth.

The range is made up of serpentine, sandstone, basalt, granite and a little limestone. After the Columbia River Plateau and the Olympic Mountains, the Wenatchee has the highest number of endemics in the state. On this page I will try to show photos of some of these and others of special interest to the rock gardener.

	Calochortus lyallii Tronsen Ridge
	Claytonia megarhiza v. nivalis Wenatchee endemic Paddy-Go-Easy Pass
	Clematis columbiana Tronsen Ridge
	Cypripedium fasciculatum Tronsen Ridge
	Cypripedium montanum Tronsen Ridge
	Dicentra uniflora Tronsen Ridge - Mt. Lillian
	Douglasia nivalis v. dentata Tronsen Ridge - Mt. Lillian
	Lewisia rediviva Tronsen Ridge
	Lewisia tweedyi Washington endemic Tronsen Ridge
	Valeriana columbiana Wenatchee endemic Tronsen Ridge
Ferns
	Asplenium ?viride Beverly Creek
	Pellaea breweri Beverly Creek
	Polystichum mohrioides Beverly Creek

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