I hiked up Goat Mountain on Thursday July 3rd. There was very little snow in the subalpine (probably less that 10% cover) and I set up my first plot in the first open meadow I came to. For some reason I only purchased 4 stakes, so I will have to set up additional plots in two weeks. In some places the Cascade Blueberry is just starting to leaf out, in others it is flowering. I saw many more bees a little lower amongst Oval-leaf Blueberry and Slide Alder. There were only a few Bumble Bees at my site but many wasps. I spent most of my time trying to get good photographs of the different Vaccinium flowers for this website.
-Abe
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