Goat Rocks is a series of rugged volcanic peaks roughly between Mts. Rainier and Adams in southern Washington state, and is the namesake of the Goat Rocks Wilderness. Goat Rocks is named after the numerous mountain goats which live in the area. Mount Rainier is a stratovolcano located 54 miles (87 km) southeast of Seattle, Washington, in the United States. ... Mount Adams is a stratovolcano in the Cascade Range and the second highest mountain in the Pacific Northwest of the United States (Mount Rainier is the tallest). ... State nickname: The Evergreen State Official languages None Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Governor Christine Gregoire (D) Senators Patty Murray (D) Maria Cantwell (D) Area - Total - % water Ranked 18th 184,824 km² 6. ... Goat Rocks Wilderness is a U.S. Wilderness Area in Washington, United States. ... Binomial name Oreamnos americanus (Blainville, 1816) The Rocky Mountain Goat, (Oreamnos americanus) often called simply Mountain Goat, is a large hoofed mammal found only in North America, in the Rocky Mountains and Coast Mountains regions, from northern Washington through British Columbia into the southern Yukon and southwestern Alaska. ...
GoatRocks was a volcanic dome rock formation that existed on the north slope of Mt.
GoatRocks was originally created in a series of eruptions between the years 1800 and 1857, which is the eruption cycle now referred to as the GoatRocks Eruptive Period.
Beginning in March of 1980, the north face of the mountain beneath GoatRocks began to buldge outward due to the intrusion of magma.
From an aberrant population collected by Ratko shaded rock outcrops in the Siskiyou mountains at 3150 domed rosettes composed of imbricated shingle like leaves, flowers are typical of spathuliifolium, a flat-topped cyme of yellow stars.
A tiny goldenrod we got from Rick Lupp, ex GoatRocks WA; small enough for a trough with 3" spikes of golden flowers and fine compact mats of foliage.
Similar to chrysantha except the flowers are white with purple spots, both make fine additions to a dry sunny rock garden.
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