slgwv's photos with the keyword: Chamerion angustifolium

All mixed together, just off the Pacific Crest Trail near the Lake of the Woods junction. Sierra Nevada, California.

Chamerion angustifolium . Next to an old juniper snag. Fireweed (per Wikipedia, called rosebay willowherb in Britain) is found thruout much of the Northern Hemisphere. These specimens are off the Pacific Crest Trail above Echo Lakes, Sierra Nevada, California. It's another important colonizer species; that's where it gets its common name in North America, because it's one of the first plants to seed after a wildfire.