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Red Mountain Heather This dwarfish bush has dark green coniferlike needles and clusters of small bright pink or red flowers on the top of short stalks. It grows at high elevations throughout the Tahoe area, along some lakeshores, and in the Desolation Wilderness. This fragile plant is a thick ground cover running alongside the trail—take care not to step on it.

Squaw Carpet or Mahala Mat Thick patches of this plant as much as 10 to 20 feet across are made up of hollylike leaves carpeting the ground. In the spring, clusters of small blue to violet flowers grow among the sharp-edged leaves.

Thimbleberry They may not keep you from starving in the woods, but thimbleberries are edible and quite tasty when they ripen in late August and September. They are in the same family as blackberries and raspberries, and you will not be surprised to hear that the berries look like little thimbles. This bush is usually found in large groups lying close to the ground near streams and in other shady moist areas. Thimbleberry has large leaves that resemble a maple leaf with three to five pointed lobes. The showy white flowers bloom in early summer.