Bloom Reports for the Oregon Cascades

Northwest Approach to Mt. Hood

Mt. Hood National Forest

July 22, 2001

 


The trip began via the Top Spur Trail, turning south onto the Pacific Coast trail, then a short connector trail to the Timberline Trail #600 and proceeded east along the ridgetop to approximately McGee Creek (past the McNeil Point trail).

This was a Native Plant Society of Oregon Hike.

* Indicates the wildflower is in bloom.

*1. Cat's Ear: Calochortus subalpinus

*2. Queen's Cup: Clintonia uniflora

*3. Avalanche Lily: Erythronium montanum

*4. Columbia Tiger Lily: Lilium columbianum

*5. Washington Lily: Lilium washingtonianum

*6. Rosy Twisted Stalk: Streptopus roseus

7. Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride

*8. Beargrass: Xerophyllum tenax

*9. Merten's Coralroot: Corallorhiza mertensiana

*10. Western Twayblade: Listera caurina

*11. Slender Bog Orchid: Platanthera saccata

*12. Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum

*13. Naked Buckwheat: Eriogonum nudum

*14. Sulphur-flowered Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. hausknechtii

*15. American Bistort: Polygonum bistortoides

*16. Broad-leaved Montia: Montia cordifolia

*17. Streambank Spring Beauty: Montia parvifolia

*18. Douglas' Campion: Silene douglasii

*19. Red Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

*20. Anemone: Anemone lyallii or oregana ?

21. Mountain Pasque Flower: Anemone occidentalis In seed.

*22. Broad-leaf Marsh-marigold: Caltha biflora

*23. Larkspur: Delphinium species

*24. False Bugbane: Trautvettaria carolinensis

*25. Inside-out-flower: Vancouveria hexandra

*26. Bunchberry: Cornus canadensis

*27. Rough Wall Flower: Erysimum asperum

*28. Stonecrop: Sedum oreganum ?

*29. Feathery Mitrewort: Mitella breweri

*30. Fringecup: Tellima grandiflora

*31. Western Coolwort: Tiarellia trifoliata var. unifoliata

*32. Fan-leaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia

*33. Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa

*34. Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

*35. Nootka Rose: Rosa nutkana

*36. Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus

*37. Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus

*38. Five-leaved Bramble: Rubus pedatus

*39. Dwarf Mt. Ash: Sorbus sitchensis

*40. Mt. Spiraea: Spiraea densiflora

*41. Broad-leaved Lupine: Lupinus latifolius

*42. Spurred Lupine: Lupinus laxiflorus

*43. Willow-herb: Epilobium sp.ecies

*44. Shining Angelica: Angelica arguta

*45. Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayi

*46. Martindale's Desert Parsley: Lomatium martindalei

*47. Western Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza chilensis

*48. Merten's Mt. Heather: Cassiope mertensiana var. mertensiana

*49. Pinesap: Hypopitys monotropa

*50. Fool's Huckleberry: Menziesia ferruginea var. glabella

*51. Pink Mountain-heather: Phyllodocce empetriformis

*52. White-veined Pyrola: Pyrola picta

*53. Sidebells Pyrola: Pyrola secunda

*54. White Rhododendron: Rhododendron albiflorum

*55. Tall Mountain Shooting Star: Dodecatheon jeffreyi

56. Mountain Bog Gentian: Gentiana calycosa Almost in bloom.

*57. Blue Gilia: Gilia capitata

*58. Showy Polemonium: Polemonium pulchellum

*59. Varied-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla

60. Bluebells: Mertensia species

*61. Self-heal: Prunella vulgaris

*62. Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida

*63. Rosy Paintbrush: Castilleja parviflora var. oreopola

*64. Suksdorf's Paintbrush: Castilleja suksdorfii

*65. Common Monkey Flower: Mimulus guttatus

*66. Turtleheads: Nothochelone nemorosus

*67. Leafy Pedicularis: Pedicularis racemosa

*68. Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus

*69. Tall Penstemon: Penstemon procerus

*70. Cliff Penstemon: Penstemon rupicola

*71. Spreading Penstemon: Penstemon serrulatus

*72. Fine-toothed Penstemon: Penstemon subserratus

*73. Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii

*74. Oregon Bedstraw: Galium oreganum

*75. Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos molle ?

*76. Sitka Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis

*77. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

*78. Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

*79. Broad-leaved Arnica: Arnica latifolia

*80. Arnica: Arnica species

*81. Indian Thistle: Cirsium brevistylum ?

*82. Foreign Erigeron: Erigeron peregrinus

*83. Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum

*84. Low Alpine Hawkweed: Hieracium gracile

*85. Rainiera: Luina stricta

*86. Arrow-leaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis

*87. Goldenrod: Solidago canadensis


Paul Slichter