[Wildflower Bloom in the Oregon Cascades: 2009]

Olallie Meadows

Mt. Hood National Forest

July 15, 2009

 

 


* indicates the plant is currently in bloom.

Field Horsetail: Equisteum arvense

Grand Fir: Abies grandis

Engelman Spruce: Picea engelmannii

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta

Hemlock: Tsuga heterophylla

Red Alder: Alnus rubra

* Willow: Salix sp.

* Willow: Salix sp.

* Water Sedge: Carex aquatilis ssp. aquatilis

* Lakeshore Sedge: Carex lenticularis ssp. limnophila

* Thick-headed Sedge: Carex pachystachya

* Sedge: Carex sp.

* Small-fruited Bulrush: Scirpus microcarpus

* Baltic Rush: Juncus balticus ssp. ater

* Daggerleaf Rush: Juncus ensifolius

* Merten's Rush: Juncus mertensianus

* Orchard Grass: Dactylis glomerata

* Leichtlin's Camas: Camassia leichtlinii ssp. suksdorfii - Fading out of bloom.

* Bead Lily, Queen's Cup: Clintonia uniflora

* Starry False Solomon Plume: Maianthemum stellatum

Western Wake-robin: Trillium ovatum

* Beargrass: Xerophyllum tenax

* White Bog Candle: Platanthera dilatata var dilatata

* Slender Bog Candle: Platanthera stricta

* Twinflowered Marshmarigold: Caltha leptosepala (Synonym: Caltha biflora) - Past bloom.

* Plantain-leaved Buttercup or Mt. Buttercup: Ranunculus alismaefolius var alismellus or Ranunculus populago

* Little Buttercup: Ranumculus uncinatus

* Vanilla Leaf: Achlys triphylla

Cascade Oregon Grape: Berberis nervosa

* Oregon Saxifrage: Saxifraga oregana

* Coolwort Foamflower: Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata

Prickly Currant: Ribes lacustre

* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

* Drummond's Cinquefoil: Potentilla drummondii ssp. drummondii

* Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa var. intermedia ?

* Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

* Cascade Mt. Ash: Sorbus scopulina var. scopulina

* Hardhack, Menzies' Spiraea: Spiraea douglasii var. menziesii

* Broadleaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

* Subalpine St. John's wort: Hypericum formosum var. nortoniae

Marsh Violet: Viola palustris

* Bunchberry: Cornus unalaschkensis ( correct position?)

Oregon Box: Pachistima myrsinites (correct position?)

Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium

* Ciliate Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum ?

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayi

* Cascade Desert Parsley: Lomatium martindalei

Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis

Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata

Sidebells Wintergreen: Orthillia secunda

Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium

* Early Blueberry: Vaccinium ovalifolium ?

* Alpine Shooting Star: Dodecatheon alpinum

* Tall Mt. Shooting Star: Dodecatheon jeffreyi

* California Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium californicum

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata

* Primrose Monkey Flower: Mimulus primuloides

* Towering Lousewort: Pedicularis bracteosa var. flavida

* American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii

* Great Plantain: Plantago major

Small Bedstraw: Galium trifidum

Twinflower: Linnaea borealis

Twinberry: Lonicera involucrata

Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos mollis

* Sitka Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

* Leafy Arnica: Arnica chamissonis ssp. foliosa

* Mountain Arnica: Arnica latifolia

* Foreign Fleabane: Erigeron peregrinus var. callianthemus

Showy Fleabane: Erigeron speciosus ?

* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

* Streambank Butterweed: Packera pseudaurea var. pseudaurea

Arrowleaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis var. triangularis

* Canada Goldenrod: Solidago canadensis var. salebrosa

Leafybract Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. parryi ?


Animals Seen at this Location:

Red-tailed Hawk

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Song Sparrow

Tadpoles

Dragonflies

Fritillary

Californica Tortoiseshell

Lots of mosquitoes!


Paul Slichter