[Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon: 2008]
Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Oregon

Bald Lake, Bonney Meadow and Bonney Butte via Trail #463 from Road #4880

A Native Plant Society of Oregon Fieldtrip

Mt. Hood National Forest

August 8, 2009

Boulder Lake along Trail #463, Mt. Hood National Forest..............August 8, 2009.

The photo above shows Boulder Lake below the northeast-facing slopes of Echo Point, Mt. Hood N.F.....................August 8, 2009.
* Indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Leathery Grapefern: Botrychium multifidum -

Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum -

Cascade Fern: Cryptogramma (cascadensis?) -

Common Juniper: Juniperus communis var. montana -

Pacific Silver Fir: Abies amabilis -

Grand Fir: Abies grandis -

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa -

Noble Fir: Abies procera -

Western Larch: Larix occidentalis -

Engelmann Spruce: Picea engelmannii -

Western White Pine: Pinus monticola -

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta -

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii -

Mountain Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana -

Red Alder: Alnus rubra -

Sitka Alder: Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata -

Chinquapin: Castanopsis chrysophylla -

Black Cottonwood: Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa -

Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri -

Long-stolon Sedge: Carex inops ssp. inops -

Lakeshore Sedge: Carex lenticularis var. lipocarpa -

Woodrush Sedge: Carex luzulina var. abiata -

Merten's Sedge: Carex mertensii-

Presl's Sedge: Carex preslii ? -

Mountain Sedge: Carex scopulorum var. bracteosa -

Blister Sedge: Carex vesicaria -

Few-flowered Spikerush ?: Eleocharis quinqueflora -

Daggerleaf Rush: Juncus ensifolius -

Merten's Rush: Juncus mertensianus -

Parry's Rush: Juncus parryi -

Hitchcock's Wood-rush: Luzula glabrata ssp. hitchcockiana -

Many-flowered Wood-rush: Luzula multiflora ssp. multiflora -

Small-flowered Wood-rush: Luzula parviflora -

Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii ssp. lemmonii -

Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides -

Subalpine Mariposa Lily: Calochortus subalpinus - Fruits forming.

Fairy Bells / Fairy Lanterns: Disporum sp. -

False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum -

Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum -

* Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride -

* Slender Bog Orchid: Platanthera stricta -

* American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides -

* Sulphur-flowered Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. sandbergii -

* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella -

Large-leaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla -

* Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa -

* Plantain-leaved Buttercup: Ranunculus alismifolius (var. alismellus ?) -

* False Bugbane: Trautvetteria caroliniensis var. occidentalis -

* Sticky Cut-leaf Mustard: Descurainia incisa ssp. viscosa (Synonym: Descurainia incana ssp. viscosa - ??

* Western Yellowcress, Curvepod Yellowcress: Rorippa curvisiliqua -

* Brewer's Mitrewort: Mitella breweri -

* Fringed Grass-of-parnassus: Parnassia fimbriata var. hoodianus -

* Brook Saxifrage: Saxifraga odontoloma (S. arguta) -

* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala -

* Drummond's Cinquefoil: Potentilla drummondii ssp. drummondii -

* Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus -

* Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus var. parviflorus -

Sitka Mt. Ash: Sorbus sitchensis var. grayi -

Cascade Mt. Ash: Sorbus scopulina var. cascadensis -

* Woollyhead Clover ?: Trifolium eriocephalum var. eriocephalum - Possibly Trifolium longipes var. hansenii (I didn't look at the flowers).

Oregon Boxwood: Pachistima myrsinites -

* Tinker's Penny: Hypericum anagalloides -

Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus - Seen at the trailhead.

* Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium -

* Spreading Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum -

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayi -

* Cascade Desert Parsley, Martindale's Desert Parsley: Lomatium martindalei -

Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi -

Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis -

Sidebells Wintergreen: Orthillia secunda (formerly Pyrola secunda) -

* White-vein Shinleaf: Pyrola picta -

Oval-leaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium ovalifolium -

Thinleaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium membranaceum -

Grouse Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium -

Bog Huckleberry: Vaccinium uliginosum -

Alpine Shooting Star: Dodecatheon alpinum -

California Polemonium: Polemonium californicum - Just past bloom.

* Narrow-sepaled Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. leptosepala -

* Tall Bluebells ?: Mertensia paniculata ssp. borealis - Just past bloom. This could also be Mertensia ciliata which is in the area.

* Cooley's Hedge-nettle: Stachys chamissonis var. cooleyae -

*Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata ssp. miniata -

* Primrose Monkeyflower: Mimulus primuloides -

*Woodland Beardtongue: Nothochelone nemorosa -

* Bracted Lousewort: Pedicularis bracteosa (var. ?) -

* Sickle-top Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa -

* Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus var. fruticosus -

* Glaucous Penstemon: Penstemon euglaucous -

* American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii -

Oregon Bedstraw: Galium oreganum -

Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum -

Black Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. melanocarpa - Berries are ripening.

* Mt. Heliotrope: Valeriana sitchensis -

* Western Yarrow: Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis -

* Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca -

* Broadleaf Arnica: Arnica latifolia -

* Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis -

Tall Silvercrown: Cacaliopsis nardosmia ssp. glabrata -

* Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron peregrinus ssp. callianthemus var. callianthemus -

* Cascade Aster: Eucephallus ledophyllus var. ledophyllus (formerly Aster ledophyllus) -

* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum -

* Slender Hawkweed: Hieracium gracile var. gracile -

* Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri -

* False Dandelion: Hypochaeris radicata -

* Oxeye Daisy: Leucanthemum vulgare -

* Tongue-leaved Luina: Rainiera stricta (Luina stricta) -

* Rocky Mt. Groundsel: Packera streptanthifolia -

* Arrowleaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis -

* Northern Goldenrod: Solidago multiradiata -

* Leafy Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. apricum -

Bonney Meadows as seen from Bonney Butte............August 8, 2009. ----- Bonney Meadows, Mt. Hood National Forest.............August 8, 2009.

Two views of Bonney Meadows, Mt. Hood National Forest....................August 8, 2009. The photo at left was taken from atop Bonney Butte looking northeast. The photo at right shows the wildflowers blooming in the drying meadow with a cloud-enshrouded Mt. Hood in the distance.
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