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

High Prairie to Lookout Mt. via the trail that proceeds south through the middle of the prairie

Mt. Hood National Forest

July 30, 2009

Wildflowers in bloom in High Prairie, Mt. Hood National Forest............July 31, 2009.

Hairy arnica (Arnica mollis) in bloom at High Prairie in the Mt. Hood National Forest......................July 31, 2009.
* Indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Common Juniper: Juniperus communis var. montana -

Grand Fir: Abies grandis -

Engelmann Spruce: Picea engelmannii -

Whitebark Pine: Pinus albicaulis -

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta -

Western White Pine: Pinus monticola -

Mountain Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana -

Chinquapin: Castanopsis chrysophylla -

Woodrush Sedge: Carex luzulina -

* Merten's Sedge: Carex mertensii -

Drummond's Rush: Juncus drummondii -

Merten's Sedge: Juncus mertensianus -

Parry's Rush: Juncus parryi -

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

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

Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii var. lemmonii -

Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides -

Common Timothy: Phleum pratense ssp. pratense -

* Tall Swamp Onion: Allium validum -

* Subalpine Mariposa Lily: Calochortus subalpinus -

Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride -

* Fleeceflower: Aconogonon davisiae var. davisiae -

* American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides -

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

* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii -

Three-leaf Lewisia: Lewisia triphylla -

* Pussypaws: Spraguea umbellata -

Mt. Sandwort: Arenaria capillaris -

* Douglas' Campion: Silene douglasii - Fading out of bloom.

Elkslip Marsh-marigold: Caltha leptosepala -

* Hartweg's Buttercup, Plantain-leaved Buttercup: Ranunculus alismifolius var. hartwegii -

* False Bugbane: Trautvetteria caroliniensis var. occidentalis -

* Cascade Rockcress: Arabis furcata var. furcata -

* Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum -

Alpine Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica var. alpina -

Brewer's Mitrewort: Mitella breweri -

* Rusty Saxifrage: Saxifraga ferruginea var. macounii -

* Partridgefoot: Luetkea pectinata -

Drummond's Cinquefoil: Potentilla drummondii ssp. drummondii -

* Fan-leaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia -

Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus -

Sitka Mt. Ash: Sorbus sitchensis var. grayi -

Broadleaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius -

Silky Lupine: Lupinus sericeus -

* Clover: Trifolium (eriocephalum or longipes) - fading out of bloom.

* American Vetch: Vicia americana -

Oregon Boxwood: Pachistima myrsinites -

* Tinker's Penny: Hypericum anagalloides -

Cow-parsnip: Heracleum maximum -

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayi -

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

Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis -

Sidebells Wintergreen: Orthillia secunda (formerly Pyrola secunda) -

Pink Mt. Heather: Phyllodoce empetriformis -

* Grouse Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium -

* Tall Mt. Shooting Star: Dodecatheon jeffreyi -

* Scarlet Gilia: Ipomopsis aggregata -

*Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa - Fading out of bloom.

* California Polemonium: Polemonium californicum -

* Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. compacta -

*Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata ssp. miniata -

* Suksdorf's Paintbrush: Castilleja suksdorfii -

* Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus -

* Sickle-top Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa -

* Glaucous Penstemon: Penstemon euglaucous -

* Small-flowered Penstemon: Penstemon procerus var. procerus -

* American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii -

Small Bedstraw: Galium trifidum -

* Black Twinberry: Lonicera involucrata -

Red (or Black) Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa (var. ?) -

* Mt. Heliotrope: Valeriana sitchensis -

*Western Yarrow: Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis -

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea - Fading out of bloom.

* Broadleaf Arnica: Arnica latifolia -

* Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis -

* Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii -

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

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

* Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum -

* Slender Hawkweed: Hieracium gracile var. gracile -

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

* Woolly Groundsel: Packera cana (Senecio canus) -

* Arrowleaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis -

Rocky Mt. Canada Goldenrod: Solidago lepida var. salebrosa -

Leafy Aster: Symphyotrichum folicaceum var. apricum -

A view west to Mt. Hood from Lookout Mt., Mt. Hood National Forest..............July 31, 2009. ----- View northeast across the eastern slopes of the Mt. Hood National Forest................July 31, 2009.

Two views from near the summit of Lookout Mt, Mt. Hood National Forest.................July 31, 2009. The photo at left is viewed westward towards Mt. Hood while the photo at right shows forested slopes in a view to the northeast. Normally the view in this direction would be quite stupendous as on a good day, one could see the Blue Mts. in the vicinity of Pendleton, OR (perhaps 120 miles away) from here.
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