[Wildflower Bloom in the Oregon Cascades: 2009]

Meadows near Forest Road #4420 and Ramsey Creek

Mt. Hood National Forest

July 30, 2009

Western Giant-hyssop: Agastache occidentalis

Western giant hyssop as seen in a dry meadow off forest road #4420, Mt. Hood National Forest........................July 31, 2009.

* indicates the plant is currently in bloom.

Grand Fir: Abies grandis

Western Larch: Larix occidentalis

Engelman Spruce: Picea engelmannii

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta

Sitka Alder: Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata

Black Cottonwood: Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana

* Hood's Sedge ?: Carex hoodii

* Long Stolon Sedge: Carex inops ssp. inops

* Merten's Sedge: Carex mertensii

* Thick-headed Sedge: Carex pachystachya

* Daggerleaf Rush: Juncus ensifolius

* Merten's Rush: Juncus mertensianus

* Brome: Bromus sp.

* Orchard Grass: Dactylis glomerata

Bead Lily, Queen's Cup: Clintonia uniflora

Starry False Solomon Plume: Maianthemum stellatum

Rosy Twisted Stalk: Streptopus lanceolatus

* Slender Bog Candle: Platanthera stricta

Largeleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla

* Little Buttercup: Ranumculus uncinatus

Vanilla Leaf: Achlys triphylla

Crimson Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

* Brook Saxifrage: Saxifraga odontoloma

* Coolwort Foamflower: Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata

Prickly Currant: Ribes lacustre

Spiny Gooseberry: Ribes watsonianum

* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum

* Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla arguta ssp. convallaria ?

* Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus

Sierra Peavine: Lathyrus nevadensis var. nevadensis

* Broadleaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

* White Clover: Trifolium repens

American Vetch: Vicia americana

Enchanter's Nightshade: Circaea alpina

* Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

* Ciliate Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum ?

* Spreading Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum

* Sharptooth Angelia: Angelica arguta

* Cow Parsnip: Heracleum maximum

Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

Western Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis

Common Yampah: Perideridia gairdnerii ssp. borealis

* Sidebells Wintergreen: Orthillia secunda

Narrow-leaved Collomia: Collomia linearis -

* California Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium californicum

Varileaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla ssp. heterophylla

* Western Giant Hyssop: Agastache occidentalis

* Great Hedge Nettle: Stachys chamissonis var. cooleyae

* Common Monkey Flower: Mimulus guttatus

* Musk Monkey Flower: Mimulus moschatus

* Glaucous Penstemon: Penstemon euglaucous

* American Brooklime: Veronica americana

Twinberry: Lonicera involucrata

Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos mollis

* Sitka Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis - Fading out of bloom.

* Scouler's Harebell: Campanula scouleri

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca

Large-flowered Agoseris: Agoseris grandiflora

* Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

* Lowland Cudweed: Gnaphalium palustre

* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

* Mountain Tarweed: Madia glomerata

* 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

Western Tanagers

Lorquin's Admirals

Fritillaries

Sulphurs

Skippers

Skipper - Black wings with large white blotches

Bumble bees


Paul Slichter