[Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon: 2012]
Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Oregon

Top Spur Trail to Bald Mt. and the Round the Mt. Trail #600 to McNeil Point

Mt. Hood

August 19, 2012

Wildflower meadows on the north side of McNeil Point with Mount Hood in the background........August 19, 2012.

The photo above shows the northwestern slopes of Mt. Hood as seen from along the Timberline Trail #600 at the northern base of McNeil Point (timbered ridgeline at upper right).....................August 19, 2012.
* Indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Western Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina ssp. cyclosorum

Deer Fern: Blechnum spicant

Sword Fern: Polystichum munitum

Northern Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens

Clubmoss: Lycopodium sp. - ?

Common Juniper: Juniperus communis var. montana

Pacific Silver Fir: Abies amabilis

Grand Fir: Abies grandis

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa

Noble Fir: Abies procera

Common Juniper: Juniperus communis - Attractive bluish "berries" formed on plants at McNeil Pt.

Whitebark Pine: Pinus albicaulis

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii

Western Red Cedar: Thuja plicata

Western Hemlock: Tsuga heterophylla

Mountain Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana

Vine Maple: Acer circinatum

Douglas Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii

Sitka Alder: Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata

California Hazelnut: Corylus cornuta var. californica

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana

Willow: Salix sp.

* Merten's Sedge: Carex mertensii

* Black Alpine Sedge: Carex nigricans

* Showy Sedge: Carex spectabilis

* Merten's Rush: Juncus mertensianus

* Drummond's Rush: Juncus drummondii

* Hitchcock's Smooth Woodrush: Luzula glabrata var. hitchcockii

* Small-flowered Woodrush: Luzula parviflora

* Piper's Woodrush: Luzula piperi ?

* Alaska Brome, Sitka Brome: Bromus sitchensis

* Alpine Timothy: Phleum alpinum

Queen's Cup: Clintonia uniflora

* Avalanche Lily: Erythronium montanum

Columbia Lily: Lilium columbianum - Past bloom.

False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum

Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum

Rosy Twisted Stalk: Streptopus lanceolatus

Wood Lily: Trillium ovatum

* Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride - Some just past bloom in the vicinity of McNeil Point.

* Beargrass: Xerophyllum tenax

Coralroot: Corallorhiza sp.

* Rattlesnake Plantain: Goodyera oblongifolia - A few plants still in bloom.

* Wild Ginger: Asarum caudatum

* American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides

* Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

* Naked Buckwheat: Eriogonum nudum - A few still in bloom at Bald Mt.

* Sandberg's Sulphur-flowered Buckwheat ? : Eriogonum umbellatum (var. sandbergii ?)

* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii

Pussypaws: Cistanthe umbellata var. caudicifera

Little-leaf Montia: Montia parvifolia

* Douglas' Campion: Silene douglasii - Mostly past bloom.

Suksdorf's Catchfly: Silene suksdorfii - Past bloom on McNeil Point.

* Baneberry: Actaea rubra - A few plants with flowers, but most have ripening berries.

Western Pasqueflower: Anemone occidentalis

* Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

White Marsh-marigold: Caltha leptosepala var. howellii

* False Bugbane: Trautvetteria caroliniensis var. occidentalis

Vanilla Leaf: Achlys triphylla

Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens - Bald Mt.

Inside-out-flower: Vancouveria hexandra

* Western Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum - Fading out of bloom at Bald Mt.

* Broad-leaved Stonecrop: Sedum spathulifolium

* Brewer's Mitrewort: Mitella breweri

* Rusty Saxifrage: Saxifraga ferruginea var. macounii

* Tolmie's Saxifrage: Saxifraga tolmiei

* Foamflower: Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata

Maple-leaved Currant: Ribes acerifolium

Swamp Currant: Ribes lacustre

Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia

Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata

Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

* Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

* Partridgefoot: Luetkea pectinata - A few plants beginning to bloom below McNeil Pt.

* Fan-leaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia

Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa (var. ?)

Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata

Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

* Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus

* Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus var. parviflorus

* Five-leaf Bramble: Rubus pedatus - Fading out of bloom.

Salmonberry: Rubus specatabilis

Pacific Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus

Cascade Mt. Ash: Sorbus scopulina var. cascadensis

Sitka Mt. Ash: Sorbus sitchensis var. grayi

* Birch-leaf Spiraea: Spiraea betulifolia

* Rose Meadowsweet: Spiraea splendens var. splendens (formerly Spiraea densiflora)

* Spurred lupine: Lupinus arbustus

* Arctic Lupine: Lupinus arcticus

* Broadleaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

* Dwarf Lupine: Lupinus sellulus ssp. sellulus var. lobbii (formerly Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii) - Blooming atop McNeil Pt.

American Vetch: Vicia americana

Oregon Boxwood: Pachistima myrsinites

Stream Violet: Viola glabella

Roundleaf Violet: Viola orbiculata

* Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium

Enchanter's Nightshade: Circaea alpina ssp. pacifica

* Yellow-flowered Willowherb: Epilobium luteum

Devil's Club: Oploplanax horridum

* Sharp-tooth Angelica: Angelica arguta

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayi

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

Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza sp.

Bunchberry: Cornus unalaschkensis

Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis

* White Mountain Heather: Cassiope mertensiana

Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata

False Huckleberry: Menziesia ferruginea ?

* Pinesap: Monotropa hypopithys

*Sidebells Wintergreen: Orthillia secunda (formerly Pyrola secunda)

* Pink Heather: Phyllodoce empetriformis - Fading out of bloom on the slopes below McNeil Point.

* Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea

* White-vein Shinleaf: Pyrola picta

* Cascade Azalea: Rhododendron albiflorum var. albiflorum - Fading out of bloom.

Western Rhododendron: Rhododendron macrophyllum

Dwarf Huckleberry: Vaccinium caespitosum

Thinleaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium membranaceum

Oval-leaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium ovalifolium

Grouse Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium

* Mt. Bog Gentian: Gentiana calycosa

* Tall Mt. Shooting Star: Dodecatheon jeffreyi

* Bluefields Gilia: Gilia capitata - Fading out of bloom on Bald Mt.

Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa

* California Polemonium: Polemonium californicum

* Varileaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla

* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata ssp. miniata

* Magenta Paintbrush: Castilleja parviflora var. oreopola

* Suksdorf's Paintbrush: Castilleja suksdorfii

* Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus

* Lewis' Monkeyflower: Mimulus lewisii - Beginning to bloom in a creek just NE of McNeil Point.

* Tiling's Monkeyflower: Mimulus tilingii

* Woodland Beardtongue: Nothochelone nemorosa

* Elephant Heads: Pedicularis groenlandica

* Sickle-top Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa

Small-flowered Penstemon: Penstemon procerus var. tolmiei - Just past bloom atop McNeil Point.

Rock Penstemon: Penstemon rupicola

* Cascade Penstemon: Penstemon serrulatus - Fading out of bloom.

* American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii

Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea - Berries forming.

* Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos hesperius

* Mt. Heliotrop: Valeriana sitchensis

* Scouler's Harebell: Campanula scouleri

* Common Yarrow: Achillea millefolium var. alpicola

* Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

Slender Alpine Arnica: Arnica gracilis (Arnica latifolia var. gracilis)

* Broadleaf Arnica: Arnica latifolia

* Douglas' Wormwood: Artemisia douglasiana

* Indian Thistle: Cirsium brevistylum

* Greene's Goldenweed: Ericameria greenei

* Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron glacialis ssp. glacialis -

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

* Rough Aster: Eurybia radulina

* Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum

* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

* Slender Hawkweed: Hieracium gracile var. gracile

* Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

* Wall Lettuce: Lactuca muralis - Blooming at the trailhead.

* Alpine Aster: Oreostemma alpigenum var. alpigenum (formerly Aster alpigenus var. alpigenus)

* Arrowleaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis

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

Dwarf Goldenrod: Solidago simplex ssp. simplex var. nana

Mt. Hood from the eastern base of McNeil Point........August 19, 2012. - Suksdorf's paintbrush blooming in meadows north of McNeil Point, Mt. Hood..........August 19, 2012.

Wildflower meadows on the north side of McNeil Point, Mt. Hood...........August 19, 2012. The photo at right shows close-ups of Suksdorf's paintbrush (Castilleja suksdorfii), subalpine daisy (Erigeron glacialis) and american bistort (Bistorta bistortoides) and arctic lupine (Lupinus arcticus) in the background. The creek in the photo at right is either the upper portions of McGee Creek or Ladd Creek.
Animals Seen Along This Route:

Chipmunks

Pikas

Coopers Hawk or Goshawk

Light-phase Red-tailed Hawk

Turkey Vultures

Ravens

Stellers Jays

Dark-eyed Juncos

Chipping Sparrows

Pine Siskins

Wilson's Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Chestnut-backed Chickadees

Red-breasted Nuthatches

Golden-crowned Kinglets

Winter Wrens

Garter Snake

Elegant Day Moth

Hoary Commas

Painted Lady

Lorquin's Admirals

Orange Sulfur

Fritillarys

Blues

Coppers

Monocot Skippers

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