[Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon: 2013]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Oregon

High Prairie to Lookout Mountain

Badger Creek Wilderness

July 4, 2013

 

The east face of Mt. Hood as seen from near the summit of Lookout Mountain in the Mt. Hood National Forest............July 4, 2013.

* 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

Drummond's Rush: Juncus drummondii

* Merten's Sedge: Juncus mertensianus

Parry's Rush: Juncus parryi

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

* 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

* Three-leaf Lewisia: Lewisia triphylla

* Pussypaws: Spraguea umbellata

* Mt. Sandwort: Arenaria capillaris

* Elkslip Marsh-marigold: Caltha leptosepala - Fading out of bloom.

* 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 - In bud.

* Drummond's Cinquefoil: Potentilla drummondii ssp. drummondii

* Fan-leaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia

* Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus

* Silky Lupine: Lupinus sericeus

* Clover: Trifolium (eriocephalum or longipes)

* Oregon Boxwood: Pachistima myrsinites

Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayi - In bud.

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

* Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis

Sidebells Wintergreen: Orthillia secunda

* Pink Mt. Heather: Phyllodoce empetriformis - Fading out of bloom.

* Grouse Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium

* Tall Mt. Shooting Star: Dodecatheon jeffreyi - Fading out of bloom.

* 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

* Glaucous Penstemon: Penstemon euglaucous

* Small-flowered Penstemon: Penstemon procerus var. procerus

* American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii

* Purpleflower Honeysuckle: Lonicera conjugialis

* Black Twinberry: Lonicera involucrata

* Mt. Heliotrope: Valeriana sitchensis - Beginning to bloom.

*Western Yarrow: Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea

* Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis - Beginning to bloom.

* Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii - Begining to bloom.

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

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

* Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium - Beginning to bloom.

Tongue-leaved Luina: Rainiera stricta (Luina stricta) - In bud.

Woolly Groundsel: Packera cana (Senecio canus) - In bud.

* Arrowleaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis - Beginning to bloom.

Leafy Aster: Symphyotrichum folicaceum var. apricum


Animals Observed Along This Route:

Red-breasted Nuthatches

Pine Siskins

Cassins Finches

Square-spotted Blues


Paul Slichter