[Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon: 2015]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon

School Canyon Trail #468 to the Northeast Corner of Ball Point

Badger Creek Wilderness

May 10, 2015

Wildflower Bloom Along the School Canyon Trail #468 to Small Camp Near Helispot #122, Badger Creek Wilderness.........June 14, 2014.

Ball Point as seen in oak savannah along the first quarter mile or so of the School Canyon Trail, Badger Creek Wilderness...........June 14, 2014.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

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Cowpie Lichen: Diploschistes muscorum

Tube Lichen: Hypogymnia sp.

Brown-eyed Wolf Lichen: Letharia columbiana

Ragged Lichen: Platismatia glauca

Juniper Haircap Moss: Polytrichum juniperinum

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Northern Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens

Pacific Silver Fir: Abies amabilis

Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Douglas Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii

* Pacific Dogwood: Cornus nuttallii

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii ssp. lemmonii

* Soft Brome: Bromus hordeaceus

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

Squirrel-tail Grass: Elymus elymoides (ssp. ?)

Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis ?

* Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha - Beginning to bloom.

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata - Beginning to bloom.

* Barren Fescue: Vulpia bromoides

Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - In bud.

Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus

Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. grandiflorum - Past bloom.

Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Pods developing.

* Panicled Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum - Blooming on east side of Ball Point, past bloom elsewhere.

* Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum

White-flowered Rein Orchid: Piperia candida ?

* Common Bastard Toad-flax: Comandra umbellata var. californica - Beginning to bloom.

* Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - Cream-flowered form. Beginning to bloom.

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum (var. proliferum ?)

Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii

Western Spring Beauty: Claytonia lanceolata var. lanceolata

* Red-Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra

* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis - Fading out of bloom.

Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum - Past bloom.

Largeleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla - Still blooming on Ball Point.

Douglas' Campion: Silene douglasii var. douglasii

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

* Cascade Oregon Grape: Berberis nervosa - Blooming on Ball Point.

Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna

Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods going to seed.

Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum - In bud.

Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

* Thick-leaved Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa - Still in bloom on Ball Point.

* Pacific Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. alnifolia ?)

* Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata

* Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum - Beginning to bloom.

Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor var. discolor

* Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. glandulosa ? - Leafy bracteate inflorescence, petals rounded, cream-colored and shorter than the sepals. There is a possibility these could be var. wrangelliana.

Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata

* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - Still in bloom higher on Ball Point.

Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa - In bud.

* Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus

Birch-leaf Spiraea: Spiraea betulifolia var. lucida

* Desert Pea: Lathyrus lanszwertii var. aridus

* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus

Thickleaf Deervetch: Lotus crassifolius var. crassifolius

Nevada Deervetch: Lotus nevadensis var. douglasii

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus

Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus - Leaves only, but this is the pink-flowered form.

Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Past bloom.

* American Vetch: Vicia americana

Oregon Boxwood: Pachistima myrsinites

Deer Brush: Ceanothus integerrimus - In bud.

Mahala Mat: Ceanothus prostratus

* Buckbrush: Ceanothus sanguineus

Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus

Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium

* Slender Godetia: Clarkia gracilis - Beginning to bloom.

Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea - In bud.

Salt and Pepper: Lomatium gormanii or L. piperi

Large-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum - Fruits maturing.

* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

* Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

White-vein Shinleaf: Pyrola picta

Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana

Flytrap Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium (var. pumilum ?)

Desert Shooting Stars: Dodecatheon conjugens ? - Past bloom.

Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora - In bud.

* Bolander's Babystars: Leptosiphon bolanderi

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - Still only blooming on Ball Point.

* Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. alpinum - Still in bloom on Ball Point.

Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata -? In bud.

* Threadleaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis

* Cryptanth: Cryptantha sp. - Small flowers.

* Blue Scorpion Grass: Myosotis micrantha

* Little Combseed: Pectocarya pusilla

* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. acuta

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata var. miniata

* Hairy Owl-clover: Castilleja tenuis

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Fading out of bloom.

* Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora

* Cleavers: Galium aparine

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigata

Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos mollis

* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera - Fading out of bloom.

Scouler's Harebell: Campanula scouleri

* Common Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor

Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla - Past bloom.

* Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa

Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - Going to seed.

* Racemose Pussytoes: Antennaria racemosa

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea - Beginning to bloom.

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - Beginning to bloom.

* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana

* Blepharipappus: Blepharipappus scaber

* Tall Silvercrown: Cacaliopsis nardosmia ssp. glabrata

Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare

Hall's Goldenweed: Columbiadoria hallii

Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia

* Low Hawksbeard: Crepis modocensis ?

Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis

Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Past bloom.

Rayless Fleabane: Erigeron inornatus var. inornatus

* Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis - Beginning to bloom.

* Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum (var. integrifolium ?)

White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum - In bud.

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

* Lemon-scented Tarweed: Madia citriodora - Beginning to bloom.

* Threadstem Tarweed: Madia exigua - Beginning to bloom.

* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - Seed heads well developed.

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus

Salsify: Tragopogon dubius


Animals Seen Along This Route:

California Ground Squirrels

Red-tailed Hawk

Turkey Vultures

Kestrels

Hairy Woodpecker

Lewis' Woodpeckers

Northern Flickers

Common Ravens

Stellers Jays

Townsend's Solitaires

Western Bluebirds

Chipping Sparrows

Western Wood Peewees

Lazuli Buntings

Red-breasted Nuthatches

House Wrens

Vaux's Swifts

Rufous Hummingbird

Anise Swallowtail

Duskywings

Large Fritillary

Acmon Blues ?

Boisduval Blues

Spring Azures

Square-spotted Blue

Bramble Green Hairstreaks

Sheridan's Green Hairstreaks

Brown Elfins

Ochre Ringlets

5 Spot Lady Bug

Very Large Bumble Bees


Paul Slichter