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

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon

Little Badger Creek Trail #469 to the 3/4 mile point

Badger Creek Wilderness

May 10, 2015

 

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.

Ragged Lichen: Platismatia glauca

Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen: Vulpicida canadensis

Juniper Haircap Moss: Polytrichum juniperinum

Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina ssp. cyclosorum

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

Scouring Rush: Equisetum hyemale var. affine

Northern Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens

Pacific Silver Fir: Abies amabilis

Western White Pine: Pinus monticola

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Western Red Cedar: Thuja plicata

Douglas Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii

Bigleaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum

Red Alder: Alnus rubra

Golden Chinquapin: Chrysolepis chrysophylla var. chrysophylla

Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea

California Hazelnut: Corylus cornuta var. californica

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana - Found on balds uphill to the north.

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

* Annual Bluegrass: Poa annua

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

Skunk Cabbage: Lysichiton americanus

Washington Lily: Lilium washingtonianum - In bud.

* False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule

* Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum - Beginning to bloom.

* Hooker's Fairybells: Prosartes hookeri

* Western Wake-robin: Trillium ovatum - Fading out of bloom.

* Fairy Slipper Orchid: Calypso bulbosa

Coralroot: Corallorhiza sp.

Rein Orchid: Piperia sp. - Floral stems elongating.

Common Bastard Toad-flax: Comandra umbellata var. californica - In bud.

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana

* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra (ssp. depressa ?)

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

Littleleaf Miner's Lettuce: Montia parvifolia

* Largeleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla

Shining Starwort: Stellaria nitens

* Oregon Anemone: Anemone oregana

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

Cascade Oregon Grape: Berberis nervosa

Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens

* Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna

Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum - In bud.

* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera

* Three-tooth Mitrewort: Mitella trifida

Prickly Currant: Ribes lacustre

* Red-flowering Currant: Ribes sanguineum - Fading out of bloom.

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

* Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata

Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor var. discolor

* Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana (var. melanocarpa ?)

Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa - In bud.

Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus var. parviflorus

Birch-leaf Spiraea: Spiraea betulifolia var. lucida

Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis

* Desert Pea: Lathyrus lanszwertii var. aridus

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus

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

* Woolly Head Clover: Trifolium eriocephalum var. eriocephalum

* American Vetch: Vicia americana

* Stream Violet: Viola glabella

* Marsh Violet: Viola palustris

Oregon Boxwood: Paxistima myrsinites

Deer Brush: Ceanothus integerrimus - In bud.

* Mahala Mat: Ceanothus prostratus

* Buckbrush: Ceanothus sanguineus

Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium

Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea - In bud.

Sharptooth Angelica: Angelica arguta ?

* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

* Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

* Western Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis

Little Prince's Pine: Chimaphila menziesii - In bud.

Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata

Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea

White-vein Shinleaf: Pyrola picta

Flytrap Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium (var. pumilum ?)

Starflower: Trientalis latifolia

Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. alpinum

* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata

Cooley's Hedgenettle: Stachys cooleyae

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

Tapertip Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus var. attenuatus

Broadleaf Plantain: Plantago major

* Cleavers: Galium aparine

Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

Twinflower: Linnaea borealis

Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa

Elderberry: Sambucus sp.

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigata

Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos mollis

Scouler's Harebell: Campanula scouleri

Common Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor

Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa

* Racemose Pussytoes: Antennaria racemosa

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - Beginning to bloom.

* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana - in oak balds uphill to the north of the trail.

* Tall Silvercrown: Cacaliopsis nardosmia ssp. glabrata

Roughleaf Aster: Eurybia radulina

White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

Sweet Coltsfoot: Petasites frigidus var. palmatus - Past bloom.

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus

Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale


Animals Seen Along This Route:

Common Ravens

Stellers Jays

2 Racers mating !

Pale Swallowtail

Mourning Cloak

Duskywings

Brown Elfins

Western Pine Elfins

Ochre Ringlets


Paul Slichter