Wildflower Bloom Reports for the Cascade Mountains of Oregon: 2016

Wildflowers in Bloom in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon

Tam McArthur Rim Trail #4078

Three Creeks Lake trailhead to one mile north of Broken Hand, Three Sisters Wilderness

September 15, 2016

Tam McArthur Rim with Three Creek Lake in the foreground as seen from the Tam McArthur Rim Trail #4078, Three Sisters Wilderness.........September 15, 2016.

Tam McArthur Rim with Three Creek Lake in the foreground as seen from the Tam McArthur Rim Trail #4078, Three Sisters Wilderness.........September 15, 2016.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

California White Fir: Abies concolor x grandis ? or Pacific Silver Fir: Abies amabilis ?

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa

Mountain Juniper: Juniperus communis var. saxatilis

Whitebark Pine: Pinus albicaulis

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta var. latifolia

Mountain Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana

Lace Lipfern: Cheilanthes gracillima

Parry's Rush: Juncus parryi

Hitchcock's Woodrush: Luzula hitchcockii

Brewer's Sedge: Carex breweri

Needlegrass: Achnatherum sp.

* Mountain Bentgrass: Agrostis variabilis ? or Thurber's Bentgrass: Podagrostis thurberiana ?

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

* Spike Trisetum: Trisetum spicatum

Newberry's Fleeceflower: Aconogonon davisiae var. davisiae

* Dirty Socks: Eriogonum pyrolifolium var. coryphaeum

* Haussknecht's Sulphur Flower: Eriogonum umbellatum var. haussknechtii or Modoc Sulphur Flower: Eriogonum umbellatum var. modocense ?

Pussypaws: Calyptridium umbellatum

Drummond's Anemone: Anemone drummondii var. drummondii

Howell's Rockcress: Boechera howellii ? or Lyall's Rockcress: Boechera lyallii ? - Erect fruits.

Tolmie's Saxifrage: Saxifraga tolmiei

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

Rock Spiraea: Holodiscus microphyllus var. glabrescens

Partridgefoot: Luetkea pectinata

Fanleaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia

Rocky Mountain Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis pseudorupestris var. saxicola

* Dwarf Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii - A few plants still in bloom.

* Silky Lupine: Lupinus sericeus

Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium

Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis

Pink Mountain Heather: Phyllodoce empetriformis

Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea

Grouseberry: Vaccinium scoparium

* Larsen's Mountain Trumpet: Collomia larsenii

Mountain Ballhead Gilia: Ipomopsis congesta ssp. montana

Compact Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. compacta

* Applegate's Paintbrush: Castilleja applegatei var. applegatei

* Cobwebby Paintbrush: Castilleja arachnoidea - Fading out of bloom.

Little Elephant Head: Pedicularis (attollens ?) - Basal leaves only.

* Davidson's Penstemon: Penstemon davidsonii var. davidsonii - Fading out of bloom.

* Glaucous Penstemon: Penstemon euglaucus - Fading out of bloom.

Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus var. fruticosus - Some plants with very serrate leaf margins.

Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos (oreophilus var. utahensis ?)

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Alpine Pussytoes: Antennaria media

Hoary Shasta Aster: Dieteria canescens var. canescens

* Rabbitbrush Goldenweed: Ericameria bloomeri

Slender Hawkweed: Hieracium gracile

* Dwarf Hulsea: Hulsea nana - Fading out of bloom.

* Tundra Aster: Oreostemma alpigenum var. alpigenum - A few plants still in bloom.

Silky Raillardella: Raillardella argentea

Dwarf Goldenrod: Solidago simplex var. nana


Animals Observed at this Location:

Sierra Nevada Golden-mantled Ground Squirrels

Kestrel

Prairie Falcon

Red-tailed Hawk

Common Ravens

Clark's Nutcrackers - Numerous

Mountain Bluebirds

Western Bluebirds

Dark-eyed Juncos

Yellow-rumped Warblers


Paul Slichter