[Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon: 2021]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Oregon

High Prairie to Lookout Mountain

Badger Creek Wilderness

July 31, 2021

Wildflower meadows at High Prairie, the trailhead for the hike to Lookout Mt., Mt. Hood National Forest......July 31, 2021. - Mt. Hood viewed from the summit of Lookout Mountain, Badger Creek Wilderness.....July

The photo at right shows the east face of Mt. Hood as seen from the summit of Lookout Mountain, Badger Creek Wilderness............July 31, 2021.

* Indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Bolete: Boletus sp.

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

* Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride var. escholtzianum

* Fleeceflower: Aconogonon davisiae var. davisiae - Fading out of bloom

* American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides - Fading out of bloom.

* Hausschnect'sSulphur-flowered Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. hausschnechtii

* Pussypaws: Calyptridium umbellatum - Fading out of bloom.

Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum

Howell's Rockcress: Boechera howellii ? - Fruits maturing.

Alpine Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica var. alpina

Brewer's Mitrewort: Mitella breweri

* Rusty Saxifrage: Saxifraga ferruginea var. macounii - Fading out of bloom.

* Partridgefoot: Luetkea pectinata

* Fan-leaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia - Fading out of bloom.

Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus

* Silky Lupine: Lupinus sericeus

Oregon Boxwood: Paxistima myrsinites

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayi

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

* Sidebells Wintergreen: Orthillia secunda

Pink Mt. Heather: Phyllodoce empetriformis

Grouse Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium - Fruits ripening.

* Scarlet Gilia: Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. aggregata

Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa

California Polemonium: Polemonium californicum

* Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. compacta - Fading out of bloom.

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata ssp. miniata

* Suksdorf's Paintbrush: Castilleja suksdorfii

* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata

* Primrose Monkeyflower: Erythranthe primuloides

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

* Small-flowered Penstemon: Penstemon procerus var. procerus

* American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii

Black Twinberry: Lonicera involucrata - Berries forming.

* Mt. Heliotrope: Valeriana sitchensis - Fading out of bloom.

* Western Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis

* Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii

* Greene's Goldenweed: Ericameria greenei

Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron peregrinus ssp. callianthemus var. callianthemus

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

* Cascade Aster: Eucephallus ledophyllus var. ledophyllus

Tongue-leaved Luina: Rainiera stricta - Fading out of bloom.

* Woolly Groundsel: Packera cana

* Arrowleaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis - Beginning to bloom.

* Leafybract Aster: Symphyotrichum folicaceum var. parryi


Paul Slichter