[Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon: 2023]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon

Cone Peak Trail #3408 from Tombstone Pass via Tombstone Meadows to Cone Peak

Willamette National Forest

July 17, 2023

Wildflowers along the Cone Peak Trail #3408, Willamette National Forest.....July 17, 2023.

Wildflowers along the Cone Peak Trail #3408, Willamette National Forest.....July 17, 2023..

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum

Lace Lipfern: Cheilanthes gracillima

American Rockbrake: Cryptogramma acrostichoides

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Western Sword Fern: Polystichum munitum

Northern Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens

Pacific Silver Fir: Abies amabilis

Grand Fir: Abies grandis

Noble Fir: Abies procera

Alaska Cedar: Callitropsis nootkatensis

Jack's Common Juniper: Juniperus communis var. jackii

Engelmann Spruce: Picea engelmannii

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Western Hemlock: Tsuga heterophylla

Mountain Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana

Vine Maple: Acer circinatum

Douglas Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii

Oregon Boxwood: Paxistima myrsinites

* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii ssp. lemmonii ?

* California Brome: Bromus sitchensis var. carinatus

* Slender Woodreed: Cinna latifolia

* Orchard Grass: Dactylis glomerata - At trailhead.

* California Oatgrass: Danthonia californica

One-spike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides (ssp. ?)

* Blue Wildrye: Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus

Wild Ginger: Asarum caudatum

* Scalloped Onion: Allium crenulatum - Fading out of bloom.

* Cat's Ear Mariposa: Calochortus subalpinus

* Bead Lily: Clintonia uniflora

* Columbia Tiger Lily: Lilium columbianum

Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum

Hooker's Fairybells: Prosartes hookeri

Rosy Twisted-stalk: Streptopus lanceolatus

Western Wake-robin: Trilium ovatum

Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum

Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride var. eschscholzianum

Beargrass: Xerophyllum tenax

* Merten's Coralroot: Corallorhiza mertensiana

Rattlesnake Plantain: Goodyera oblongifolia - In bud.

* Western Heart-leaved Twayblade: Neottia cordata

* Alaska Rein-orchid: Platanthera unalascensis

Common Bastard Toad-flax: Comandra umbellata ssp. californica

* Newberry's Fleeceflower: Aconogonon davisiae var. davisiae

* Pokeweed Fleeceflower: Aconogonon phytolaccifolium var. phytolaccifolium 

* Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

* Barestem Buckwheat: Eriogonum nudum var. nudum

* Haussknecht's Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. haussknechtii

* Cascade Knotweed: Polygonum cascadense

* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii

Leafy Dwarf Knotweed: Polygonum minimum

* Candyflower: Claytonia siberica

Littleleaf Montia: Montia parvifolia

Slender Mountain Sandwort: Eremogone capillaris var. americana

Largeleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla

* Douglas' Campion: Silene douglasii var. douglasii

Baneberry: Actaea rubra

* Windflower: Anemone deltoidea

* Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

* Menzie's Larkspur: Delphinium menziesii - Fading out of bloom.

Deer's-Foot: Achlys californica

Vanilla Leaf: Achlys triphylla

Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

Western Dutchman's Breeches: Dicentra cucullaria - Leaves. ??????

* Bleeding Heart: Dicentra formosa ssp. formosa

* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum (capitatum var. capitatum ?)

Cascade Stonecrop: Sedum divergens

* Cream Stonecrop: Sedum oregonense - Fading out of bloom.

Pacific Mitrewort: Ozomelis trifida

* Oneleaf Foamflower: Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata

* Piggyback Plant: Tolmiea menziesii

Siskiyou Gooseberry: Ribes binominatum

Prickly Currant: Ribes lacustre

Pacific Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ?)

* Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. glandulosa

* Nevada Cinquefoil: Drymocallis lactea var. lactea ?

* Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata

Broad-petal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

* Largeleaf Avens: Geum macrophyllum

Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor var. discolor

* Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata

Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata

Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa ssp. gymnocarpa - Past bloom.

Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus

* Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus

Salmonberry: Rubus spectabilis - Fruits ripening.

Rocky Mountain Mountain Ash: Sorbus scopulina

* Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus

* Broadleaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

* American Vetch: Vicia americana

Round-leaved Violet: Viola orbiculata

Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus

Cascara: Rhamnus purshiana

* Klamathweed: Hypericum perforatum

* Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium

* Enchanter's Nightshade: Circaea alpina

* Diffuse Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum

Devil's Club: Oplopanax horridus

* Sharptooth Angelica: Angelica arguta

* Cow Parsnip: Heracleum maximum

* Cascade Desert Parsley: Lomatium martindalei - Fading out of bloom.

Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens

* Bunchberry: Cornus unalaschkensis

Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis

* Little Pipsissewa: Chimaphila menziesii

* Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata

Sidebells Pyrola: Orthilia secunda - In bud.

* White-vein Shinleaf: Pyrola picta

Thinleaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium membranaceum - Green fruits forming.

Oval-leaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium ovalifolium

* Broadleaf Starflower: Lysimachia latifolia

* Bluefields Gilia: Gilia capitata

* Scarlet Gilia: Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. aggregata

* Harkness' Flaxflower: Leptosiphon harknessii - Beginning to bloom.

* Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa - Fading out of bloom.

* Salmon Polemonium: Polemonium carneum

* Pacific Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum tenuipes

Austin's Small-flowered Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora var. austiniae

* Oregon Phacelia: Phacelia nemoralis ssp. oregonensis

* Jessica Sticktight: Hackelia micrantha

* Northern Bluebells: Mertensia paniculata var. borealis

* Lance-leaved Heal-all: Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata

* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. hispida

* Coast Monkeyflower: Erythranthe dentata

* Woodland Beardtongue: Nothochelone nemorosa

* Mountain Owlclover: Orthocarpus imbricatus

Sickletop Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa - In bud.

* Cascade Penstemon: Penstemon serrulatus

Cleavers: Galium aparine

* Oregon Bedstraw: Galium oreganum

Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

Western Twinflower: Linnaea borealis ssp. longiflora

Pacific Red Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. arborescens

Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos mollis

* Mountain Heliotrope: Valeriana sitchensis

* Scouler's Harebell: Campanula scouleri

* Common Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor

Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca - Past bloom.

* Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

* Gray Sagewort: Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. candicans - Beginning to bloom.

* Mountain Thistle: Cirsium remotifolium var. odontolepis

Hall's Goldenweed: Columbiadoria hallii - In bud.

* Alice's Fleabane: Erigeron aliceae

* Showy Fleabane: Erigeron speciosus

* Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum (var. leucophyllum ?) -

Cascade Aster: Eucephalus ledophyllus

* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

* Oxeye Daisy: Leucanthemum vulgare - At trailhead.

* Wall Lettuce: Mycelis muralis

* Tongue-leaved Luina: Rainiera stricta

* Western Coneflower: Rudbeckia occidentalis

* Arrowleaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis


Paul Slichter