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

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon

Scott Mountain via the Benson Lake Trail #3502 and Scott Mountain Trail #4339 from the Scott Lake Trailhead

Mount Washington Wilderness

July 18, 2023

A view east towards the Cascade crest from the summit of Scott Mountain, Mount Washington Wilderness.........July 18, 2023.

A view east towards the Cascade crest from the summit of Scott Mountain, Mount Washington Wilderness.........July 18, 2023. Mount Jefferson (with Mt. Hood peaking over its right shoulder) can be seen at left with the North Sister in vie at right.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum

Northern Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta var. latifolia

Western Hemlock: Tsuga heterophylla

Mountain Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana

Oregon Boxwood: Paxistima myrsinites

Parry's Rush: Juncus parryi

Hitchcock's Woodrush: Luzula hitchcockii

Hall's Sedge: Carex halliana - Perigynia maturing.

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

* California Brome: Bromus sitchensis var. carinatus

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides (ssp. ?)

* Blue Wildrye: Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus

* Green Fescue: Festuca viridula ?

Floating Bur-reed: Sparganium angustifolium

* Cat's Ear Mariposa: Calochortus subalpinus

Bead Lily: Clintonia uniflora

* Washington Lily: Lilium washingtonianum ssp. purpurascens

Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride var. eschscholzianum

* Beargrass: Xerophyllum tenax

* Newberry's Fleeceflower: Aconogonon davisiae var. davisiae

Hairy Shasta Buckwheat: Eriogonum pyrolifolium var. coryphaeum

* Haussknecht's Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. haussknechtii

* Lyall's Anemone: Anemone lyallii

* Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

Howell's Rockcress: Boechera howellii - Fruits developing.

* Alpine Pennycress: Noccaea fendleri ssp. glauca

* Brewer's Mitrewort: Pectiantia breweri

* Broad-petal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

* Partridgefoot: Luetkea pectinata - Fading out of bloom.

Drummond's Cinquefoil: Potentilla drummondii

* Fringe-leaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia

Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus

Dwarf Mountain Ash: Sorbus sitchensis var. grayi

* Subalpine Spiraea: Spiraea splendens

* Broadleaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus

* Silky Lupine: Lupinus sericeus

* Macloskey's Violet: Viola macloskeyi

* Round-leaved Violet: Viola orbiculata

* Valley Violet: Viola vallicola var. major

Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium

* Small-flowered Willowherb: Epilobium minutum

Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayi

* Cascade Desert Parsley: Lomatium martindalei

Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis

* Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata

Alpine Wintergreen: Gaultheria humifusa

Sidebells Pyrola: Orthilia secunda - In bud.

* Pink Mountain Heather: Phyllodoce empetriformis

Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedaea

Thinleaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium membranaceum - Green fruits forming.

Oval-leaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium ovalifolium

Grouseberry: Vaccinium scoparium

* Jeffrey's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon jeffreyi

* Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa

* Magenta Paintbrush: Castilleja parviflora var. oreopola

* Primrose Monkeyflower: Erythranthe primuloides

* Sickletop Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa

* Cardwell's Penstemon: Penstemon cardwellii

* Pacific Red Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. arborescens

* Mountain Heliotrope: Valeriana sitchensiss

Pearly Everlastings: Anaphalis margaritacea

* Cascade Aster: Eucephalus ledophyllus - Beginning to bloom.

* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

* Alpine Hawkweed: Hieracium triste

* Mountain Dandylion: Nothocalais alpestris

Arrowleaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis

Parry's Leafybract Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. parryi - In bud.

Paul Slichter