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

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon

West Metolius River Trail #4018 from the Wizard Falls Fish Hatchery upstream along the west bank for one-half mile.

Deschutes National Forest

July 19, 2023

 

A view of the west side of the Three Sisters as seen from the summit of Lowder Mountain, Three Sisters Wilderness.........June 23, 2018.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum

Common Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

Ferriss' Horsetail: Equisetum x ferrissii

Northern Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens

Grand Fir: Abies grandis

Alaska Cedar: Callitropsis nootkatensis

Western Larch: Larix occidentalis

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Vine Maple: Acer circinatum

Douglas Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii

Mountain Alder: Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides (ssp. ?)

Blue Wildrye: Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus

Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

* Velvetgrass: Holcus lanatus ?

Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha

Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum

False Hellebore: Veratrum sp

* Long-spurred Bog Orchid: Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys

* Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii

Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

Western Sorrel: Rumex occidentalis

Largeleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla

* Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa - Fading out of bloom.

Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens

Pacific Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ?)

Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata

* Broad-petal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

Largeleaf Avens: Geum macrophyllum

Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor var. discolor

* Small-flowered Horkelia: Horkelia fusca ssp. parviflora

Mallow Ninebark: Physocarpus (malvaceus ?)

Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

Thimbleberry: Rubus nutkanus

* Menzie's Spiraea: Spiraea douglasii var. menziesii

* Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis

Big Deervetch: Hosackia crassifolia var. crassifolia - Fruits forming.

Dryland Nevada Pea: Lathyrus lanszwertii (var. aridus ?)

* Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus - Fading out of bloom.

Bigleaf Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus var. polyphyllus

Mahala Mat: Ceanothus prostratus

Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus

Cascara: Rhamnus purshiana

* Norton's St. John's Wort: Hypericum scouleri

Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium

* Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea - Still in bloom, but flowers are tiny.

* Diffuse Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum

Sharptooth Angelica: Angelica arguta ?

Cow Parsnip: Heracleum maximum

Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum

Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

Green-leaved Manzanita: Arctostaphylos patula

Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata

* Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedaea

Lewis' Blue Flax: Linum lewisii var. lewisii

Morning Glory: Calystegia sp.

Flytrap Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium

Broadleaf Starflower: Lysimachia latifolia

* Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora - Fading out of bloom.

* Scarlet Gilia: Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. aggregata

* Western Polemonium: Polemonium occidentale

Varileaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla ssp. virgata

Western Houndstongue: Andersonglossum occidentale - Fruits forming.

Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale - Fruits nearly ripe.

Small-flowered Forget-me-not: Myosotis laxa

* Cooley's Hedge Nettle: Stachys cooleyae

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

Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata

English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata - Wizard Falls Fish Hatchery

Common Plantain: Plantago major - Wizard Falls Fish Hatchery

* American Brooklime: Veronica americana

Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

Milk Kelloggia: Kelloggia galioides

Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa

Black Twinberry: Lonicera involucrata

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos mollis

* Common Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor

Spear-leaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa - Fruits mature.

Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides ssp. luzuloides

Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata

Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana

* Few-flowered Aster: Canadanthus modestus

White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

* Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

* Wall Lettuce: Mycelis muralis

Sweet Coltsfoot: Petasites frigidus var. palmatus

* Arrowleaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis

Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale


Paul Slichter