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

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon

Horsepasture Trail #3529

Willamette National Forest

August 3, 2023

The Three Sisters viewed from Forest Road 1993 on the east side of Horsepasture Mountain, Willamette National Forest.....August 3, 2023.

The Three Sisters viewed from Forest Road #1993 on the east side of Horsepasture Mountain, Willamette National Forest.....August 3, 2023..

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum

Pacific Silver Fir: Abies amabilis

California White Fir: Abies concolor x grandis

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa

Noble Fir: Abies procera

Jack's Common Juniper: Juniperus communis var. jackii

Western White Pine: Pinus monticola

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Western Hemlock: Tsuga heterophylla

Mountain Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana

Vine Maple: Acer circinatum

Douglas Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii

Long-rhizome Sedge: Carex inops ssp. inops

Merten's Sedge: Carex mertensii

* Columbia Brome: Bromus vulgaris

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides (ssp. ?)

* Blue Wildrye: Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus

Wild Ginger: Asarum caudatum

Cat's Ear Mariposa: Calochortus subalpinus

Bead Lily: Clintonia uniflora

* Columbia Tiger Lily: Lilium columbianum - Fading out of bloom.

Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum

Hooker's Fairybells: Prosartes hookeri

Clasping Twisted-stalk: Streptopus amplexifolius

Western Wake-robin: Trilium ovatum

* Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride var. eschscholzianum

Beargrass: Xerophyllum tenax - Past bloom. 2023 looked like a decent bloom year.

* Rattlesnake Plantain: Goodyera oblongifolia - Beginning to bloom.

Northwestern Twayblade: Neottia banksiana - Past bloom.

Common Bastard Toad-flax: Comandra umbellata ssp. californica

* Pokeweed Fleeceflower: Aconogonon phytolaccifolium var. phytolaccifolium 

* Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

* Haussknecht's Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. haussknechtii

* Candyflower: Claytonia siberica

Largeleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla

* Douglas' Campion: Silene douglasii var. douglasii

Baneberry: Actaea rubra

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

Western Meadowrue: Thalictrum occidentale

Deer's-Foot: Achlys californica

Vanilla Leaf: Achlys triphylla

Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

* Bleeding Heart: Dicentra formosa ssp. formosa - Fading out of bloom.

* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum - Fading out of bloom.

Cream Stonecrop: Sedum oregonense

Fringecup: Tellima grandiflora

* Oneleaf Foamflower: Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata

* Piggyback Plant: Tolmiea menziesii - Fading out of bloom.

Siskiyou Gooseberry: Ribes binominatum

Prickly Currant: Ribes lacustre

Pacific Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ?)

Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor var. discolor

Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata

Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus

* Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus - Fading out of bloom.

Salmonberry: Rubus spectabilis - Fruits ripening.

Rocky Mountain Mountain Ash: Sorbus scopulina

Broadleaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

Stream Violet: Viola glabella

Round-leaved Violet: Viola orbiculata

Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus

Cascara: Rhamnus purshiana

* Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium

Enchanter's Nightshade: Circaea alpina

Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

* Diffuse Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum

Devil's Club: Oplopanax horridus

* Sharptooth Angelica: Angelica arguta

* Cow Parsnip: Heracleum maximum

Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

* Bunchberry: Cornus unalaschkensis - Fading out of bloom.

Little Pipsissewa: Chimaphila menziesii

Sidebells Pyrola: Orthilia secunda

* 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

Salmon Polemonium: Polemonium carneum

White-leaved Fendler's Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum fendleri var. albifrons

Pacific Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum tenuipes

* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. hispida

Woodland Beardtongue: Nothochelone nemorosa

* Mountain Owlclover: Orthocarpus imbricatus

Towering Lousewort: Pedicularis bracteosa var. flavida

* Sickletop Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa

Rock Penstemon: Penstemon rupicola

Oregon Bedstraw: Galium oreganum

Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

* Western Twinflower: Linnaea borealis ssp. longiflora - Fading out of bloom.

Pacific Red Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. arborescens

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos mollis

* Mountain Heliotrope: Valeriana sitchensis var. sitchensis

* Scouler's Harebell: Campanula scouleri

* Common Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor

* Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca - Fading out of 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

* Leafy Fleabane: Erigeron foliosus var. confinis

Cascade Aster: Eucephalus ledophyllus

* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

* Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

* Wall Lettuce: Mycelis muralis

* Western Coneflower: Rudbeckia occidentalis

* Arrowleaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis

* Parry's Leafybract Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. parryi - Beginning to bloom.

* Western Aster: Symphyotrichum spathulatum var. spathulatum - Beginning to bloom.


Paul Slichter