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

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon

Clear Lake via the Clear Lake Trail #4341 and McKenzie River Trail #3507

Willamette National Forest

August 2, 2023

Clear Lake looking west from one of the lava flows on the east side of the lake, Willamette National Forest......August 2, 2023.

Clear Lake looking west from one of the lava flows on the east side of the lake, Willamette National Forest......August 2, 2023.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

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

Common Juniper: Juniperus communis var. saxicola

Western White Pine: Pinus monticola

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Western Hemlock: Tsuga heterophylla

Vine Maple: Acer circinatum

Douglas Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii

Rocky Mountain Maple: Acer glabrum var. glabrum

Red Alder: Alnus rubra

Giant Chinquapin: Chrysolepis chrysophylla var. chrysophylla

Red-osier Dogwood: Cornus sericea

California Hazel: Corylus cornuta var. californica

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana

Wild Ginger: Asarum caudatum

False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule

Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum

Western Wake-robin: Trilium ovatum ssp. ovatum

Beargrass: Xerophyllum tenax

* Rattlesnake Plantain: Goodyera oblongifolia - Beginning to bloom.

* Candyflower: Claytonia siberica

Largeleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla

Baneberry: Actaea rubra

Deer's-Foot: Achlys californica

Vanilla Leaf: Achlys triphylla

Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

Cascade Oregon Grape: Berberis nervosa

Cream Stonecrop: Sedum oregonense

* Oneleaf Foamflower: Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata

Prickly Currant: Ribes lacustre

Pacific Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ?)

* Bush Oceanspray: Holodiscus microphyllus var. glabrescens - Fading out of bloom.

Pacific Ninebark: Physocarpus capitatus

Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus

Rocky Mountain Mountain Ash: Sorbus scopulina

* Menzie's Spiraea: Spiraea douglasii var. menziesii

Round-leaved Violet: Viola orbiculata

* Tinker's Penny: Hypericum anagalloides

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

Cascara: Rhamnus purshiana

* Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium

Cow Parsnip: Heracleum maximum

Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis

Green-leaf Manzanita: Arctostaphylos patula

Little Pipsissewa: Chimaphila menziesii

Sidebells Pyrola: Orthilia secunda

* White-vein Shinleaf: Pyrola picta

Pacific Rhododendron: Rhododendron macrophyllum

Thinleaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium membranaceum - Fruits forming.

Broadleaf Starflower: Lysimachia latifolia

* Lance-leaved Figwort: Scrophularia lanceolata

Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

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

Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa

* Blue Elderberry: Sambucus mexicana

Pacific Red Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. arborescens

Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos mollis

Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor

* Western Boneset: Ageratina occidentalis

* Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

* Wall Lettuce: Mycelis muralis


Paul Slichter