Bloom Reports for the Oregon Cascades

Todd Lake and Broken Top Hikes

Three Sisters Wilderness/ Deschutes National Forest

August 22 & 23, 1991

Todd Lake and Mt. Bachelor from ridgetop northwest of Todd Lake, 3 Sisters Wilderness........8/23/91.

Todd Lake and parking area:

1. Twinberry: Lonicera involucrata

2. Columbian Monkshood: Aconitum columbianum var. howellii

3. Western St. John's-wort: Hypericum formosum var. scouleri

4. Leafy Aster: Aster foliaceus

5. Cascade Aster: Aster ledophyllus


Broken Top from the meadows at the northern end of Sparks Lake......July 19, 1998.

Hikes to Broken Top (Ridge Directly Eastof Bend Glacier) Through Forest from Todd Lake:

1. Northern Starwort: Stellaria borealis (S. calycantha var. calycantha)

2. Slender Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca

3. Leafy Aster: Aster foliaceus

4. Cascade Aster: Aster ledophyllus

5. Spear-head Senecio: Senecio triangularis

6. Pale Groundsel: Senecio cymbalaroides

7. White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

8. Small-leaved Huckleberry: Vaccinium scoparium (in berry)

9. Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride

10. Slender Bog orchid: Habenaria saccata

11. Boreal Bog Orchid: Habenaria dilatata var. leuchostachys

12. Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes


Broken Top directly east of the rift into the mountain.......8/23/91.

13. Showy Polemonium: Polemonium pulcherrimum

14. Sulphur Flower: Eriogonum umbellatum

15. Dirty Socks: Eriogonum pyraefolium

16. Tall Mountain Shooting Star: Dodecatheon jeffryi

17. Heart-leaved Marsh-marigold: Caltha leptosepala

18. Menzie's Larspur: Delphinium menziesii var. pyramidale

19. Drummond's Cinquefoile: Potentilla drummondii

20. Oregon Saxifrage: Saxifraga oregana

21. Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata

22. Cotton Paintbrush: Castilleja arachnoidea

23. Small-flowered Paintbrush: Castilleja parviflora

24. Tall Penstemon: Penstemon procerus (tall, some with blue flowers, others with white)

25. Alpine Penstemon: Penstemon procerus var. brachyanthus C.F. or Small-flowered Penstemon: Penstemon cinicola

26. Slender Pedicularis: Pedicularis attolens

27. Bracted Pedicularis: Pedicularis bracteosa

28. Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayi

29. Martindale's Desert Parsley: Lomatium martendalei

30. Lewis' Monkey Flower: Mimulus lewisii

31. Common Monkey-flower: Mimulus guttatus

32. Tiling's Monkey-flower: Mimulus tilingii

33. Thyme-leaved Speedwell: Veronica serpyfolia or V. officinalis?????

34. Mountain Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis

35. Sitka Valerian (Mt. Heliptrope): Valerian sitchensis

36. Low Mountain Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lyallii

37. Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus

38. Partridge Foot: Luetkea pectinata


Monkey Flower along East Fork of Crater Ditch, near its headwaters, Broken Top........8/15/92.

39. Pussytoes: Antennaria sp

40. Broad-leaved Arnica: Arnica latifolia

41. Pussy Paws: Spraguea umbellata

42. Rose Heath: Phyllodoce empetriformis

43. Alpine Willow-herb: Epilobium alpinum

44. Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

45. Low Alpine Hawkweed: Hieracium gracile

46. Parry's Arnica: Arnica parryi or discoidea????

47. Noble Fir: Abies procera

48. Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta

49. White-bark Pine: Pinus albicaulis

50. Mountain Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana

51. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

52. Clasping Arnica: Arnica amplexicaulis

53. Crucifer

54. Crucifer

55. Willow: Salix sp

56. Sidebells Pyrola: Pyrola secunda

57. Bog St. John's-wort: Hypericum anagalloides

58. Phacelia hastata var. compacta

59. Spreading Gayophpytum: Gayophytum diffusum C.F.

60. Newberry's Knotweed: Polygonum newberryi

61. Silvery Raillardella: Raillardella argentea

62. Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa

63. Tolmie's Saxifrage: Saxifraga tolmei

64. Martindale's Desert Parsley: Lomatium martindalei

65. Swamp White-heads: Sphenosciadium capitellatum

66. Smooth Willow-herb: Epilobium glaberimum

67. Clliff Anemone: Anemone multifida

68. Yellow Violet: Viola glabella

69. Cut-leaf Daisy: Erigeron compositus

70. Mountain Sorrel: Oxyria digynia

71. Oval-leaved Buckwheat: Erigonum ovalifolium C.F.

72. Eschscholtz's Buttercup: Ranunculus escholtzii

73. Alpine Collomia: Colomia debilis var. larsenii

74. Densely-flowered Gilia: Gilia congesta

75. Broad-leaved Willow-herb: Epilobium latifolium C.F.

76. Lace Lip-fern: Cheilanthes gracillima


Paul Slichter