Bloom Reports for the Oregon Cascades

Elk Meadows & Lambertson Butte

Mount Hood National Forest

August 15, 1998


Wildflowers in Bloom along the trail from Hood River Meadows to Elk Meadows

Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

Prince's Pine: Chimaphila umbellata var. occidentalis

Broad-leaved Lupine: Lupinus latifolius

Leafy Pedicularis: Pedicularis racemosa

Sidebells Wintergreen: Pyrola secunda

Thin-leaved Huckleberry: Vaccinium membranaceum- Berries only- ready to eat!

Spear-head Senecio: Senecio triangularis

Northern Valerian: Valerian sitchensis

White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus

Lewis' Monkeyflower: Mimulus lewisii

Fireweed: Epilobium angustifolium

Leafy Aster: Aster foliaceus var. frondeus

Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata

Western Lungwort: Mertensia platyphylla var. subcordata

Great Hedge Nettle: Stachys coolyae

Narrow Goldenrod: Solidago canadensis var. elongata

Western Hawkweed: Hieracium albertinum

Red Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

Western St. John's Wort: Hypericum formosum var. scouleri

Mt Hood Grass-of-Parnassus: Parnassia fimbriata

Scouler's Harebell: Campanula scouleri

Alpine Willow-herb: Epilobium alpinum

Candy Flower: Montia sibirica

Primrose Monkey Flower: Mimulus primuloides

Baneberry: Actaea rubra

Slender Bog Orchid: Habenaria saccata

Merten's Coral-root: Corallorhiza mertensiana

Rattlesnake Plantain: Goodyera oblongifolia


Wildflowers in Bloom at Elk Meadows

Broad-leaved Arnica: Arnica latifolia

Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus

Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii

Mountain Bog Gentian: Gentiana calycosa

Hooded Ladies' Tresses: Spiranthes romanzoffiana

Few-leaved Butterweed: Senecio cymbalariodies

Boreal Bog Orchid: Habenaria dilatata

Western Tofieldia: Tofieldia glutinosa

Narrow Goldenrod: Solidago canadensis var. elongata

False Bugbane: Trautvetteria carolinensis

Suksdorf's Paintbrush: Castilleja suksdorfii

Yellowish Pedicularis: Pedicularis bracteosa var. flavida


Wildflowers in Bloom above Elk Meadows Along the Trail to and Above Lambertson Butte

Glaucous Penstemon: Penstemon euglaucous

Davidson's Penstemon: Penstemon davidsonii

Rosy Paintbrush: Castilleja oreopola

Green's Happlopappus: Happlopappus greenii

Low Alpine Hawkweed: Hieracium gracile

Showy Fleabane: Erigeron speciosus

Alpine Aster: Aster alpigenus

Cascade Aster: Aster ledophyllus

Alpine Pussytoes: Antennaria alpina var. media

Low Mt. Butterweed: Senecio fremontii

Varied-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla

Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. compacta

White-veined Pyrola: Pyrola picta

Pinesap: Hypopitys monotropa

Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. supalpinus

Low Mt. Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii

Pussy-paws: Spraguea umbellata

Oval-leaved Buckwheat: Eriogonum ovalifolium var. nivale

Sulphur-flowered Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. hausknechtii

Newberry's Knotweed: Polygonum newberryi

Partridge Foot: Luetkea pectinata

Dwarf Ocean Spray: Holodiscus dumosus var. glabrescens

Few-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium martindalei

Cascade Mariposa Lily: Calochortus subalpinus

Henderson's Phlox: Phlox hendersonii

Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa


Paul Slichter