Wildflowers Along the Hell Roaring Overlook Trail

Wildflowers in Bloom at Bird Creek Meadows and along the south rim above Hell Roaring Meadows:

1. Coral Fungus

2. Boletus species ?

3. Pacific Silver Fir: Abies amabilis

4. Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa

5. White Bark Pine: Pinus albicaulis

6. Mt. Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana

* 7. Sitka Willow: Salix sitchensis

* 8. Black Alpine Sedge: Carex nigricans

* 9. Showy Sedge: Carex spectabilis

* 10. Merten's Rush: Juncus mertensianus

*11. Cat's Ear: Calochortus subalpinus - Only a few left in bloom.

12. Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride

* 13. Hooded Lady's Tresses: Spiranthes romanzoffiana

*14. Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

*15. Dirty Socks: Eriogonum pyrolaefolium

*16. Sulphur-flowered Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. hausknechti

* 17. Sulphur-flowered Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. subalpinum

*18. Newberry's Fleeceflower: Polygonum newberryi

*19. Pussy-paws: Cistanthe umbellata:

*20. Mountain Sandwort: Arenaria capillaris

*21. Parry's Campion: Silene parryi

*22. Cascade Rock Cress: Arabis furcata

*23. Lyall's Rock Cress: Boechera lyallii var. lyallii

*24. Shortfruit Smelowskia: Smelowskia ovalis - lacks ciliated petiole margins

*25. Spreading Stonecrop: Sedum divergens

* 26. Saxifrage: Saxifraga bronchialis var. - A few still in bloom.

*27. Tolmie's Saxifrage: Saxifraga tolmiei

*28. Partridge Foot: Luetkea pectinata

* 29. Shrubby Cinquefoil: Pentaphylloides (Dasiphora) fruticosa

*30. Fan-leaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia

*31. Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa var.

32. Sitka Mt. Ash: Sorbus sitchensis var. grayi - Berries are green.

33. Mountain Spiraea: Spiraea densiflora - Past bloom.

* 34. Subalpine Lupine: Lupinus arcticus (Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus)

*35. Broad-leaved Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

*36. Low Mt. Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii

*37. Mt. Adams Lupine: Lupinus alpicola (L. sericeus var. fikeranus )

*38. Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii

*39. Martindale's Desert Parsley: Lomatium martindalei var. angustifolium

*40. Pink Mountain-heath: Phyllodoce empetriformis

*41. Yellow Mountain-heath: Phyllodoce glandulifera

42. Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium - In fruit.

*43. Mt. Bog Gentian: Gentiana calycosa var. calycosa - Just beginning bloom.

*44. Alpine Collomia: Collomia debilis var. larsenii

*45. Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa var. longistylis - In more abundant bloomat the base of the lateral moraine for the Mazama glacier.

*46. Showy Polemonium: Polemonium pulcherrimum - Past bloom.

*47. Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. compacta

*48. Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata

*49. Magenta Paintbrush: Castilleja parviflora var. oreopola

*50. Thompson's Paintbrush: Castilleja thompsonii

*51. Lewis' Monkeyflower: Mimulus lewisii - Beginning to bloom above.

*52. Turtle Heads: Nothochelone nemorosa

*53. Bracted Lousewort: Pedicularis bracteosa var. flavida

*54. Elephant-head Lousewort: Pedicularis groenlandica

*55. Leafy (Sickle-top) Pedicularis: Pedicularis racemosa

*56. Davidson's Penstemon: Penstemon davidsonii

57. Glaucous Penstemon: Penstemon euglaucus

*58. Small-flowered Penstemon: Penstemon procerus var. tolmiei - In full bloom at the base of the lateral moraine for the Mazama glacier.

*59. Rock Penstemon: Penstemon rupicola

*60. Northern Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis

*61. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

*62. Woolly Pussy-toes: Antennaria lanata

*63. Rosy Pussy Toes: Antennaria rosea

*64. Umber Pussy-toes: Antennaria umbrinella

*65. Broad-leaved Arnica: Arnica latifolia

*66. Alpine Aster: Aster alpigenus

*67. Cascade Aster: Aster ledophyllus

* 68. Rabbitbrush Goldenweed: Ericameria bloomeri

*69. Cut-leaf Daisy: Erigeron compositus var. glabratus

*70. Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron peregrinus ssp. callianthemus

* 71. Oregon Sunshine / Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var.

*72. Alpine Hawkweed: Hieracium gracile

*73. Woolly-weed: Hieracium scouleri var. scouleri

*74. Dwarf Hulsea: Hulsea nana

*75. Alpine Lake Agoseris: Microseris (Nothocalais ) alpestris

*76. Arrow-leaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis

* 77. Canada Goldenrod: Solidago canadensis var. salebrosa

*78. Dwarf Goldenrod: Solidago simplex ssp. simplex var. nana

A pair of Goshawks

Red-tailed Hawks

Dark-eyed Junco- numerous

Common Raven: Numerous

Camp Robber / Gray Jay- numerous

Clark's Nutcracker- numerous near timberline

Least Chipmunks: Tamias minimus ?-several

Cascades Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel: Spermophilus saturatus - One

Mountain Goats (about 20, most on Ridge of Wonders but several on slopes below and northwest of Hell Roaring Overlook)