Wildflowers in Bloom Along the Ironstone Trail #1141

* Denotes the plant was in bloom.

Coral Fungus: Ramaria sp. ?

American Wolf Lichen: Letharia columbiana

Juniper Haircap Moss: Polytrichum juniperinum ?

Grand Fir: Abies grandis ?

Sub-alpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa

Alaska Cedar: Chamaecyparis nookatensis

Common Juniper: Juniperus communis var. montana

Oregon Boxwood: Paxistima myrsinites

Whitebark Pine: Pinus albicaulis

Western White Pine: Pinus monticola

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii (var. menziesii ?)

Mountain Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana

Parry's Rush: Juncus parryi

Smooth Wood-rush: Luzula hitchcockii

Western Needlegrass: Achnatherum (occidentale ssp. occidentale ?)

Mountain Brome: Bromus carinatus var. marginatus

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum or Avalanche Lily: Erythronium montanum - Pods have released seeds. Both may be present along the trail.

Panicle Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum

* Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

* Oval-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum ovalifolium var. nivale

* Douglas' Buckwheat: Eriogonum douglasii var. douglasii

* Sulfur Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. majus

* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii

Mountain Sandwort: Eremogone capillaris var. americana

Big-leaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla

Western Columbine: Aquilegia formorsa

Cascade Rockcress: Arabis furcata

Cascade Wallflower: Erysimum arenicola ?

Alpine Pennycress: Noccaea fendleri ssp. glauca

Alpine Twinpod: Physaria alpestris

* Lance-leaved Stonecrop: Sedum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum

Roundleaf Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica var. alpina

Sticky Gooseberry: Ribes viscosissimum

Watson's Gooseberry: Ribes watsonianum - Spiny fruits present.

Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum

Partridge Foot: Luetkea pectinata

Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus

Yakima Milkvetch: Astragalus reventiformis

Balloon Milkvetch: Astragalus whitneyi var. sonneanus

Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. ?

* Arctic Lupine, Subalpine Lupine: Lupinus arcticus (Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus) - Fading out of bloom. ?

* Silky Lupine: Lupinus sericeus - Fading out of bloom.

American Vetch: Vicia americana var. americana

Darkwoods Violet: Viola orbiculata

* Diffuse Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum

Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii

Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi ?

Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

Mountain Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis

Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens

Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis

Small Pipsissewa: Chimaphila menziesii

Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata

Side-bells Wintergreen: Orthilia secunda - Past bloom.

* Cascade Azalea: Rhododendron albiflorum - Fading out of bloom.

Grouseberry: Vaccinium scoparium - Berries ripe.

* Elkweed: Frasera speciosa - Fading out of bloom.

Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora

* Skyrocket: Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. aggregata

Prickly Phlox: Linanthus pungens - Just past bloom.

Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

California Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium californicum

* Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. leptosepala ?

Blue Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha

* Western Mountain Balm: Monardella odoratissima var. discolor

* Thompson's Paintbrush: Castilleja thompsonii - Fading out of bloom.

* Yakima Bird's-beak: Cordylanthus capitatus

Bracted Lousewort: Pedicularis bracteosa (var. ?)

* Sickletop Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa - Fading out of bloom.

Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus var. fruticosus

* Clustered Broomrape: Aphyllon fasciculatum or Clustered Broomrape: Aphyllon franciscanum - Unknown host.

Black Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. melanocarpa - Fruits ripening.

Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus

Northern Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Pale Agoseris: Agoseris glauca var. dasycephala

Heart-leaved Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

Mountain Arnica: Arnica latifolia

* Nodding Arnica: Arnica parryi

* Western Mugwort: Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. candicans

* Michaux's Mugwort: Artemisia michauxiana

Mountain Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana - In bud.

Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata ? or Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana - Drying leaves, so difficult to ID.

Silvercrown: Cacaliopsis nardosmia

* Green's Goldenbush: Ericameria greenei ?

* Desert Yellow Daisy: Erigeron linearis - Fading out of bloom.

* Showy Fleabane: Erigeron speciosus

* Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium

* Cascade Aster: Eucephalus ledophyllus var. ledophyllus

* Hairy Goldaster: Heterotheca villosa var. villosa

* Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

* Mountain Tarweed: Madia glomerata

Tongue-leaf Luina: Rainiera stricta - Past bloom.

* American Sawwort: Saussurea americana - Fading out of bloom.

Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus (var. ?) - Dried stalks.

* Leafybract Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum (var. parryi ?)

Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

Salsify: Tragopogon dubius

American Kestrel

Grouse

Northern Flicker

Stellers Jays

Cassin's Finches

Dark-eyed Juncos

Mountain Chickadees

Rock Wrens

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