[Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon: 2018]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mountains of Washington

Soda Peaks Lake Trail #133

Gifford Pinchot National Forest and Trapper Creek Wilderness

July 8, 2018

A view south across Soda Peaks Lake, Three Sisters Wilderness.........July 8, 2018.

A view south across Soda Peaks Lake, Three Sisters Wilderness.........July 8, 2018.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina

American Rockbrake: Cryptogramma acrostichoides

Pacific Oakfern: Gymnocarpium disjunctum

Western Sword Fern: Polystichum munitum

Northern Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens

Pacific Silver Fir: Abies amabilis

Noble Fir: Abies procera

Alaska Cedar: Callitropsis nootkatensis

Western White Pine: Pinus monticola

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Western Hemlock: Tsuga heterophylla

Vine Maple: Acer circinatum

Slide Alder: Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata

Oregon Boxwood: Pachistima myrsinites

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa - At trailhead.

Smooth Woodrush: Luzula hitchcockii

Small-flowered Woodrush: Luzula parviflora

* Cat's Ear Mariposa: Calochortus subalpinus

* Bead Lily: Clintonia uniflora

Avalanche Lily: Erythronium montanum - Fading out of bloom in the basin above Soda Peaks Lake.

False Lily-of-the-valley: Maianthemum dilatatum

* False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule

* Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum

Hooker's Fairybells: Prosartes hookeri

* Clasp-leaf Twisted-stalk: Streptopus amplexifolius

* Rosy Twisted-stalk: Streptopus lanceolatus

Western Wake-robin: Trilium ovatum

Green False Hellebore: Veratrum (viride ?)

* Beargrass: Xerophyllum tenax - A few plants in bloom.

* Merten's Coralroot: Corallorhiza mertensiana

Western Rattlesnake Plantain: Goodyera oblongifolia

* Common Bastard Toad-flax: Comandra umbellata var. californica - Beginning to bloom.

* Largeleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla

* Parry's Campion: Silene parryi - In bloom on open slopes at the wilderness boundary.

* Windflower: Anemone deltoidea

* Lyall's Anemone: Anemone lyallii

* Vanilla Leaf: Achlys triphylla - Fading out of bloom.

Cascade Oregon Grape: Berberis nervosa - Past bloom.

* Inside-out-flower: Vancouveria hexandra

Rustyhair Saxifrage: Micranthes ferruginea - In bud.

* Brewer's Mitrewort: Mitella breweri

* Oneleaf Foamflower: Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata

* Prickly Currant: Ribes lacustre - Fading out of bloom above Soda Peaks Lake.

Pacific Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia

Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata

* Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus

* Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus

* Fiveleaf Bramble: Rubus pedatus

Salmonberry: Rubus spectabilis

* Rocky Mountain Mountain Ash: Sorbus scopulina

* Sitka Mountain-ash: Sorbus sitchensis var. grayi

* Broadleaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

Roundleaf Violet: Viola orbiculata

Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium

Devil's Club: Oplopanax horridum

* Cascade Desert Parsley: Lomatium martindalei - Fading out of bloom.

* Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

* Bunchberry: Cornus unalaschkensis - Beginning to bloom.

Little Pipsissewa: Chimaphila menziesii - In bud.

Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata

* Fool's Huckleberry: Menziesia ferruginea

Sidebells Pyrola: Orthilia secunda - In bud.

* Cascade Azalea: Rhododendron albiflorum - One plant still in bloom.

Thinleaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium membranaceum

Oval-leaf Blueberry: Vaccinium ovalifolium

Red Huckleberry: Vaccinium parvifolium

* Broadleaf Starflower: Lysimachia latifolia

* Varileaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophpylla ssp. virgata

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata var. miniata

Woodland Beardtongue: Nothochelone nemorosa - Almost in bloom.

* Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus var. fruticosus or Caredwell's Penstemon: Penstemon cardwellii - Blooming up a talus slope above the trail.

* Fine-tooth Penstemon: Penstemon subserratus

Common Plantain: Plantago major - Around the trailhead.

* Oregon Bedstraw: Galium oreganum

Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

Twinflower: Linnaea borealis

Pacific Red Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. arborescens

* Mountain Heliotrope: Valeriana sitchensis

Scouler's Harebell: Campanula scouleri

* Common Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor

Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

Racemose Pussytoes: Antennaria racemosa

Cascade Aster: Eucephalus ledophyllus - In bud.

White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum - In bud.

* English Hawkweed: Hieracium lachenalii

Wall Lettuce: Mycelis muralis


Animals Seen Along This Route:

Turkey Vultures

American Robins

Hermit Thrushes

Varied Thrushes

Flycatcher - "Three beers"

Dark-eyed Juncos

Pine Siskins

Red-breasted Nuthatches

Vaux's Swifts - Flycatching then flying low over the lake to drink water.

California Tortoiseshells


Paul Slichter