[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2015]

Strawberry Basin Trail #375, Slide Basin Trail #372 to Slide Lake, returning viaTrail #372B

Strawberry Mountain Wilderness

August 11, 2015

Slide Mountain from the Slide Basin Trail #372, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness.......August 11, 2015.

A view towards Slide Mountain from a bald along the Slide Basin Trail #372, Strawberry Mt. Wilderness..........August 11, 2015. Additional photos are displayed at the bottom of the page.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Brown-eyed Wolf Lichen: Letharia columbiana

Juniper Haircap Moss: Polytrichum juniperinum

California White Fir: Abies concolor x Abies grandis

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa

Mountain Alder: Alnus incana var. tenuifolia

Common Juniper: Juniperus communis var. saxatilis

Western Larch: Larix occidentalis

Engelmann Spruce: Picea engelmannii

Whitebark Pine: Pinus albicaulis

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta var. latifolia

Western White Pine: Pinus monticola

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii (var. ?)

Douglas' Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii

Oregon Boxwood: Paxistima myrsinites

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

Sitka Willow: Salix sitchensis var. sitchensis

Buffaloberry: Shepherdia canadensis

Bristle-like Quillwort: Isoetes tenella ? - Slide Lake, on lake bottom.

Duckweed: Lemna minor

* Small Bur-reed: Sparganium natans - Slide Lake shoreline

* Merten's Rush: Juncus mertensianus

Parry's Rush: Juncus parryi

Mountain Sedge: Carex scopulorum var. bracteosa - Slide Lake shoreline

Jones' Sedge: Carex jonesii - Slide Lake shoreline

Southern Beaked Sedge: Carex utriculata - Slide Lake shoreline

Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

American Stinging Nettle: Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis

Swamp Onion: Allium validum - Just past bloom.

False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule - Fruits ripening.

Clasping-leaf Twisted-stalk: Streptopus amplexifolius - Ripe fruits.

* Rattlesnake Plantain: Goodyera oblongifolia - Fading out of bloom.

* Long-spurred Bog Orchid: Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys - Fading out of bloom.

* Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

* Parsnip-flowered Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides - Fading out of bloom.

* Bicolored Sulfurflower: Eriogonum umbellatum var. dicrocephalum - Fading out of bloom.

* Sulfurflower Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. ellipticum

* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii

Prickly Sandwort: Eremogone aculeata

Bigleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla

* Columbia Monkshood: Aconitum columbianum ssp. columbianum - Fading out of bloom.

Baneberry: Actaea rubra - Poisonous fruits ripening.

Red Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens - Fruits ripening.

Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii

Hairystem Rockcress: Boechera pauciflora ?

Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum

Daggerpods: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides

Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum

Alpine Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica var. alpina

* Stream Saxifrage: Micranthes odontoloma

Three-toothed Mitrewort: Mitella trifida ? or Cross-shaped Mitrewort: Mitella stauropetala ? - Only basal leaves.

* Fringed Grass-of-Parnassus: Parnassia fimbriata

* Brook Saxifrage: Saxifraga odontoloma - Fading out of bloom.

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

Northern Black Currant: Ribes hudsonianum var. petiolare

Prickly Currant: Ribes lacustre

Alpine Prickly Currant: Ribes montigenum

Sticky Gooseberry: Ribes viscosissimum

Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany: Cercocarpus ledifolius var. ledifolius

Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata

Broad-petal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala - Only at Strawberry Campground.

Largeleaved Avens: Geum macrophyllum var. macrophyllum

Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum

Rocky Mountain Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis pseudorupestris ?

Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata

Baldhip Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus

* Tailcup Lupine: Lupinus argenteus var. heteranthus - Fading out of bloom.

Longstalk Clover: Trifolium longipes (var. multipedunculatum ?)

Round-leaved Violet: Viola orbiculata

Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum (var. incisum ?)

Western St. John's Wort: Hypericum scouleri

* Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium var. canescens

* Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

* Purple-leaved Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum

Glaucous Willowherb: Epilobium glaberrimum ssp. fastigiatum

* Nuttall's Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum var. parviflorum

Sharp-tooth Angelica: Angelica arguta

Fennel Cymopteris: Cymopterus terebinthinus var. foeniculaceus

Cow Parsnip: Heracleum lanatum

Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii or Slenderleaf Lovage: Ligusticum tenuifolium ?

Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

Western Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis

Ranger's Buttons: Sphenosciadium capitellatum

Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis

Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata

Western Swamp Laurel: Kalmia microphylla - Slide Lake shoreline.

Sidebells Wintegreen: Orthillia secunda

Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedaea

Bog Wintergreen: Pyrola asarifolia (var. ?)

White-vein Pyrola: Pyrola picta

Thin-leaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium membranaceum

Grouseberry: Vaccinium scoparium

Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium (var. ?)

Tall Mountain Shooting Star: Dodecatheon jeffreyi

Nuttall's Linanthus: Leptosiphon nuttallii ssp. nuttallii

Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa ?

California Polemonium: Polemonium californicum

Purple Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. alpina

Blue Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha

Nettleleaf Horsemint: Agastache urticifolia var. urticifolia

* Mountain Balm: Monardella odoratissima - Fading out of bloom.

Skullcap: Scutellaria angustifolia (var. ?) ?

* Narrow-leaved Paintbrush: Castilleja linariifolia

* Scarlet Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata var. miniata ?

* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata

* Lewis' Monkeyflower: Erythranthe lewisii - Fading out of bloom.

* Primrose Monkeyflower: Erythranthe primuloides - In wetlands around Slide Lake

Elephant Heads: Pedicularis groenlandica

* Sickletop Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa

Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus var. fruticosus

Kelloggia: Kelloggia galioides

Twinflower: Linnaea borealis - Just past bloom.

Black Twinberry: Lonicera involucrata - Berries ripe.

* Black Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. melanocarpa ? - No fruits or flowers, so hard to ID.

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus var. utahensis

Sitka Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Western Boneset: Ageratina occidentalis

* Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

Field Pussytoes: Antennaria howellii ssp. neodioica -gray leaves

* Streambank Arnica: Arnica amplexicaulis

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

* Long-leaved Arnica: Arnica longifolia - Fading out of bloom.

* Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis

Intermediate Sagebrush: Artemisia ludoviciana var. incompta - In bud.

Mountain Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata var. vaseyana

Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata

Thistle: Cirsium sp. - Native

* Rabbitbrush Goldenweed: Ericameria bloomeri

* Mountain Rubber Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa var. oreophila

Peregrine Fleabane: Erigeron glacialis var. glacialis

Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis or Golden Fleabane: Erigeron chrysopsidis var. chrysopsidis ? - Plants very dry and hard to ID.

* Showy Fleabane: Erigeron speciosus

Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium

* Showy Aster: Eurybia conspicuua

Rocky Mountain Sunflower: Helianthella uniflora var. douglasii

* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

* Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

Woolly Groundsel: Packera cana

Narrowhead Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma carthamoides var. cusickii

* Black Head: Rudbeckia occidentalis var. occidentalis

Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

* Tall Butterweed: Senecio serra - Still in bloom at the higest elevations.

Arrowleaf Butterweed: Senecio triangularis

* Leafybract Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. parryi


Animals Seen Along This Route:

Red Squirrels

Least Chipmunks

Goshawk

Turkey Vultures

Northern Flickers

Gray Jays

Steller's Jay

American Robins

Swainson's Thrush

Western Tanagers

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Dark-eyed Juncos

Mountain Chickadees

Rock Wrens

Lorquin's Admiral

Fritillarys

Wood Nymph


Strawberry Mountain as seen from across Strawberry Basin along the Slide Basin Trail #372, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness.......August 11, 2015.- Slide Basin Trail #372, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness.......August 11, 2015.

Slide Lake, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness.......August 11, 2015.- Slide Lake, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness.......August 11, 2015.

Slide Mountain and upper Slide Creek Basin as seen from the Slide Basin Trail #372, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness.......August 11, 2015.

Additional views taken along the Slide Basin Trail #372, Strawberry Mt. Wilderness..........August 11, 2015. A view west towards Strawberry Mountain and upper Strawberry Basin is seen at upper left. The Strawberry Basin Trail #372 traverses steep slopes about one and one-half miles west of Slide Lake in the photo at upper right. The two center photos show Slide Lake. Little Slide Lake is hidden behind the trees in the upper basin. The lower-most photo shows a view north across upper Slide Creek Basin towards Slide Mountain at center left. The trail to Big Riner Basin climbs from lower left to beneath Slide Mountain and then climbs though the pass to the summit ridge.

Paul Slichter