[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2016]

East Fork Lostine River Trail #1662 From Two Pan Trailhead to Milepost 4.6

Eagle Cap Wilderness, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

August 4, 2016

A view of Eagle Cap from the East Fork Lostine River Trail #1662 about one-quarter mile south of Lost Lake, Eagle Cap Wilderness........August 4, 2016.

A view of Eagle Cap from the East Fork Lostine River Trail #1662 about one-quarter mile south of Lost Lake, Eagle Cap Wilderness........August 4, 2016.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

This list includes plants seen within 50 meters distance from the trailhead at Two Pan Camp and along the East Fork Lostine River Trail #1662 up to milepost 4.6 (above Lost Lake).

California White Fir: Abies concolor x Abies grandis

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa

Douglas Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii

Slide Alder: Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata

Common Juniper: Juniperus communis (var. saxatilis ?)

Western Larch: Larix occidentalis

Engelmann Spruce: Picea engelmannii

Whitebark Pine: Pinus albicaulis

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta var. latifolia

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii (var. ?)

Booth's Willow: Salix boothii ?

Variable Willow: Salix commutata

Mountain Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana

Water Moss: Fontinalis sp. - In East Fork Lostine Creek above one of the waterfalls.

American Alpine Lady Fern: Athyrium distentifolium var. americanum 

Northwestern Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum

American Parsley Fern: Cryptogramma acrostichoides

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Common Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

Northern Holly Fern: Polystichum lonchitis

* Daggerleaf Rush: Juncus ensifolius

* Merten's Rush: Juncus mertensianus

* Parry's Rush: Juncus parryi

* Hitchcock's Woodrush: Luzula hitchcockii

* Small-flowered Woodrush: Luzula parviflora

* Piper's Woodrush: Luzula piperi

Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

* Hood's Sedge: Carex hoodii

* Showy Sedge: Carex spectabilis

Blister Sedge: Carex vesicaria

* Slender Woodreed: Cinna latifolia

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides (ssp. brevifolius ?)

* Alpine Timothy: Phleum alpinum

* Spike Trisetum: Trisetum spicatum

American Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis

* Swamp Onion: Allium validum - Beginning to bloom.

Queen's Cup: Clintonia uniflora - Just past bloom.

Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum ?

* Clasping Twisted Stalk: Streptopus amplexicaulis

* Green False-hellebore: Veratrum viride var. eschscholzianum - Beginning to bloom.

Coralroot: Corallorhiza sp. - Past bloom.

* Rattlesnake Plantain: Goodyera oblongifolia

* Twayblade: Neottia sp. - Past bloom.

* White Bog Candle: Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata

* Slender Bog Orchid: Platanthera stricta

* Pokeweed: Aconogonon phytolaccifolium (var. glabrum ?)

* Piper's Golden Buckwheat: Eriogonum flavum var. piperi

* Mountain Sorrel: Oxyria digyna

* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii

* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella - At the Two Pan trailhead.

* Pussypaws: Calyptridium umbellatum

* Heartleaf Springbeauty: Claytonia cordifolia

* Siberian Springbeauty: Claytonia siberica

* Prickly Sandwort: Eremogone aculeata

Bigleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla

* Douglas' Catchfly: Silene douglasii

* Oregon Campion: Silene oregana

* Columbia Monkshood: Aconitum columbianum ssp. columbianum

Baneberry: Actaea rubra

* Yellow Columbine: Aquilegia flavescens

* Tall Larkspur: Delphinium glaucum

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

* Rocky Mountain Larkspur: Delphinium stachydeum ?

* Creeping Buttercup: Ranunculus repens - Introduced to moist areas near the junction with the West Fork Lostine River Trail.

Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus

* Western Meadowrue: Thalictrum occidentale - Fading out of bloom.

False Bugbane: Trautvetteria caroliniensis

Lance-leaf Stonecrop: Sedum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum

* Western Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum

* Western Bog Yellowcress: Rorippa palustris ssp. palustris ?

* Alpine Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica var. alpina

* Brook Saxifrage: Micranthes odontoloma

* Five-stamen Mitrewort: Mitella pentandra - Fading out of bloom.

Cross-shaped Mitrewort: Mitella stauropetala - Past bloom.

* Fringed Grass-of-Parnassus: Parnassia fimbriata var. fimbriata - Beginning to bloom.

* Foamflower: Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata

Prickly Currant: Ribes lacustre

Sticky Currant: Ribes viscosissimum

Mountain Gooseberry: Ribes montigenum

* Shrubby Cinquefoil: Dasiphora fruticosa

* Idaho Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glabrata

Woodland Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata

Broad-petal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

* Large-leaved Avens: Geum macrophyllum var. perincisum

* Diverse-leaved Cinquefoil: Potentilla glaucophylla var. glaucophylla 

* Fan-leaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia

* Sheep Cinquefoil: Potentilla ovina var. ovina

* North American Red Raspberry: Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus

* Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus - Mostly past bloom.

Sibbaldia: Sibbaldia procumbens

Rocky Mountain Mountain Ash: Sorbus scopulina

Birchleaf Spiraea: Spiraea betulifolia var. lucida

* Subalpine Spiraea: Spiraea splendens

Morton's Canada Milkvetch: Astragalus canadensis (var. mortonii ?) - Not in flower.

* Burke's Lupine: Lupinus burkei

* Least Hopclover: Trifolium dubium - At Two Pan trailhead.

* Red Clover: Trifolium pratense - At Two Pan trailhead and occasional along trail.

* White Clover: Trifolium repens - At Two Pan trailhead and occasional along trail.

Tinker's Penny: Hypericum anagalloides

* Western St. John's Wort: Hypercium scouleri

Hooked-spur Violet: Viola adunca

Stream Violet: Viola glabella

Round-leaved Violet: Viola orbiculata

* Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium var. canescens

* Enchanter's Nightshade: Circaea alpina

* Common Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. glandulosum

* Club-fruited Willowherb: Epilobium clavatum

* Small-flowered Willowherb: Epilobium minutum

* Nuttall's Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum var. parviflorum

* Sharptooth Angelica: Angelica arguta

* Cow Parsnip: Heracelum maximum

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayi

Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

Western Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis

* Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata

* Single Delight: Moneses uniflora

* Sidebells Pyrola: Orthilia secunda

* Red Mountain Heather: Phyllodoce empetriformis

* Western Labrador Tea: Rhododendron columbianum

Dwarf Bilberry: Vaccinium caespitosum

Thinleaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium membranaceum - Fruits ripening.

Grouseberry: Vaccinium scoparium

* Alpine Shooting Star: Dodecatheon alpinum

Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora

Narrow-leaved Collomia: Collomia linearis

* Nuttall's Linanthus: Leptosiphon nuttallii ssp. nuttallii

* California Polemonium: Polemonium californicum

* Purple Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. alpina - Beginning to bloom.

* Northern Bluebells: Mertensia paniculata var. borealis

* Nettleleaf Horsemint: Agastache urticifolia var. urticifolia

* Self Heal: Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata

* Wallowa Paintbrush: Castilleja chrysantha

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata var. miniata

* Rocky Mt. Paintbrush: Castilleja rhexifolia

* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata

* Lewis' Monkeyflower: Erythranthe lewisii

* Musk Monkeyflower: Erythranthe moschata

* Primrose Monkeyflower: Erythranthe primuloides

* Tiling's Monkeyflower: Erythranthe tilingii

* Thick Root Towering LousewortPedicularis bracteosa var. pachyrhiza

* Coiled-beak Lousewort: Pedicularis contorta

* Elephant Heads: Pedicularis groenlandica

* Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus var. fruticosus

* Globe Penstemon: Penstemon globosus

* American Brooklime: Veronica americana

* Cusick's Speedwell: Veronica cusickii

* Brightblue Speedwell: Veronica serpyllifolia ssp. humifusa

* Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii

* Broad-leaved Plantain: Plantago major - At the Two Pan trailhead.

* Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

* Kelloggia: Kelloggia galioides

* Mountain Heliotrope: Valeriana sitchensis

* Black Twinberry: Lonicera involucrata var. involucrata - Blooming at Lost Lake, otherwise the fruits are blackening.

Utah Honeysuckle: Lonicera utahensis - Berries ripening.

* Black Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa (var. melanocarpa ?) - A few plants still in bloom. Fruits not ripe.

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca

* Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

* Field Pussytoes: Antennaria howllii (ssp. neodioica ?) - Fading out of bloom.

* Woolly Pussytoes: Antennaria lanata

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea - Mostly past bloom.

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

* Sticky Arnica: Arnica diversifolia

* Longleaf Arnica: Arnica longifolia - Beginning to bloom.

* Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis

* Nodding Arnica: Arnica parryi

* Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense - Occasional along the first mile of trail.

* Coulter's Fleabane: Erigeron coulteri

* Peregrine Fleabane: Erigeron glacialis var. glacialis

* Spear-leaved Fleabane: Erigeron lonchophyllus

* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

* Slender Hawkweed: Hieracium gracile

* Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

* Oxeye Daisy: Leucanthemum vulgare - Occasional along the first mile of trail.

* Hayden's Tundra Aster: Orestemma alpigenum var. haydenii

* Alpine Meadow Groundsel: Packera subnuda var. subnuda

* Western Coneflower: Rudbeckia occidentalis

American Saw-wort: Saussurea americana - In bud.

* Dwarf Mountain Groundsel: Senecio fremontii var. fremontii

* Arrowleaf Butterweed: Senecio triangularis

* Northern Goldenrod: Solidago multiradiata - Beginning to bloom.

* Cusick's Leafy Aster: Symphyotrichum cusickii

* Western Mountain Aster: Symphyotrichum spathulatum var. spathulatum 

Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale


Animals Seen at this Location:

Red Squirrels

Richardson's Ground Squirrels ?

Townsend's Chipmunks ?

Pika

Mule Deer

Belted Kingfisher

Dipper

Clark's Nutcrackers

Chipping Sparrows

Dark-eyed Juncos

Savannah Sparrows

Song Sparrows

White-crowned Sparrows

Pine Siskins

Mountain Chickadees

Golden-crowned Kinglets

Ruby-crowned Kinglets

Winter Wrens

Western Toad

Mariposa Coppers on Symphiotricum cusickii

Hairstreaks

Police Car Moth (Gnophaela vermiculata)


Paul Slichter