[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2023]

High Lake Trail #385

Strawberry Mountain Wilderness

July 8, 2023

A view of High Lake looking east from the northwestern shoreline during a light shower, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness......July 8, 2023.

A view of High Lake looking east from the northwestern shoreline during a light shower, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness......July 8, 2023.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Fairly complete plant list for the High Lake Trail #385 (Coming during winter 2023/24).

Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

Lacelip Fern: Cheilanthes gracillima

Brittle Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Brewer's Cliff-brake: Pellaea breweri

California White Fir: Abies concolor x Abies grandis

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa

Mountain Alder: Alnus incana var. tenuifolia

Whitebark Pine: Pinus albicaulis

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta var. latifolia

Undergreen Willow: Salix commutata

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana

Parry's Rush: Juncus parryi

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

* Small-winged Sedge: Carex microptera

* Kellogg's Sedge: Carex lenticularis var. lipocarpa

* Raynold's Sedge: Carex raynoldsii

* American Stinging Nettle: Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis

* Long-spurred Bog Orchid: Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys

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

* Pussypaws: Calyptridium umbellatum

* Heartleaf Springbeauty: Claytonia cordifolia

* Three-leaf Lewisia: Lewisia triphylla

* Prickly Sandwort: Eremogone aculeata

* Oregon Silene: Silene oregana

* Starwort: Stellaria sp.

Columbia Monkshood: Aconitum columbianum ssp. columbianum

* Large-flowered Swamp Buttercup: Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. platyphyllus

Steershead: Dicentra uniflora - Already past bloom.

* Hairystem Rockcress: Boechera pauciflora ?

* Alpine Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica var. alpina

Bulblet Prairiestar: Lithophragma glabrum (formerly L. bulbifera) - Past bloom.

* Brook Saxifrage: Micranthes odontoloma

* Alpine Prickly Currant: Ribes montigenum

* Sticky Currant: Ribes viscosissimum

* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (former var. alnifolia?)

* Austin's Woodbeauty: Drymocallis lactea var. austiniae ?

* Rocky Mountain Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis pseudorupestris var. saxicola ?

* Sibbaldia: Sibbaldia procumbens

* Rocky Mountain Mountain Ash: Sorbus scopulina

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus ?

* Tailcup Lupine: Lupinus argenteus var. heteranthus

* Hansen's Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes var. hansenii

Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus

* Hooked Spur Violet: Viola adunca

* Macloskey's Violet: Viola mackloskeyi

* Goosefoot Yellow Violet: Viola purpurea var. venosa

Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium var. canescens

* Glaucous Willowherb: Epilobium glaberrimum (ssp. ?)

* Milk-flower Willowherb: Epilobium lactiflorum ?

Rose Willow-herb: Epilobium obcordatum - First leaves beginning to be visible.

* Nuttall's Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum var. parviflorum

* Dwarf Groundsmoke: Gayophytum humile

* Fennel Spring Parsley: Cymopterus terebinthinus var. foeniculaceus

Cow Parsnip: Heracleum maximum

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii

* Western Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis

Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens

Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis

Alpine Wintergreen: Gaultheria humifusa

* Grouseberry: Vaccinium scoparium

* Tall Mountain Shooting Star: Dodecatheon jeffreyi

Harkness' Linanthus: Leptosiphon harknessii

* Nuttall's Linanthus: Leptosiphon nuttallii ssp. nuttallii - Beginning to bloom.

* Mountain Navarretia: Navarretia divaricata

* Desert Phlox: Phlox austromontana

* California Polemonium: Polemonium californicum

* Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. alpinum

* Purple Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. alpina

* Blue Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha

Nettleleaf Horsemint: Agastache urticifolia var. urticifolia

Mountain Balm: Monardella odoratissima

* Glandular Paintbrush: Castilleja glandulifera

* Scarlet Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata var. miniata

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Lewis' Monkeyflower: Erythranthe lewisii

* Coiled Lousewort: Pedicularis contorta - Beginning to bloom.

* Elephant Heads: Pedicularis groenlandica

* Taper-leaved Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus var. palustris

* Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus var. fruticosus

* Speedwell: Veronica sp.

* American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii

* Black Twinberry: Lonicera involucrata

* Black Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. melanocarpa

* Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos rotundifolius

* Sitka Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Mountain Agoseris: Agoseris monticola

Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

Mountain Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata var. vaseyana

Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia - In bud.

* Eaton's Shaggy Fleabane: Erigeron eatonii var. villosus

* Showy Fleabane: Erigeron speciosus - Beginning to bloom.

* Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium

Rocky Mountain Sunflower: Helianthella uniflora var. douglasii - In bud.

White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - In bud.

* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

Mountain Meadow Butterweed: Senecio crassulus

Arrowleaf Butterweed: Senecio triangularis - In bud.

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale


a panorama of the High Lake basin from the trailhead for the High Lake Trail  #385, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness......July 8, 2023.

This photo shows a panorama of the High Lake basin from the trailhead for the High Lake Trail #385, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness......July 8, 2023.

Paul Slichter