[Columbia River Gorge Wildflower Reports]

Currently Blooming Wildflowers in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington

Silver Star Mountain

July 7 & 14, 2002

A Native Plant Society of Oregon Field Trip.


* Plants currently in bloom. **Plants beginning bloom July 14, 2002.

Mountain Juniper: Juniperis communis var. jackii

Pacific Silver Fir: Abies amabilis

Noble Fir: Abies procera

* Nodding Onion: Allium cernuum **

* Cat's Ear Mariposa Lily: Calochortus subalpinus

* Queen's Cup: Clintonia uniflora **

* Avalanche Lily: Erythronium montanum

* Columbia Tiger Lily: Lilium columbianum

* Western Solomon Plume: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule (In fruit)

* Star-flowered False Solomon's Seal: Maianthemum stellatum

* Wood Lily: Trillium ovatum

* Bear Grass: Xerophyllum tenax

* Oregon Flag: Iris tenax

* Alaska Rein-orchid: Platanthera (Habenaria) unalascensis **

* Western Twayblade: Listera caurina **

Sitka Alder: Alnus alnobetula ssp. sinuata

* American Bistort: Polygonum bistortoides

* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

* Candy Flower: Claytonia sibirica

* Columbia Lewisia: Lewisia columbiana var. columbiana **

* Little-leaf Montia: Montia parvifolia

* Bigleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla **

* Field Chickweed: Cerastium arvense

* Douglas' Silene: Silene douglasii var. monantha **

* Oregon Anemone: Anemone oregana

* Red Columbine: Aquilegia formosa- Including several plants with cantalope-colored flowers!

* Marsh Marigold: Caltha biflora

* Nuttall's Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallii

* Western Meadow Rue: Thalictrum occidentale

* Bleeding Hearts: Dicentra formosa

* Inside-out Flower: Vancouveria hexandra

* California Milk-maids: Cardamine californica var. integrifolia ?

* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum

Wild Candytuft: Noccaea fendleri ssp. glauca- In fruit.

Oregon Stonecrop: Sedum oreganum- Almost open. **

* Feathery Mitrewort: Brewerimitella breweri ?

* Rusty Saxifrage: Micranthes ferruginea (old var. macounii)

* Coolwort: Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata

* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia

*Goatsbeard: Aruncus dioicus var. acuminatus

Osoberry: Oemleria cerasiformis- In fruit

* Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

* Nootka Rose: Rosa nutkana (var. ?)

* Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus **

* Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus

* Salmonberry: Rubus spectabilis

* Dewberrry: Rubus ursinus

* Sitka Mountain Ash: Sorbus sitchensis var. grayi

* Mountain Spiraea: Spiraea splendens

* Western Sweet-vetch: Hedysarum occidentale

* Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

* Yellow Buckbean: Thermopsis montana var. ovata

* White Clover: Trifolium repens

Vine Maple: Acer circinatum

Douglas Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii

* Long-spurred Violet: Viola adunca

* Stream Violet: Viola glabella

* Evergreen Violet: Viola sempervirens

* Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium **

* Cow Parsnip: Heracleum maximum

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii

* Martindale's Desert Parsley: Lomatium martindalei

* Bunchberry: Cornus unalaschkensis

* Explorer's Gentian: Gentiana calycosa - Just beginning to bloom.

Kinnikinnick: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

* Red Mountain Heather: Phyllodoce empetriformis- Almost out of bloom at the summit.

* Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa- Almost out of bloom at the summit.

* Varied-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla ?

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata var. miniata

Turtleheads: Nothochelone nemorosa **

* Coiled-beak Lousewort: Pedicularis contorta

* Cardwell's Penstemon: Penstemon cardwellii

Cliff Penstemon: Penstemon rupicola- Past bloom.

* Broad-leaved Penstemon: Penstemon ovatus **

* Cascade Penstemon: Penstemon serrulatus

* Yellow Rattle: Rhinanthus crista-gallii

* Common Speedwell: Veronica officinalis **

* One-flowered Cancer Root/ Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum **

* Northern Bedstraw: Galium boreale **

* Sitka Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis

* Harebell: Campanula rotundifolia **

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca

* Broadleaf Arnica: Arnica latifolia

* Cascade Aster: Aster ledophyllus **

* Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron glacialis var. glacialis

* Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium

* Common Hawkweed: Hieracium lachenalii

* Bolander's Groundsel: Senecio bolanderi var. harfordii **


Animals Seen atop Silver Star Mountain:

Goshawk

Band-tailed Pigeons

Rufous Hummingbirds

Swainson's Thrush

Varied Thrush

American Robin

Lazuli Buntings

White-crowned Sparrow

Common Flicker

Vole


Paul Slichter