August 13, 2011

Weather: Overcast to foggy with mist collected by the trees dripping onto the trail. Light wind 10-15 mph from the west at Three Corner Rock, lighter along the trail to the east and north of that location. Temperatures in the 50s.

Grand Fir: Abies grandis

Noble Fir: Abies procera

Western Red Cedar: Thuja plicata

Western Hemlock: Tsuga heterophylla

Vine Maple: Acer circinatum - In bud.

Douglas Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii

Sitka Alder: Alnus viridis ?

Oregon Boxwood: Paxistima myrsinites

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana

* Long-anthered Woodrush: Luzula macrantha ?

* Small-flowered Woodrush: Luzula divaricata/parviflora

* Lakeshore Sedge: Carex lenticularis var. lipocarpa ?

* Merten's sedge: Carex mertensii

* Queen's Cup: Clintonia uniflora

Avalanche Lily: Erythronium montanum ? - Seeds ripening.

* Columbia Lily: Lilium columbianum

* False Lily-of-the-valley: Maianthemum dilatataum - Fading out of bloom above 3000'.

False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum - Berries forming.

Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum - Berries forming.

Hooker's Fairy Bells: Prosartes hookeri or Fairy Lanterns: Prosartes smithii

Clasping-leaf Twisted Stalk: Streptocarpus amplexifolius (or Rosy Twisted Stalk: Streptopus roseus ?) - Red berries ripening.

Western Wake-robin: Trillium ovatum

White False Hellebore: Veratrum californicum var. caudatum ? (or Veratrum viride ?)

* Beargrass: Xerophyllum tenax - Numerous young plants in vegetative stage, a few finishing their bloom above 3000'

Rattlesnake-plantain: Goodyera oblongifolia - In bud.

* Slender Bog Orchid: Platanthera stricta

* Streambank Springbeauty: Claytonia parviflora

Vanilla Leaf: Achlys triphylla

Baneberry: Actaea rubra - Some berries turning bright red.

* Columbia Windflower: Anemone deltoidea - Fading out of bloom.

* Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

Vanilla Leaf: Achlys triphylla

Gold Threads: Coptis laciniata

Cascade Oregongrape: Berberis nervosa - Berries forming.

* Inside-out Flower: Vancouveria hexandra - Still blooming at the highest elevations.

* Bleeding Heart: Dicentra formosa - Fading out of bloom.

* Smooth Alumroot: Heuchera glabra

* Rusty Saxifrage: Saxifraga ferruginea var. macounii - Fading out of bloom.

Fringecup: Tellima grandiflora

* Foam Flower: Tiarella trifoliata var.unifoliata

Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. semiintegrifolia?)

* Goatsbeard: Aruncus sylvester - Fading out of bloom.

Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

Baldhip Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa - Fading out of bloom.

* Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus - Fading out of bloom above 3000'.

* Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus - A few plants still in bloom at the highest elevations.

Salmonberry: Rubus spectabilis

* Pacific Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus var. macropetala

Cascade Mountain Ash: Sorbus scopulina

* White Spiraea: Spiraea betulifolia var. lucida

* Broadleaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

Pioneer Violet: Viola glabella

Evergreen Violet: Viola sempervirens

* Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium - Beginning to bloom.

Enchanter's Nightshade: Circaea alpina

* Ciliate Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum var. ciliatum

Devil's Club: Oploplanax horridum - Red berries forming.

Shining Angelica: Angelica (arguta ?)

Mountain Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi (O. chilense)

Red-osier Dogwood: Cornus sericea

* Bunchberry: Cornus unalascensis - In flower above 3000', bright orange-red berries forming below.

Slender Wintergreen: Gaultheria ovatifolia

* Salal: Gaultheria shallon

* Fools Huckleberry: Menziesia ferruginea var. ferruginea

* Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea

Black Huckleberry: Vaccinium membranaceum - Dark berries nearly ripe.

Alaska Blueberry: Vaccinium ovalifolium - Blue berries still sour.

Red Huckleberry: Vaccinium parvifolium - Red berries forming.

Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium

* Broadleaved Starflower: Trientalis latifolia

* Selfheal: Prunella vulgaris (var. lanceolata ?)

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata

* Turtleheads: Nothochelone nemorosa

* Sickletop Lousewort: Pediculaaris racemosa

* Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus var. fruticosus - Blooming near Three Corner Rock.

Broad-leaf Penstemon: Penstemon ovatus ?

* American Brooklime: Veronica americana

* Oregon Bedstraw: Galium oreganum

* Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

* Twinflower: Linnaea borealis - Fading out of bloom above 3000'

* Round-leaf Bluebell: Campanula rotundifolia - Blooming at the base of Three Corner Rock.

* Scouler's Harebell: Campanula scouleri

* Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea - Beginning to bloom.

* Slender Pussytoes: Antennaria racemosa - Fading out of bloom.

* Mountain Arnica: Arnica latifolia - Fading out of bloom.

* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

* European Hawkweed: Hieracium lachenalii - Too numerous

* Oxeye Daisy: Leucanthemum vulgare

* Wall Lettuce: Mycelis muralis

Western Rattlesnake Root: Prenanthes elata - In bud.

* Columbia Gorge Groundsel: Senecio bolanderi var. harfordii

Mosses, Clubmosses and Spikemosses

Clubmoss: Lycopodium clavatum ?

Wallace's Spikemoss: Selaginella wallacei

Ferns and Fern Allies

Maidenhair Fern: Adiantum aleuticum

Northwestern Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum

Deer Fern: Blechnum spicant

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Polypody Fern: Polypodium (amorphum or hesperium ?)

Sword Fern: Polystichum munitum

Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum

Douglas Squirrel

Dark-eyed Juncos

Paul Slichter