[2001 Wildflower Bloom Reports for the Columbia River Gorge]
Wildflowers in Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge & Northern Oregon Cascades

Trailhead to Rainy Lake

Mt. Hood N.F.

July 24, 2001

* Indicates the wildflower is blooming.
Elevation: 3983' -------- N45*37.570' -------- W 121*45.532' --------(+/- 61')

1. Skunk Cabbage: Lysichitum americanum (Just past bloom.)

*2. Bead Lily (Queen's Cup): Clintonia uniflora

3. Rattlesnake Plantain: Goodyera oblongifolia (Almost in bloom.)

*4. Western Twayblade: Listera caurina

*5. Broad-lip Twayblade: Listera convallarioides

*6. Slender Bog Orchid: Platanthera (Habenaria) saccata

7. Wild Ginger: Asarum caudatum (Past bloom.)

*8. Broad-leaf Claytonia: Claytonia (Montia) cordifolia

*9. Columbia Wind Flower: Anemone deltoidea

*10. Hall's Isopyrum: Isopyrum hallii

*11. False Bugbane: Trautvetteria caroliniensis var. occidentalis

*12. Inside-out-flower: Vancouveria hexandra

*13. Alpine Mitrewort: Mitella pentandra

*14. Brook Saxifrage: Saxifraga arguta

*15. Foam Flower: Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata

*16. Youth-on-age: Tolmiea menziesii

*17. Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus

*18. Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflora

*19. Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

*20. White Clover: Trifolium repens

*21. White-flowered Willow Herb: Epilobium alpinum var. lactiflorum

*22. Bog Willow Herb: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. glandulosum (E. glandulosum)

*23. Cow Parsnip: Heracleum lanatum

*24. Martindale's Desert Parsley: Lomatium martindalei

*25. Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza chilensis

26. Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata (Almost in bloom.)

*27. Fool's Huckleberry: Menziesia ferruginea var. ferruginea

28. White-vein Pyrola: Pyrola picta (Almost in bloom.)

*29. Sidebells Pyrola: Pyrola secunda var. secunda

*30. Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata

*31. Common Monkey Flower: Mimulus guttatus

*32. Musk Monkey Flower: Mimulus moschatus

*33. Turtle Head: Nothochelone nemorosa

*34. Sickle-top Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa

*35. Cascade Penstemon: Penstemon serrulatus

*36. American Brooklime: Veronica americana

*37. Oregon Bedstraw: Galium oreganum

*38. Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

*39. Broad-leaf Arnica: Arnica latifolia

*40. White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

*41. Arrow-leaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis

Animals Seen:

Cooper's Hawk

Dark-eyed Junco

Douglas' Squirrel (Chickaree)

Winter Wren

Wildflowers Seen at Rainy Lake:

*1. Slender Bog Orchid: Platanthera (Habenaria) saccata

*2. Red Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

*3. Foam Flower: Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata

*4. Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus

*5. Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflora

6. Salmon Berry: Rubus spectabilis (Fruit nearly ripe!)

*7. Trailing Blackberry (Dewberry): Rubus ursinus

*8. Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

*9. Cow Parsnip: Heracleum lanatum

*10. Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata

*11. Cascade Penstemon: Penstemon serrulatus

*12. Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine

13. Twinberry: Lonicera involucrata (Fruit nearly ripe.)

*14. Broad-leaf Arnica: Arnica latifolia

*15. White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

*16. Arrow-leaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis

Animals Seen at Rainy Lake:

4 Golden-crowned Kinglets

Garter Snake: Thamnophis species

Many blue Damselflies (Mating season)

Paul Slichter