[Wildflower Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington: 2016] -- [Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mountains of Washington: 2016]

Wildflower Bloom at Silver Star Mountain

Gifford Pinchot National Forest

June 3, 2016

Bear grass with Mount St. Helens behind on the Chinook Trail #808B, Silver Star Mountain, Gifford Pinchot National Forest........June 3, 2016.

Bear grass with Mount St. Helens behind on the Chinook Trail #808B, Silver Star Mountain, Gifford Pinchot National Forest........June 3, 2016.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Running-pine Clubmoss: Lycopodium clavatum

Common Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum

Western Sword Fern: Polystichum munitum

Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens

Pacific Silver Fir: Abies amabilis

Noble Fir: Abies procera

Sitka Alder: Alnus alnobetula ssp. sinuata

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

* Small-flowered Woodrush: Luzula parviflora

* Sweet Vernalgrass: Anthoxanthum odoratum

Cat's Ear Mariposa Lily: Calochortus subalpinus - Leaves only.

* Common Camas: Camassia quamash (ssp. maxima ?)

* Hooker's Fairy Bells: Prosartes hookeri

* Avalanche Lily: Erythronium montanum - Fading out of bloom.

* Oregon Fawnlily: Erythronium oreganum - Fading out of bloom.

Columbia Tiger Lily: Lilium columbianum - In bud.

* Western Solomon Plume: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule - Past bloom.

* Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum

Wood Lily: Trillium ovatum - Past bloom.

* Bear Grass: Xerophyllum tenax

* Oregon Flag: Iris tenax - Peak bloom.

* Pale Blue-eyed Grass: Sisyrinchium sarmentosum ?

* California Bastard Toadflax: Comandra umbellata var. californica

* American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides

* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

* Candy Flower: Claytonia sibirica

* Little-leaf Montia: Montia parvifolia

* Field Chickweed: Cerastium arvense

Baneberry: Actaea rubra

* Columbia Windflower: Anemone deltoidea

* Oregon Anemone: Anemone oregana

* Red Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

Nuttall's Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallii - In bud.

* Western Meadowrue: Thalictrum occidentale - Beginning to bloom.

* Bleeding Hearts: Dicentra formosa - Begining to fade out of bloom.

* Vanilla Leaf: Achlys triphylla - (Achlys californica may be present, too?) Beginning to bloom near the junction of the Chinook Traill #808B & Road 1180.

Cascade Oregon Grape: Berberis nervosa

* Inside-out Flower: Vancouveria hexandra

* Wild Candytuft: Noccaea fendleri ssp. glauca - Fading out of bloom.

* Rusty Saxifrage: Micranthes ferruginea (old var. macounii) - Fading out of bloom.

* Fringecups: Tellima grandiflora

* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. semiintegrifolia - Fading out of bloom in places where snow stays late into the spring.

Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor - In bud.

* Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata - Fading out of bloom.

* Baldhip Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

* Nootka Rose: Rosa nutkana

* Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus

* Pacific Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus

* Cascade Mountain Ash: Sorbus scopulina var. cascadensis

* Subalpine Spiraea: Spiraea splendens

Western Sweet-vetch: Hedysarum occidentale - In bud.

* Rosy Deer-vetch: Hosackia rosea

* Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

* Yellow Buckbean: Thermopsis montana var. ovata

Vine Maple: Acer circinatum

* Hooked Spur Violet: Viola adunca

* Stream Violet: Viola glabella

Evergreen Violet: Viola sempervirens

Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii

* Martindale's Desert Parsley: Lomatium martindalei

* Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

* Bunchberry: Cornus unalaschkensis

* Salal: Gaultheria shallon

* Fool's Huckleberry: Menziesia ferruginea

Thin-leaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium membranaceum

Red Huckleberry: Vaccinium parvifolium

Explorer's Gentian: Gentiana calycosa

* Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa

* Varied-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia nemoralis var. oregonensis

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata var. miniata

* Cardwell's Penstemon: Penstemon cardwellii

* Rock Penstemon: Penstemon rupicola

* Cascade Penstemon: Penstemon serrulatus

* Fine-toothed Penstemon: Penstemon subserratus

* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum

* Common Speedwell: Veronica officinalis

* English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

* Oregon Bedstraw: Galium oreganum

* Sitka Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Broadleaf Arnica: Arnica latifolia - Beginning to bloom.

* Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron glacialis var. glacialis

* Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium

Cascade Aster: Eucephalus ledophyllus - In bud.

* Common Hawkweed: Hieracium lachenalii - A dominent weed of the open ridgetops

Oxeye Daisy: Leucanthemum vulgare - In bud.

Rattlesnake Root: Prenanthes alata


Animals Seen During This Hike:

Turkey Vultures

Olive-sided Flycatchers

Pine Siskins

Red-breasted Nuthatches

Clodius Parnassian (Parnassius clodius)

Anise Swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon)

Pale Swallowtail (Papilio eurymedon)

Sara Orangetip (Anthrocharis sara) 

Western Sulphur (Colias occidentalis)

Hydaspe Fritillary (Speyeria hydaspe) ?

Western Meadow (or Pacific) Fritillary (Boloria epithore) ?

Great Arctic (Oenis nevadensis) [common in even numbered years]

Lorquin's Admiral (Limenitis Lorquini)


Paul Slichter