[Wildflower Bloom in the Siskiyou Region of Southwestern Oregon: 2020]

Wildflower Bloom in the Siskiyou Region of Southwestern Oregon

Pacific Crest Trail from Cook and Green Pass to Bee Springs, South Slope of Red Buttes

Klamath National Forest

July 14, 2012

Red Buttes from about 2 miles east along the Pacific Crest Trail, Klamath National Forest, Siskiyou County, CA.....July 14, 2020.

Red Buttes from about 2 miles east along the Pacific Crest Trail, Klamath National Forest, Siskiyou County, CA.....July 14, 2020.

* indicates the plant is currently in bloom

Five-finger Maidenhair Fern: Adiantum aleuticum

Indian's Dream: Aspidotis densa

Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum

Lace Lip Fern: Cheilanthes gracillima

Rock Sword Fern: Polystichum imbricans (ssp. ?)

Lemmon's Sword Fern: Polystichum lemmonii

Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum ssp. pubescens

White Silver Fir: Abies concolor

Noble Fir: Abies procera

Incense Cedar: Calocedrus decurrens

Golden Chinquapin: Castanopsis chrysophylla var. chrysophylla

Pacific Dogwood: Cornus nuttallii

* Creek Dogwood: Cornus stolonifera

Beaked Filbert: Corylus cornuta var. californica

Common Juniper: Juniperus communis var. jackii

Oregon Boxwood: Paxistima myrsinites

Jeffrey Pine: Pinus jeffreyi

Sugar Pine: Pinus lambertiana

Western White Pine: Pinus monticola

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Sadler Oak: Quercus sadleriana

Huckleberry Oak: Quercus vaccinifolia

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana

Siskiyou Sedge: Carex scabriuscula

* Mountain Needlegrass: Achnatherum nelsonii ssp. dorei ?

* One-spike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides var. elymoides

* Blue Wild Rye: Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus

* White Hastingsia: Hastingsia alba

* Wiggin's Lily: Lilium pardalinum ssp. wigginsii

* Washington Lily: Lilium washingtonianum ssp. purpurascens

False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosusm ssp. amplexicaule - Past bloom.

Hooker's Fairybells: Prosartes hookeri

* Clasping-leaf Twisted Stalk: Streptopus amplexifolius var. americanus

Western Wakerobin: Trillium ovatum

* Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina

* California False Hellebore: Veratrum californicum var. californicum

* Siskiyou False Hellebore: Veratrum insolitum

Beargrass: Xerophyllum tenax - Past bloom.

Iris: Iris sp. - Past bloom.

* Beautiful Blue-eyed Grass: Sisyrinchium bellum

* California Lady Slipper: Cypripedium californicum - Fading fast.

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

* Alaska Rein Orchid: Platanthera unalascensis

* Pokeweed Knotweed: Aconogonon phytolaccifolium var. phytolaccifolium

* American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides

* Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

* One-eyed Sulphur Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. argus - Beginning to bloom.

* Modoc Sulphur Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. modocense - Beginning to bloom.

Least Knotweed: Polygonum minimum

* Kellogg's Knotweed: Polygonum polygaloides ssp. kelloggii ?

* Shasta Knotweed: Polgyonum shastense ?

* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

* One-seeded Pussypaws: Calyptridium monospermum

* Siskiyou Lewisia: Lewisia cotyledon var. cotyledon- Fading out of bloom.

* Little-leaf Montia: Montia parvifolia

* Fleshy Sandwort: Eremogone congesta var. crassula

* Brittle Sandwort: Sabulina nuttallii var. gregaria

* Bell Catchfly: Silene campanulata ssp. glandulosa

* Collumbian Monkshood: Aconitum columbianum ssp. viviparium

* Columbia Windflower: Anemone deltoidea

Drummond's Windflower: Anemone drummondii - Past bloom.

* Red Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

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

Cascade Oregon Grape: Berberis nervosa

* Inside-out Flower: Vancouveria hexandra

* Yellow Rocket: Barbarea vulgaris

Small-flowered Rockcress: Boechera paupercula

* Reflexed Rockcress: Boechera retrofracta - Fading out of bloom.

Rolle's Rockcress: Boechera rollei - Fading out of bloom.

Siskiyou Pennycress: Noccaea fendleri ssp. glauca - Past bloom.

* Mountain Jewel Flower: Streptanthus tortuosus ssp. tortuosus - Fading out of bloom.

* Lance-leaf Stonecrop: Sedum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum

* Oregon Stonecrop: Sedum oregonense

Shinyleaf Gooseberry: Ribes roezlii var. cruentum - Spiny fruits developing.

Sticky Currant: Ribes viscosissimum

Pacific Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. semiintegrifolia ?) - Berries forming.

* Cliff Cinquefoil: Drymocallis pseudorupestris var. saxicola

* Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. reflexa

Wood Strawberry: Fragaria vesca

* Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor var. discolor - Beginning to bloom.

* Rock Spiraea: Holodiscus microphyllus var. glabrescens - Beginning to bloom.

* Bruce's Cinquefoil: Potentilla bruceae ?

* Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. gracilis (formerly var. fastigiata)

Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata

* Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa var. serpentina

* Clustered Wild Rose: Rosa pisocarpa ssp. ahartii

Blackcap Raspberry: Rubus leucodermis - Fruits ripening.

* Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus

Dewberry: Rubus ursinus

* Rose Meadowsweet: Spiraea splendens (S. densiflora in CA)

* Big Deervetch: Hosackia crassifolius var. crassifolius - Mostly past bloom.

* Bog Deervetch: Hosackia pinnata

* Mount Eddy Lupine: Lupinus lapidicola ? - Mostly past bloom.

* Donner Lake Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. sellulus

* Howell's Clover: Trifolium howellii

* Lewis' Flax: Linum lewisii var. lewisii

Siskiyou Mat: Ceanothus prostratus var. prostratus

* Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus

Western California Coffeeberry: Rhamnus californica ssp. occidentalis

* Harsh Checker-mallow: Sidalcea malviflora ssp. asprella ?

* Klamathweed: Hypericum perforatum - Along the old road beyond the trailhead.

* Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium

* Enchanter's Nightshade: Circaea alpina

Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

* Small-flowered Willowherb: Epilobium minutum

* Diffuse Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum var. parviflorum

* Sharp-tooth Angelica: Angelica arguta

* Cow Parsnip: Heraclelum maximum

* California Lovage: Ligusticum californicum

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayi

Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum

Mountain Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis

Greenleaf Manzanita: Arctostaphylos patula

Smooth White-leaf Manzanita: Arctostaphylos viscida ssp. viscida

* Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata

Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedaea - Stems arising from the ground.

* Toothleaf Wintergreen: Pyrola dentata

* Whitevein Pyrola: Pyrola picta

* Western Azalea: Rhododendron occidentale - Fading out of bloom.

Thin-leaved Huckleberry: Vaccinium membranaceum ?

Modoc Morning Glory: Calystegia occidentalis ssp. occidentalis

* Modoc Elkweed: Frasera albicaulis var. nitida

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

* Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium

Western Starflower: Lysimachia latifolia

Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora

* Varied-leaf Collomia: Collomia heterophylla- Fading out of bloom.

* Yellow-staining Collomia: Collomia tinctoria

* Mountain Navarretia: Navarretia divaricata ssp. divaricata

Alpine Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. alpinum - Long past bloom.

Western Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum occidentale - Past bloom.

* Woodland Phlox: Phlox adsurgens

* Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa

* Yerba Santa: Eriodictyon californicum

Serpentine Phacelia: Phacelia corymbosa

* Cryptanth: Cryptantha sp.

* Nettleleaf Horsemint: Agastache urticifolia var. urticifolia

* Mountain Balm: Monardella odoratissima ssp. glauca

* Self Heal: Prunella vulgaris var. vulgaris

Short-spike Hedge-nettle: Stachys pycnantha ?

* Wavyleaf Paintbrush: Castilleja applegatei var. pinetorum

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata var. miniata

* Frosted Paintbrush: Castilleja pruinosa

* Split-hair Paintbrush: Castilleja schizotricha

* Narrow-leaf Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia linearis

Viscid Bird's Beak: Cordylanthus tenuis ssp. viscidus - In bud.

* Musk Monkeyflower: Erythranthe moschata

* Woodland Beardtongue: Nothochelone nemorosa

* Siskiyou Mountain Owl Clover: Orthocarpus cuspidatus ssp. cuspidatus

* Sickletop Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa

* Siskiyou Beardtongue: Penstemon anguineus

* Azure Penstemon: Penstemon azureus

* Ovate-leaved Hotrock Beardtongue: Penstemon deustus var. suffrutescens

* Cheerful Penstemon: Penstemon laetus var. sagittatus

* Small Azure Penstemon: Penstemon parvulus

* Cliff Penstemon: Penstemon rupicola - Fading out of bloom. This may be Penstemon newberryi var. berryi.

* American Brooklime: Veronica americana

Ground Cone: Boschniakia strobilacea - Past bloom.

* Clustered Broomrape: Aphyllon franciscanum

Cleavers: Galium aparine

* Castle Lake Bedstraw: Galium glabrescens ssp. glabrescens

* Kelloggia: Kelloggia galioides

* Blue Elderberry: Sambucus mexicana ssp. cerulea

Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos mollis

* California Harebell: Campanula prenanthoides

* Scouler's Harebell: Campanula scouleri

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Pathfinder Plant: Adenocaulon bicolor

* Rayless Arnica: Arnica discoidea

* Broad-leaf Arnica: Arnica latifolia

* Dusty Maidens: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii

* Naked-stemmed Hawksbeard: Crepis pleurocarpa

* Alice's Fleabane: Erigeron aliceae

* Rock Daisy, Cliff Fleabane: Erigeron petrophilus var. petrophilus - Beginning to bloom.

* Lance-leaved Eriophyllum: Eriophyllum lanatum (var. lanceolatum ?)

* Siskiyou Rayless Aster: Eucephalus glabratus

Whitney's Bristleweed: Hazardia whitneyi var. discoidea - In bud.

* Bigelow's Sneezeweed: Helenium bigelovii

* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

* Bolander's Hawksbeard: Hieracium bolanderi or nudicaule ?

* Greene's Hawkweed: Hieracium greenei ?

* Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri ?

* Long-rayed Groundsel: Packera macounii

Small-headed Cudweed: Pseudognaphalium thermale - In bud.

Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus - Long past bloom.

* Arrowleaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis

* Sow Thistle: Sonchus sp.

* Leafybract Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. parryi - Beginning to bloom.

Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale - Bee Springs.


Animals Seen:

California Ground Squirrels

Chipmunks

Turkey Vulture

Band-tailed Pigeons

Olive-sided Flycatcher

American Robin

Hermit Thrushes

Mountain Bluebirds

Fox Sparrow

McGillivray's Warbler

Rock Wren

Admiral

Common Buckeye

Fritillaries


Paul Slichter