[Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon: 2021]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon

Hobart Bluff

Accessed via the Pacific Crest Trail from the Hobart Bluff Trailhead

Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument

May 28, 2021

Wildflower balds atop Hobart Bluff, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument......May 28, 2021.

Wildflower balds with numerous deltoide balsamroots (Balsamorhiza deltoidea) in bloom atop Hobart Bluff, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument......May 28, 2021.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom or in a reproductive state.

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Lace Lipfern: Myriopteris gracillima

California White Fir: Abies concolor X Abies grandis

Incense Cedar: Calocedrus decurrens

Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

* Bigleaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum

* Mahala Mat: Ceanothus prostratus

Klamath Mountain Mahogany: Cercocarpus betuloides var. macrourus

Curlleaf Mountain Mahogany: Cercocarpus ledifolius var. intermontanus - Past bloom.

Oregon Boxwood: Paxistima myrsinites

Garry White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana - A few plants beginning to leaf out.

Cascara: Rhamnus purshiana

* Meadow Foxtail: Alopecurus pratensis

Bristly Dogtail: Cynosurus echinatus - Last year's stems.

Orchardgrass: Dactylis glomerata

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Siskiyou Onion: Allium siskiyouense

* Elegant Mariposa: Calochortus elegans

* Bluedicks: Dipterostemon capitatus ssp. capitatus - Beginning to bloom.

* Henderson's Fawn-lily: Erythronium hendersonii

* Klamath Fawn-lily: Erythronium klamathense

* Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis

* Mission Bells: Fritillaria atropurpurea - Near summit of Hobart Bluff.

Washington Lily: Lilium washingtonianum

* False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule - Beginning to bloom.

* Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum

* Western Wake-robin: Trilium ovatum ssp. ovatum

California False-hellebore: Veratrum californicum var. californicum

Coralroot Orchid: Corallorhiza sp. - Last year's stem.

Rattlesnake Plantain Orchid: Goodyera oblongifolia

Slender-tubed Iris: Iris chrysantha

* Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - Beginning to bloom.

Harford's Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum nudum var. oblongifolium - In bud.

Halimium Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. halimioides

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

* Kellogg's Knotweed: Polygonum polygaloides ssp. kelloggii

* Erubescent Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra

* Threeleaf Lewisia: Lewisia triphylla

* Largeleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla

Sticky Starwort: Pseudostellaria jamesiana

* Lyall's Anemone: Anemone lyallii

* Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

* Willamette Valley Larkspur: Delphinium oreganum

* Fendler's Meadowrue: Thalictrum fendleri ?

* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium ?

Cascade Oregon Grape: Berberis nervosa

* American Winter Cress: Barbarea orthoceras

* Spreadingpod Rockcress: Boechera divaricarpa ? or * Sicklepod Rockcress: Boechera sparsiflora ?

Scalepod: Idahoa scapigera

* Alpine Pennycress: Noccaea fendleri ssp. glauca

Daggerpods: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides - Past bloom.

* Tower Mustard: Turritis glabra

* Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii

Spearleaf Stonecrop: Sedum lanceolatum

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum var. parviflorum

Grassland Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia ? - In bud.

* Lobb's Currant: Ribes lobbii

* Red-flowering Currant: Ribes sanguineum var. sanguineum

* Sticky Currant: Ribes viscosissimum

* Pacific Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. semiintegrifolia

* Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa (var. glandulosa ?) - In bud.

Montana Stick Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa (var. reflexa ?) - In bud.

* Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca

Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

* Shrubby Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata

* Klamath Plum: Prunus subcordata

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. demissa - In bud.

Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus

* American Vetch: Vicia americana - Beginning to bloom.

* Baker's Violet: Viola bakeri

* Pioneer Violet: Viola glabella

* Cutleaf Violet: Viola sheltonii

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana

* False Mermaid: Floerkea proserpinacoides

Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea

Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

Sharptooth Angelica: Angelica arguta

* Gray's Licorice-root: Ligusticum grayi - Beginning to bloom.

* Carrotleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum

* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

* Western Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis

* Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia gairdneri

* Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens

* Green-leaved Manzanita: Arctostaphylos patula

* Man-root: Marah oreganus - Heavily frost damaged plants, trying to rebloom.

Pale Morning-glory: Calystegia occidentalis ssp. occidentalis

Bluefields Gilia: Gilia capitata ssp. capitata

* Whiskerbrush: Leptosiphon ciliatus

Harkness' Linanthus: Leptosiphon harknessii

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

Prickly Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta var. intertexta

* Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa

* Salmon Polemonium: Polemonium carneum

Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus

* Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. alpinum

* Fendler's Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum fendleri var. albifrons - Beginning to bloom.

* Western Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum occidentale

* Woods Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora

* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata

Serpentine Phacelia: Phacelia corymbosa ? - Not located east of I-5?

Varileaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla ssp. virgata - In bud.

* Peck's Phacelia: Phacelia peckii

* Great Houndstongue: Adelinia grande

* Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys sp. - Small-flowered.

Nettleleaf Horsemint: Agastache urticifolia

* Frosted Paintbrush: Castilleja pruinosa

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Small-leaf Monkeyflower: Erythranthe microphylla

Lanceleaf Hotrock Penstemon: Penstemon deustus var. pedicellatus

* Cleavers: Galium aparine

Blue Elderberry: Sambucus mexicana ssp. cerulea

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigata

* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

Common Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor

* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla

* Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea - Just past it's peak bloom.

* Baker's Hawksbeard: Crepis bakeri

Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis - In bud.

Bloomer's Fleabane: Erigeron bloomeri (var. bloomeri ?)

* Yarrow-leaf Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. achilleoides - Beginning to bloom.

* Least Tarweed: Hemizonella minima

White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale

Salsify: Tragopogon dubius - Last year's stems.


Animals Seen Along This Route:

Sandhill Cranes - Hear on the ground or on the wing above nearby Soda Mountain.

Ravens

Steller's Jays

Spotted Towhee

American Robins

Hermit Thrushes

Dusky Flycatcher

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Black-headed Grosbeaks

Evening Grosbeaks

Western Tanagers

Chipping Sparrows

Yellow-rumped Warblers

Red-breasted Nuthatches

Black-capped Chickadees

House Wrens

Western Fence Lizards

Anise Swallowtails

Pale Swallowtails

California Tortoiseshell

Checkerspots

Ochre Ringlets

Duskywings

Skippers

Whites


Paul Slichter