[Wildflower Bloom in the Siskiyou Region of Southwestern Oregon: 2021]

Wildflower Bloom in the Siskiyou Region of Southwestern Oregon

Pacific Crest Trail from Road 40S15 to Grouse Gap Shelter

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest

July 22, 2021

Wildflowers blooming along the Pacific Crest Trail near Grouse Gap, Siskiyou Crest, Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest.......July 22, 2021.

Wildflowers Siskiyou Crest, Rogue-Siskiyou National Forest.....July 15, 2020

* indicates the plant is currently in bloom

Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina

Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa

Shasta Red Fir: Abies magnifica x procera

Douglas' Maple: Acer douglasii var. glabrum

Incense Cedar: Calocedrus decurrens

Western White Pine: Pinus monticola

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

Mountain Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana

Many-rib Sedge: Carex pachycarpa ?

* Daggerleaf Rush: Juncus ensifolius

* Small-fruited Bulrush: Scirpus microcarpus

* Mountain Brome: Bromus sitchensis var. marginatus

* Columbia Brome: Bromus vulgaris

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides (var. elymoides ?)

* Blue Wild Rye: Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus

* Alpine Timothy: Phleum alpinum

* Swamp Onion: Allium validum

* Wiggin's Lily: Lilium pardalinum ssp. wigginsii

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

Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum - Past bloom.

* Western False-asphodel: Triantha occidentalis ssp. occidentalis

* California False Hellebore: Veratrum californicum var. californicum

* Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride var. eschscholzianum

Coralroot: Corallorhiza sp. - Past bloom.

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

* Slender Bog Orchid: Platanthera stricta

Newberry's Fleeceflower: Aconogonon davisiae var. davisiae

* American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides

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

* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii

* One-seeded Pussypaws: Calyptridium monospermum

* Heart-leaved Spring Beauty: Claytonia cordifolia

* Catchfly: Silene sp. - Fading out of bloom and difficult to ID from flower.

* Columbian Monkshood: Aconitum columbianum ssp. columbianum

Baneberry: Actaea rubra - Berries are green.

* Red Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

Broad-leaved Marshmarigold: Caltha biflora - Past bloom.

* Tall Larkspur: Delphinium glaucum

Broad-seeded Rockcress: Boechera platysperma - Erect fruits forming.

* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum - Past peak bloom.

Tower Mustard: Turritis glabra - Past bloom.

* Large-flowered Boykinia: Boykinia major

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

Western Burnet: Poteridium annuum

Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata

* Brewer's Lupine: Lupinus breweri - Past peak bloom.

* Broadleaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius - Fading out of bloom.

* Richardson's Geranium: Geranium richardsonii

* Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana

* Tinker's Penny: Hypericum anagalloides

* Klamathweed: Hypericum perforatum

* Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium

* Purple-leaved Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum var. ciliatum

* Diffuse Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum var. parviflorum

* Sharp-tooth Angelica: Angelica arguta

* Cow Parsnip: Heraclelum maximum

* California Lovage: Ligusticum californicum ?

Mountain Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

* Ranger's Buttons: Sphenosciadium capitellatum

Greenleaf Manzanita: Arctostaphylos patula

* Whitevein Pyrola: Pyrola picta

* Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium var. pumilum

Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora - Past bloom.

* Narrowleaf Collomia: Collomia linearis - Fading out of bloom.

* Skyrocket: Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. aggregata

* Smooth-leaved Gilia: Navarretia capillaris

* Near Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta var. propinqua

California Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium californicum - Past bloom.

White-leaved Fendler's Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum fendleri var. albifrons - Past bloom.

* Varileaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla ?

Tall Phacelia: Phacelia procera - Past bloom.

* Nettleleaf Horsemint: Agastache urticifolia var. urticifolia

* Mountain Balm: Monardella odoratissima

* Rigid Hedge-nettle: Stachys rigida

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata var. miniata

* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata

* Musk Monkeyflower: Erythranthe moschata

* Primrose Monkeyflower: Erythranthe primuloides

* Tiling's Monkeyflower: Erythranthe tilingii

* Siskiyou Mountain Owl Clover: Orthocarpus cuspidatus ssp. cuspidatus

* Siskiyou Penstemon: Penstemon anguineus - Fading out of bloom.

Cleavers: Galium aparine

* Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triforum

* Blue Elderberry: Sambucus mexicana ssp. cerulea

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos mollis

* Mountain Heliotrope: Valeriana sitchensis

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Douglas' Wormwood: Artemisia douglasiana

Mountain Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana - In bud.

* Alice's Fleabane: Erigeron aliceae

* Lance-leaved Eriophyllum: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanceolatum

* Bricklebush Aster: Eucephalus tomentellus - Beginning to bloom.

* Coast Sneezeweed: Helenium bigelovii

* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

* Greene's Hawkweed: Hieracium greenei ?

* Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

* Bolander's Tarweed: Kyhosia bolanderi - Beginning to bloom.

* Mountain Tarweed: Madia glomerata

* American Sawwort: Saussurea americana - Beginning to bloom.

* Arrowleaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis

* Henderson's Aster: Symphyotrichum hendersonii - Beginning to bloom.

Salsify: Tragopogon dubius


Animals Seen:

Sierra Nevada Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel

Northern Flicker

Clark's Nutcracker

Steller's Jays

Olive-sided Flycatchers

Townsend's Solitaire

Western Tanager

Green-tailed Towhee

Dark-eyed Juncos

Lazuli Bunting ?

Chipping Sparrows

Pine Siskins

Mountain Chickadees

Red-breasted Nuthatches

Pacific Wrens

Rufous Hummingbirds

Blues

Fritillaries

Clouded Sulphur

Clodius Parnassian

Lorquin's Admirals

Pale Swallowtail

Western Swallowtail


Paul Slichter