[Wildflower Bloom West of the Cascade Mts of Oregon and Washington: 2016]

Wildflowers in Bloom along the Saddle Mountain Trail, Saddle Mt. State Park

May 2, 2016

 

 


* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Maidenhair Fern: Adianum aleuticum

Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum

Deer Fern: Blechnum spicant

Parsley Fern: Crypogramma acrostichoides

Sword Fern: Polystichum munitum

Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens

Wallace's Selaginella: Selaginella wallacei

Grand Fir: Abies grandis

Noble Fir: Abies procera

Sitka Spruce: Picea sitchensis

Western Hemlock: Tsuga heterophylla

* Vine Maple: Acer circinatum

Red Alder: Alnus rubra

* Sitka Alder: Alnus viridis

* Henderson's Sedge: Carex hendersonii

* Small-flowered Woodrush: Luzula parviflora (formerly L. divaricata)

* Pacific Woodrush: Luzula comosa (var. laxa ?)

* Common Woodrush: Luzula multiflora

* Sweet Vernalgrass: Anthoxanthum odoratum

* Annual Bluegrass: Poa annua

Nodding Onion: Allium cernuum - In bud.

* Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var pallidum - Nearing an end to its bloom.

* Pink Fawn Lily: Erythronium revolutum

* Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis

Columbia Lily: Lilium columbianum - In bud.

* False Lily-of-the-Valley: Maianthemum dilatatum

* False Solomon Plume: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule

* Starry False Solomon Plume: Maianthemum stellatum

* Fairy Lanterns: Prosartes smithii

* Clasping-leaved Twisted-stalk: Streptopus amplexifolius - In bud.

* Wood Lily: Trillium ovatum - Fading out of bloom.

* Oregon Flag: Iris tenax - Beginning to bloom.

American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides - In bud on the summit meadows.

* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

* Broad-leaved Dock: Rumex obtusifolius

* Candy Flower: Claytonia siberica

Rosy Lewisia: Lewisia columbiana var. rupicola - In bud.

Little-leaf Montia: Montia parvifolia

* Field Chickweed: Cerastium arvense

* Sticky Chickweed: Cerastium glomeratum

* Boreal Sandwort: Minuartia rubella

* Bigleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla

* Common Chickweed: Stellaria media

* Baneberry: Actaea rubra

Windflower: Anemone deltoidea - Leaves only.

* Lyall's Anemone: Anemone lyallii

Pacific Anemone: Anemone multifida var. multifida

* Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

* Oregon Larkspur: Delphinium oreganum

Poison Larkspur: Delphinium trollifolium - Very much in bud. Blooming within a week.

* Little Buttercup: Ranunculus parviflorus

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculs occidentalis

* Oregon Grape: Berberis nervosa

* Western Meadow Rue: Thalictrum occidentale

* Inside-out-flower: Vancouveria hexandra - Beginning to bloom.

* Bleeding Heart: Dicentra formosa

Oregon Stonecrop: Sedum oreganum

* Saddle Mt. Bittercress: Cardamine pattersonii

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Still in bloom on the summit meadows.

* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum

* Shepherd's Cress: Teesdalia nudicalis - Disturbed, grassy areas along the summit ridge.

* Tower Mustard: Turritis glabra

*Oregon Oxalis: Oxalis oregana

* Nuttall's Saxifrage: Cascadia nuttallii

* Rusty Saxifrage: Micranthes ferruginea - Beginning to bloom.

* Saddle Mountain Saxifrage: Micranthes hitchcockiana

* Rusty-haired Saxifrage: Micranthes rufidula

* Tufted Saxifrage: Saxifraga caespitosa var. subgemmifera - In bud.

* Bog Saxifrage, Oregon Saxifrage: Micranthes oregana

* Fringecup: Tellima grandiflora

* Piggyback Plant: Tolmiea menziesii

* Prickly Currant: Ribes lacustre

Red-flowering Currant: Ribes sanguineum

* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia

Sylvan Goat's Beard: Aruncus dioicus var. acuminatus - In bud.

Coast Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. wrangelliana - In bud. Leafy bracteate inflorescence.

* Wood Strawberry: Fragaria vesca var. bracteata

* Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum (formerly var. campanulatum )

Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor -

Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa - In bud.

* Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus

* Salmonberry: Rubus spectabilis

* Sierra Peavine: Lathyrus nevadensis var. nevadensis

* Longstalk Clover: Trifolium longipes var. multiovulatum

* Hairy-stemmed Checkermallow: Sidalcea hirtipes - Beginning to bloom

* Spurred Violet: Viola adunca

* Pioneer Violet: Viola glabella

* Evergreen Violet: Viola sempervirens - A few still blooming under forest near the ridgetop.

* Devil's Club: Oplopanax horridum - Beginning to bloom.

* Cow Parsnip: Heracelum maximum

* Few-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium martindalei var. flavum

* Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

* Pacific Sanicle: Sanicula crassicaulis

* Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens

Copper Bush: Cladothamnus pyroliflorus

* Red Huckleberry: Vaccinium parvifolium

* Frigid Shootingstar: Dodecatheon austrofrigidum

* Smooth Douglasia: Douglasia laevigata - Fading out of bloom.

* Western Starflower: Trientalis latifolia - Beginning to bloom.

Varied-leaf Collomia: Collomia heterophylla

* Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa

* Pacific Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum tenuipes

* Small-flowered nemophila: Nemophila parviflora var. parviflora

Woodland Phacelia: Phacelia nemoralis ssp. oregonensis - In bud.

* Sitka Mist Maidens: Romanzoffia sitchensis

* Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia

* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. hispida

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinisa parviflora

* Chickweed Monkeyflower: Erythranthe alsinoides

* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata

Cardwell's Penstemon: Penstemon cardwellii - In bud. Should begin bloom within the week.

Cascade Penstemon: Penstemon serrulatus - In bud.

* Fringed Synthyris: Synthyris schizantha - Past peak bloom.

* Dwarf Owl Clover: Tryphysaria pusilla

* English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

* Cleavers: Galium aparine

* Red Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. arborescens

* Sea Blush: Plectritis congesta

* Scouler's Valerian: Valeriana scouleri

* Man Root: Marah oreganus

Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor

* Wandering Daisy: Erigeron peregrinus var. peregrinus - Begining to bloom.

Western Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. leucophyllum - In bud.

Wall Lettuce: Lactuca muralis

Sweet Coltsfoot: Petasites frigidus var. palmatus - Going to seed.

Western Rattlesnake-root: Prenanthes alata

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale


Animals Observed Along The Trail:

Red-tailed Hawks

Turkey Vultures

Common Ravens

Stellers Jays

Varied Thrushes

Dark-eyed Juncos

White-crowned Sparrows

Violet-green Swallows

Pacific Wrens

Banana Slug

Millepede: Haraphe sp.

Anise Swallowtails

Western Swallowtails

Greenish Hairstreak

Blue

Whites

 


Paul Slichter