[Azaleas, Rhododendrons and Labrador Teas: The Genus Rhododendron in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]
Pacific Rhododendron, California Rhododendron, Western Rhododendron

Rhododendron macrophyllum

Synonym: Rhododendron californicum

Pacific Rhododendron, California Rhododendron, Western Rhododendron: Rhododendron macrophyllum (Synonym: Rhododendron californicum) - Pacific Rhododendron, California Rhododendron, Western Rhododendron: Rhododendron macrophyllum (Synonym: Rhododendron californicum) - Pacific Rhododendron, California Rhododendron, Western Rhododendron: Rhododendron macrophyllum (Synonym: Rhododendron californicum)

Several late-blooming Pacific rhododendrons spotted at a spot where the snow lays late into the season along the Bachelor Mountain Trail #3420, Willamette National Forest.....July 9, 2025. This spot is a 'flat' shoulder along the Bachelor Mountain ridgeline about one-quarter mile SE of the junction with the Bugaboo Trail #3423.

Pacific Rhododendron, California Rhododendron, Western Rhododendron: Rhododendron macrophyllum (Synonym: Rhododendron californicum) - Pacific Rhododendron, California Rhododendron, Western Rhododendron: Rhododendron macrophyllum (Synonym: Rhododendron californicum)

These photos show pacific rhododendron at the edge of a forest clearing near Patterson Mt. in the southern Willamette National Forest.........July 13, 2008.
Paul Slichter