Wildflower Report for Cone Peak

LocationCone Peak
Date07/06/2012
ReporterGreg Lief
E-mailoregonwildflowers@gmail.com
Website/Photoshttp://pbase.com/greglief/cone_peak_2012
CommentsNow is a great time to visit Cone Peak! In particular, Cliff Larkspur (Delphinium menziesii) is nearly everywhere... very impressive display.

Blooming in the forest: Wood Strawberry (Fragaria vesca), Vanilla Leaf (Achlys triphylla), Columbia Windflower (Anemone deltoidea), Red Baneberry (Actaea rubra), Star-Flowered Solomon's-Seal (Maianthemum stellatum), False Solomon's-Seal (Maianthemum racemosa), Bunchberry (Cornus unalaschkensis), Queen's Cup (Clintonia uniflora), Candyflower (Claytonia sibirica), Spotted Coral Root (Corallorhiza maculata), Pacific Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa), Red Columbine (Aquilegia formosa), Hooker's Fairybell (Disporum hookeri), Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia), Tall Bluebell (Mertensia paniculata), Foamflower (Tiarella trifoliata), Sitka Valerian (Valeriana sitchensis), Great Polemonium (Polemonium carneum), Cardwell's Penstemon (Penstemon cardwellii), and Cliff Larkspur (Delphinium menziesii). No Tiger Lily (Lilium columbianum) blooming yet.

Blooming in the two small meadows: Bluefield Gilia (Gilia capitata), Cardwell's Penstemon (Penstemon cardwellii), Cat's Ear (Calochortus subalpinus), Cliff Larkspur (Delphinium menziesii), Cream Stonecrop (Sedum oregonense), Harsh Paintbrush (Castilleja hispida), Monkey Flower (Mimulus guttatus), Small-Flowered Blue-Eyed Mary (Collinsia parviflora), Small-Flowered Penstemon (Penstemon procerus), Sticky Cinquefoil (Potentilla glandulosa), Virgate Phacelia (Phacelia heterophylla), Spreading Phlox (Phlox diffusa), Sulphur Flower Buckwheat (Eriogonum umbellatum var. umbellatum), Spring Gold (Lomatium utriculatum), Western Serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia), Naked Broomrape (Orobanche uniflora), Pacific Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum tenuipes), Mitrewort (Mitella sp.), Big-Leaf Sandwort (Moehringia macrophylla), and Western Wallflower (Erysimum capitatum).

Blooming in the big meadows: lots more Cat's Ear, Cliff Larkspur, Harsh Paintbrush, Bluefield Gilia, Monkey Flower, Sulphur Flower Buckwheat, Serviceberry, Cinquefoil, along with Scalloped Onion (Allium crenulatum), Giant Blue-Eyed Mary (Collinsia parviflora), Meadow Death Camas (Zigadenus venenosus), Field Chickweed (Cerastium arvense), Oregon Sunshine (Eriophyllum lanatum), Long-Stalked Clover (Trifolium longipes), and Prairie Star (Lithophragma parviflorum). No Broadleaf Lupine (Lupinus latifolius) in bloom yet. Western Trillium (Trillium ovatum) and Glacier Lily (Erythronium grandiflorum) still in bloom along the trail between Cone Peak and Iron Mountain.

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Cone Peak
07/06/2012
Website/Photos 
Now is a great time to visit Cone Peak! In particular, Cliff Larkspur (Delphinium menziesii) is nearly everywhere... very impressive display.

Blooming in the forest: Wood Strawberry (Fragaria vesca), Vanilla Leaf (Achlys triphylla), Columbia Windflower (Anemone deltoidea), Red Baneberry (Actaea rubra), Star-Flowered Solomon's-Seal (Maianthemum stellatum), False Solomon's-Seal (Maianthemum racemosa), Bunchberry (Cornus unalaschkensis), Queen's Cup (Clintonia uniflora), Candyflower (Claytonia sibirica), Spotted Coral Root (Corallorhiza maculata), Pacific Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa), Red Columbine (Aquilegia formosa), Hooker's Fairybell (Disporum hookeri), Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia), Tall Bluebell (Mertensia paniculata), Foamflower (Tiarella trifoliata), Sitka Valerian (Valeriana sitchensis), Great Polemonium (Polemonium carneum), Cardwell's Penstemon (Penstemon cardwellii), and Cliff Larkspur (Delphinium menziesii). No Tiger Lily (Lilium columbianum) blooming yet.

Blooming in the two small meadows: Bluefield Gilia (Gilia capitata), Cardwell's Penstemon (Penstemon cardwellii), Cat's Ear (Calochortus subalpinus), Cliff Larkspur (Delphinium menziesii), Cream Stonecrop (Sedum oregonense), Harsh Paintbrush (Castilleja hispida), Monkey Flower (Mimulus guttatus), Small-Flowered Blue-Eyed Mary (Collinsia parviflora), Small-Flowered Penstemon (Penstemon procerus), Sticky Cinquefoil (Potentilla glandulosa), Virgate Phacelia (Phacelia heterophylla), Spreading Phlox (Phlox diffusa), Sulphur Flower Buckwheat (Eriogonum umbellatum var. umbellatum), Spring Gold (Lomatium utriculatum), Western Serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia), Naked Broomrape (Orobanche uniflora), Pacific Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum tenuipes), Mitrewort (Mitella sp.), Big-Leaf Sandwort (Moehringia macrophylla), and Western Wallflower (Erysimum capitatum).

Blooming in the big meadows: lots more Cat's Ear, Cliff Larkspur, Harsh Paintbrush, Bluefield Gilia, Monkey Flower, Sulphur Flower Buckwheat, Serviceberry, Cinquefoil, along with Scalloped Onion (Allium crenulatum), Giant Blue-Eyed Mary (Collinsia parviflora), Meadow Death Camas (Zigadenus venenosus), Field Chickweed (Cerastium arvense), Oregon Sunshine (Eriophyllum lanatum), Long-Stalked Clover (Trifolium longipes), and Prairie Star (Lithophragma parviflorum). No Broadleaf Lupine (Lupinus latifolius) in bloom yet. Western Trillium (Trillium ovatum) and Glacier Lily (Erythronium grandiflorum) still in bloom along the trail between Cone Peak and Iron Mountain.


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