Wildflower Report for Mount June / Sawtooth Rock Meadow

LocationMount June / Sawtooth Rock Meadow
Date07/04/2011
ReporterGreg Lief
E-mailoregonwildflowers@gmail.com
Website/Photoshttp://LiefPhotos.com
CommentsIt is the PERFECT time to visit Sawtooth Rock Meadow, which is covered with a kaleidoscope of wildflowers!

Blooming in forested areas: Vanilla Leaf (Achlys triphylla), Hooker's Fairybell (Disporum hookeri), Candyflower (Claytonia sibirica), Fairy Slipper (Calypso bulbosa), Star-Flowered Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum stellatum), False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum racemosum), Evergreen Violet (Viola sempervirens), Pacific Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa), Redwood Sorrel (Oxalis oregana), Coralroot (Corallorhiza sp.), Western Meadowrue (Thalictrum occidentale), and Pacific Rhododendron (Rhododendron macrophyllum) is just getting started.

Blooming in the meadows: Rosy Plectritis (Plectritis congesta), Prairie Star (Lithophragma sp.), Yellow Leaf Iris (Iris chrysophylla), Cliff Larkspur (Delphinium menziesii), Cat's Ear Lily (Calochortus tolmiei), Bluehead Gilia (Gilia capitata), Harsh Paintbrush (Castilleja hispida), Yellow Monkeyflower (Mimulus guttatus), Manroot (Marah oregonus), Spring Gold (Lomatium utriculatum), Western Buttercup (Ranunculus occidentalis), Olympic Onion (Allium crenulatum), Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana), Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary (Collinsia uniflora), Large-flowered Blue-eyed Mary (Collinsia grandiflora), Pacific Lupine (Lupinus lepidus), Maiden Clover (Trifolium microcephalum), Branched Indian Clover (Trifolium dichotomum), American Vetch (Vicia americana), Silver Bush Lupine (Lupine albifrons), Western Wallflower (Erysimum capitatum), Oregon Sunshine (Eriophyllum lanatum), Serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea), and Yarrow (Achillea millefolium).

Although I did not thoroughly explore the south ridges at Mount June, I saw the following species blooming at the summit: Cliff Penstemon (Penstemon rupicola), Bluehead Gilia (Gilia capitata), Harsh Paintbrush (Castilleja hispida), Western Wallflower (Erysimum capitatum), Spring Gold (Lomatium utriculatum), Olympic Onion (Allium crenulatum), Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana), and Serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea).

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Mount June / Sawtooth Rock Meadow
07/04/2011
Website/Photos 
It is the PERFECT time to visit Sawtooth Rock Meadow, which is covered with a kaleidoscope of wildflowers!

Blooming in forested areas: Vanilla Leaf (Achlys triphylla), Hooker's Fairybell (Disporum hookeri), Candyflower (Claytonia sibirica), Fairy Slipper (Calypso bulbosa), Star-Flowered Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum stellatum), False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum racemosum), Evergreen Violet (Viola sempervirens), Pacific Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa), Redwood Sorrel (Oxalis oregana), Coralroot (Corallorhiza sp.), Western Meadowrue (Thalictrum occidentale), and Pacific Rhododendron (Rhododendron macrophyllum) is just getting started.

Blooming in the meadows: Rosy Plectritis (Plectritis congesta), Prairie Star (Lithophragma sp.), Yellow Leaf Iris (Iris chrysophylla), Cliff Larkspur (Delphinium menziesii), Cat's Ear Lily (Calochortus tolmiei), Bluehead Gilia (Gilia capitata), Harsh Paintbrush (Castilleja hispida), Yellow Monkeyflower (Mimulus guttatus), Manroot (Marah oregonus), Spring Gold (Lomatium utriculatum), Western Buttercup (Ranunculus occidentalis), Olympic Onion (Allium crenulatum), Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana), Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary (Collinsia uniflora), Large-flowered Blue-eyed Mary (Collinsia grandiflora), Pacific Lupine (Lupinus lepidus), Maiden Clover (Trifolium microcephalum), Branched Indian Clover (Trifolium dichotomum), American Vetch (Vicia americana), Silver Bush Lupine (Lupine albifrons), Western Wallflower (Erysimum capitatum), Oregon Sunshine (Eriophyllum lanatum), Serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea), and Yarrow (Achillea millefolium).

Although I did not thoroughly explore the south ridges at Mount June, I saw the following species blooming at the summit: Cliff Penstemon (Penstemon rupicola), Bluehead Gilia (Gilia capitata), Harsh Paintbrush (Castilleja hispida), Western Wallflower (Erysimum capitatum), Spring Gold (Lomatium utriculatum), Olympic Onion (Allium crenulatum), Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana), and Serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea).


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