Location | Cone Peak |
Date | 06/21/2014 |
Reporter | Greg Lief |
oregonwildflowers@gmail.com | |
Website/Photos | http://LiefPhotos.com |
Comments | Although the big meadows/rock gardens are not yet at their peak, Cone Peak looks good and should be worth visiting for the next 2-4 weeks.
Blooming in the forest: Wood Strawberry (Fragaria vesca), Columbia Windflower (Anemone deltoidea), Bunchberry (Cornus unalaschkensis), Queen's Cup (Clintonia uniflora), Candyflower (Claytonia sibirica), Spotted Coral Root (Corallorhiza maculata), Ocean Spray (Holodiscus discolor), Pacific Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa), Red Columbine (Aquilegia formosa), Tall Bluebell (Mertensia paniculata), Sitka Valerian (Valeriana sitchensis), Cardwell's Penstemon (Penstemon cardwellii), and Cliff Larkspur (Delphinium menziesii). Lots of Great Polemonium (Polemonium carneum) are on the verge of opening. Although this location is not known for its Bear Grass (Xerophyllum tenax), there is a nice patch blooming near the second switchback. No Tiger Lily (Lilium columbianum) 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), Harsh Paintbrush (Castilleja hispida), Monkey Flower (Mimulus guttatus), Small-Flowered Blue-Eyed Mary (Collinsia parviflora), Small-Flowered Penstemon (Penstemon procerus), Virgate Phacelia (Phacelia heterophylla), Spreading Phlox (Phlox diffusa), Spring Gold (Lomatium utriculatum), Western Serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia), Pacific Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum tenuipes), and Western Wallflower (Erysimum capitatum). Blooming in the big meadows: profuse amounts of Meadow Death Camas (Zigadenus venenosus), plenty of Cat's Ear, Cliff Larkspur, and Harsh Paintbrush (with more on the way), Bluefield Gilia, Monkey Flower, along with Scalloped Onion (Allium crenulatum), Field Chickweed (Cerastium arvense), Blue Stickseed (Hackelia micrantha), Oregon Sunshine (Eriophyllum lanatum), Sulphur Flower Buckwheat (Eriogonum umbellatum var. umbellatum), and Yarrow (Achillea millefolium). |
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Cone Peak |
06/21/2014 |
Website/Photos |
Although the big meadows/rock gardens are not yet at their peak, Cone Peak looks good and should be worth visiting for the next 2-4 weeks.
Blooming in the forest: Wood Strawberry (Fragaria vesca), Columbia Windflower (Anemone deltoidea), Bunchberry (Cornus unalaschkensis), Queen's Cup (Clintonia uniflora), Candyflower (Claytonia sibirica), Spotted Coral Root (Corallorhiza maculata), Ocean Spray (Holodiscus discolor), Pacific Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa), Red Columbine (Aquilegia formosa), Tall Bluebell (Mertensia paniculata), Sitka Valerian (Valeriana sitchensis), Cardwell's Penstemon (Penstemon cardwellii), and Cliff Larkspur (Delphinium menziesii). Lots of Great Polemonium (Polemonium carneum) are on the verge of opening. Although this location is not known for its Bear Grass (Xerophyllum tenax), there is a nice patch blooming near the second switchback. No Tiger Lily (Lilium columbianum) 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), Harsh Paintbrush (Castilleja hispida), Monkey Flower (Mimulus guttatus), Small-Flowered Blue-Eyed Mary (Collinsia parviflora), Small-Flowered Penstemon (Penstemon procerus), Virgate Phacelia (Phacelia heterophylla), Spreading Phlox (Phlox diffusa), Spring Gold (Lomatium utriculatum), Western Serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia), Pacific Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum tenuipes), and Western Wallflower (Erysimum capitatum). Blooming in the big meadows: profuse amounts of Meadow Death Camas (Zigadenus venenosus), plenty of Cat's Ear, Cliff Larkspur, and Harsh Paintbrush (with more on the way), Bluefield Gilia, Monkey Flower, along with Scalloped Onion (Allium crenulatum), Field Chickweed (Cerastium arvense), Blue Stickseed (Hackelia micrantha), Oregon Sunshine (Eriophyllum lanatum), Sulphur Flower Buckwheat (Eriogonum umbellatum var. umbellatum), and Yarrow (Achillea millefolium). |
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