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It is a <B>great</B> time to visit the Tire Mountain trail! Blooming in forested areas: Vanilla Leaf <I>(Achlys triphylla)</I>, Hooker's Fairybell <I>(Disporum hookeri)</I>, Fairy Lanterns <I>(Disporum smithii)</I>, Candyflower <I>(Claytonia sibirica)</I>, Fairy Slipper <I>(Calypso bulbosa)</i>, Star-Flowered Solomon's Seal <I>(Maianthemum stellatum)</I>, False Solomon's Seal <I>(Maianthemum racemosum)</I>, Pacific Starflower <I>(Trientalis latifolia)</I>, Evergreen Violet <I>(Viola sempervirens)</I>, Woodland Strawberry <I>(Fragaria vesca)</I>, Bunchberry <I>(Cornus canadensis)</I>, Pacific Bleeding Heart <I>(Dicentra formosa)</i>, Red-Flowering Currant <I>(Ribes sanguineum)</I>, Redwood Sorrel <I>(Oxalis oregana)</I>, Sitka Valerian <I>(Valeriana sitchensis)</I>, Yellow Leaf Iris <I>(Iris chrysophylla)</I>, Pacific Waterleaf <I>(Hydrophyllum tenuipes)</I>, Spotted Coralroot <I>(Corallorhiza maculata)</I>, Western Meadowrue <I>(Thalictrum occidentale)</I>, and Great Hound's Tongue <I>(Cynoglossum grande)</I> (under the oaks at the start of the big meadow). <P> Blooming in the meadows: Rosy Plectritis <I>(Plectritis congesta)</I>, Annual Agoseris <I>(Agoseris heterophylla)</I>, Cliff Larkspur <I>(Delphinium menziesii)</I>, Cat's Ear Lily <I>(Calochortus tolmiei)</I>, Bluehead Gilia <I>(Gilia capitata)</I>, Harsh Paintbrush <I>(Castilleja hispida)</I>, Yellow Monkeyflower <I>(Mimulus guttatus)</I>, Scouler's Valerian <I>(Valeriana scouleri)</I>, Manroot <I>(Marah oregonus)</I>, Spring Gold <I>(Lomatium utriculatum)</I>, Western Buttercup <I>(Ranunculus occidentalis)</I>, Arrowleaf Groundsel <I>(Senecio triangularis)</I>, Olympic Onion <I>(Allium crenulatum)</I>, Deltoid Balsamroot <I>(Balsamorhiza deltoidea)</I> in the second meadow, Wild Strawberry <I>(Fragaria virginiana)</I>, Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary <I>(Collinsia uniflora)</I>, Large-flowered Blue-eyed Mary <I>(Collinsia grandiflora)</I>, Pacific Lupine <I>(Lupinus lepidus)</I>, Maiden Clover <I>(Trifolium microcephalum)</I>, Branched Indian Clover <I>(Trifolium dichotomum)</I>, Common Camas <I>(Camassia quamash)</I>, California mistmaiden <I>(Romanzoffia californica)</I>, American Vetch <I>(Vicia americana)</I>, Western Columbine <I>(Aquilegia formosa)</I>, and occasional Chocolate Lily <I>(Fritillaria lanceolata)</I>. Also seen blooming on the ridge: Bare-Stem Desert Parsley <I>(Lomatium nudicaule)</I>, Spreading Phlox <I>(Phlox diffusa)</I>, Hotrock Penstemon <I>(Penstemon deustus)</I>, Subalpine Mariposa Lily <I>(Calochortus subalpinus)</I>, Rock Penstemon <I>(Penstemon rupicola)</I>, and Stonecrop <I>(Sedum sp.)</I>.

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