Wildflower Report for Eagle Creek

LocationEagle Creek
Date04/25/2016
ReporterGreg Lief
E-mailoregonwildflowers@gmail.com
Website/Photoshttp://LiefPhotos.com
CommentsThe Eagle Creek trail is in bloom!

Blooming in the open areas: Fringecup (Tellima grandiflora), Rusty Saxifrage (Saxifraga ferruginea), Common Monkeyflower (Mimulus guttatus), Small-Flowered Blue-Eyed Mary (Collinsia parviflora), Large-Flowered Blue-Eyed Mary (Collinsia grandiflora), Western Meadowrue (Thalictrum occidentale), Checker Lily (Fritillaria affinis), Bigroot (Marah oreganus), Naked Broomrape (Orobanche uniflora), and Rosy Plectritis (Plectritis congesta).

Blooming in shaded/forested areas: Wood Violet (Viola glabella), Pacific Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa), Woodland Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana), Hooker`s Fairybells (Disporum hookeri), Candyflower (Claytonia sibirica), False Solomon`s Seal (Maianthemum racemosum), Big-Leaf Sandwort (Moehringia macrophylla), Piggy-Back Plant (Tolmiea menziesii), and Pacific Starflower (Trientalis borealis ssp. latifolia). I also saw a few Fairyslipper (Calypso bulbosa).

Blooming on the cliffs: Northwestern Saxifrage (Saxifraga integrifolia), Merten`s Saxifrage (Saxifraga mertensiana), Rusty Saxifrage (Saxifraga ferruginea), Chickweed Monkeyflower (Mimulus alsinoides), Common Monkeyflower (Mimulus guttatus), and lots of Few-Flowered Shooting Star (Dodecatheon pulchellum). Most of the latter were past peak, but there were still a few dozen that looked good.

Blooming on the slopes alongside the cliff-side trail sections: profuse amounts of Rosy Plectritis (Plectritis congesta) and Rockslide Larkspur (Delphinium glareosum). Those two continue beyond the cliff-side trail sections, and are joined by Martindale`s Desert Parsley (Lomatium martindalei), Common Monkeyflower (Mimulus guttatus), Small-flowered Prairie Stars (Lithophragma parviflorum), Gold Stars (Crocidium multicaule), more Large-Flowered Blue-Eyed Mary (Collinsia grandiflora), and Large-Leaf Avens (Geum macrophyllum).

I also saw a good amount of Long-tailed Ginger (Asarum caudatum) blooming along the spur trail to the Metlako Falls viewpoint.

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Eagle Creek
04/25/2016
Website/Photos 
The Eagle Creek trail is in bloom!

Blooming in the open areas: Fringecup (Tellima grandiflora), Rusty Saxifrage (Saxifraga ferruginea), Common Monkeyflower (Mimulus guttatus), Small-Flowered Blue-Eyed Mary (Collinsia parviflora), Large-Flowered Blue-Eyed Mary (Collinsia grandiflora), Western Meadowrue (Thalictrum occidentale), Checker Lily (Fritillaria affinis), Bigroot (Marah oreganus), Naked Broomrape (Orobanche uniflora), and Rosy Plectritis (Plectritis congesta).

Blooming in shaded/forested areas: Wood Violet (Viola glabella), Pacific Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa), Woodland Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana), Hooker`s Fairybells (Disporum hookeri), Candyflower (Claytonia sibirica), False Solomon`s Seal (Maianthemum racemosum), Big-Leaf Sandwort (Moehringia macrophylla), Piggy-Back Plant (Tolmiea menziesii), and Pacific Starflower (Trientalis borealis ssp. latifolia). I also saw a few Fairyslipper (Calypso bulbosa).

Blooming on the cliffs: Northwestern Saxifrage (Saxifraga integrifolia), Merten`s Saxifrage (Saxifraga mertensiana), Rusty Saxifrage (Saxifraga ferruginea), Chickweed Monkeyflower (Mimulus alsinoides), Common Monkeyflower (Mimulus guttatus), and lots of Few-Flowered Shooting Star (Dodecatheon pulchellum). Most of the latter were past peak, but there were still a few dozen that looked good.

Blooming on the slopes alongside the cliff-side trail sections: profuse amounts of Rosy Plectritis (Plectritis congesta) and Rockslide Larkspur (Delphinium glareosum). Those two continue beyond the cliff-side trail sections, and are joined by Martindale`s Desert Parsley (Lomatium martindalei), Common Monkeyflower (Mimulus guttatus), Small-flowered Prairie Stars (Lithophragma parviflorum), Gold Stars (Crocidium multicaule), more Large-Flowered Blue-Eyed Mary (Collinsia grandiflora), and Large-Leaf Avens (Geum macrophyllum).

I also saw a good amount of Long-tailed Ginger (Asarum caudatum) blooming along the spur trail to the Metlako Falls viewpoint.


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