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Now is the perfect time to visit Cone Peak! <P> <B>Blooming in the forest</B>: Wood Strawberry <I>(Fragaria vesca)</I>, Vanilla Leaf <I>(Achlys triphylla)</I>, Columbia Windflower <I>(Anemone deltoidea)</I>, Star-Flowered Solomon's-Seal <I>(Maianthemum stellatum)</I>, False Solomon's-Seal <I>(Maianthemum racemosa)</I>, Bunchberry <I>(Cornus unalaschkensis)</I>, Youth-On-Age <I>(Tolmiea mensziesii)</I>, Queen's Cup <I>(Clintonia uniflora)</I>, Candyflower <I>(Claytonia sibirica)</I>, Spotted Coral Root <I>(Corallorhiza maculata)</I>, Thimbleberry <I>(Rubus parviflorus)</I>, Striped Coral Root <I>(Corallorhiza striata)</I>, Salmonberry <I>(Rubus spectabilis)</I>, Pacific Bleeding Heart <I>(Dicentra formosa)</I>, Musk Monkeyflower <I>(Mimulus moschatus)</I>, Pacific Starflower <I>(Trientalis borealis ssp. latifolia)</I> Red Columbine <I>(Aquilegia formosa)</I>, Tiger Lily <I>(Lilium columbianum)</I>, Foamflower <I>(Tiarella cordifolia)</I>, Tall Bluebell <I>(Mertensia paniculata)</I>, Sitka Valerian <I>(Valeriana sitchensis)</I>, Great Polemonium <I>(Polemonium carneum)</I>, Cardwell's Penstemon <I>(Penstemon cardwellii)</I>, Cliff Larkspur <I>(Delphinium menziesii)</I>, Pacific Waterleaf <I>(Hydrophyllum tenuipes)</I>. <P> <B>Blooming in the first small meadow</B>: Bluefield Gilia <I>(Gilia capitata)</I>, Cardwell's Penstemon <I>(Penstemon cardwellii)</I>, Cat's Ear <I>(Calochortus subalpinus)</I>, Cliff Larkspur <I>(Delphinium menziesii)</I>, Cream Stonecrop <I>(Sedum oregonense)</I>, Harsh Paintbrush <I>(Castilleja hispida)</I>, Monkey Flower <I>(Mimulus guttatus)</I>, Oregon Sunshine <I>(Eriophyllum lanatum)</I>, Small-Flowered Penstemon <I>(Penstemon procerus)</I>, Sticky Cinquefoil <I>(Potentilla glandulosa)</I>, and Virgate Phacelia <I>(Phacelia heterophylla)</I>. <P> <B>Blooming in the second small meadow</B>: more Cat's Ear, Cliff Larkspur, Harsh Paintbrush, as well as Scarlet Gilia <I>(Ipomopsis aggregata)</I>, Spreading Phlox <I>(Phlox diffusa)</I>, Sulphur Flower Buckwheat <I>(Eriogonum umbellatum </I>var. <I>umbellatum)</I>, and Spring Gold <I>(Lomatium utriculatum)</I>. <P> <B>Blooming in the big meadows</B>: lots more Cat's Ear, Cliff Larkspur, Harsh Paintbrush, Monkey Flower, Sulphur Flower Buckwheat, along with Scalloped Onion <I>(Allium crenulatum)</I>, Small-Flowered Blue-Eyed Mary <I>(Collinsia parviflora)</I>, Yarrow <I>(Achillea millefolium)</I>, and Broadleaf Lupine (<I>Lupinus latifolius</I>).


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