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This is a great time to visit Saddle Mountain! There are lots of wildflowers in bloom virtually every step of the way from trailhead to summit, and I anticipate that things will continue to look good for the next several weeks. <P> Blooming in the forest: Pacific Waterleaf <I>(Hydrophyllum tenuipes)</I>, Pacific bleeding heart <I>(Dicentra formosa)</I>, False lily-of-the-valley <I>(Maianthemum dilatatum)</I>, Candy Flower <I>(Claytonia sibirica)</I>, Inside-out flower <I>(Vancouveria hexandra)</I>, Tooth-Leaved Monkeyflower <I>(Mimulus dentatus)</I>, Common paintbrush <I>(Castilleja miniata)</I>, Youth-on-age <I>(Tolmiea menziesii)</I>, Thimbleberry <I>(Rubus parviflorus)</I>, Salmonberry <I>(Rubus spectabilis)</I>, Fringecup <I>(Tellima grandiflora)</I>, False Solomon's Seal <I>(Maianthemum racemosum)</I>, Star-Flowered Solomon's Seal <I>(Maianthemum stellatum)</I>, Red columbine <I>(Aquilegia formosa)</I>, Columbia Windflower <I>(Anemone deltoidea)</I>, Fairy Lanterns <I>(Disporum smithii)</I>, Pacific Starflower <I>(Trientalis borealis ssp. latifolia)</I>, Goatsbeard <I>(Aruncus dioicus)</I>, Sitka Valerian <I>(Valeriana sitchensis)</I>. <P> Blooming at higher elevations: Hairy-Stemmed Checker-Mallow <I>(Sidalcea hirtipes)</I>, Upland Larkspur <I>(Delphinium nuttallianum)</I>, Menzie's larkspur <I>(Delphinium menziesii)</I>, Harsh paintbrush <I>(Castilleja hispida)</I>, Yellow monkeyflower <I>(Mimulus guttatus)</I>, Merten's Saxifrage <I>(Saxifraga mertensiana)</I>, Saddle Mountain Bittercress <I>(Cardamine pattersonii)</I>, Saddle Mountain Saxifrage <I>(Saxifraga Hitchcockiana)</I>, Western Saxifrage <I>(Saxifraga occidentalis)</I>, Western Wallflower <I>(Erysimum capitatum)</I>, Columbia lewisia <I>(Lewisia columbiana</I> var. <I>rupicola)</I>, Nodding Onion <I>(Allium cernuum)</I>, Olympic Onion <I>(Allium crenulatum)</I>, Cardwell's Penstemon <I>(Penstemon cardwellii)</I>, Spreading Phlox <I>(Phlox diffusa)</I>, Rosy Plectritis <I>(Plectritis congesta)</I>, Western Buttercup <I>(Ranunculus occidentalis)</I>, Bigroot <I>(Marah oreganus)</I>, Oregon Sunshine <I>(Eriophyllum lanatum)</I>. Tiger Lily <I>(Lilium columbianum)</I> is just starting.

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