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Wildflower Report for Tire Mountain

Location	Tire Mountain
Date	07/02/2011
Reporter	Greg Lief
E-mail	oregonwildflowers@gmail.com
Website/Photos	http://LiefPhotos.com
Comments	It is a great time to visit the Tire Mountain trail! Blooming in forested areas: Vanilla Leaf (Achlys triphylla), Hooker's Fairybell (Disporum hookeri), Fairy Lanterns (Disporum smithii), Candyflower (Claytonia sibirica), Fairy Slipper (Calypso bulbosa), Star-Flowered Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum stellatum), False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum racemosum), Pacific Starflower (Trientalis latifolia), Evergreen Violet (Viola sempervirens), Woodland Strawberry (Fragaria vesca), Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis), Pacific Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa), Red-Flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum), Redwood Sorrel (Oxalis oregana), Sitka Valerian (Valeriana sitchensis), Yellow Leaf Iris (Iris chrysophylla), Pacific Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum tenuipes), Spotted Coralroot (Corallorhiza maculata), Western Meadowrue (Thalictrum occidentale), and Great Hound's Tongue (Cynoglossum grande) (under the oaks at the start of the big meadow). Blooming in the meadows: Rosy Plectritis (Plectritis congesta), Annual Agoseris (Agoseris heterophylla), Cliff Larkspur (Delphinium menziesii), Cat's Ear Lily (Calochortus tolmiei), Bluehead Gilia (Gilia capitata), Harsh Paintbrush (Castilleja hispida), Yellow Monkeyflower (Mimulus guttatus), Scouler's Valerian (Valeriana scouleri), Manroot (Marah oregonus), Spring Gold (Lomatium utriculatum), Western Buttercup (Ranunculus occidentalis), Arrowleaf Groundsel (Senecio triangularis), Olympic Onion (Allium crenulatum), Deltoid Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza deltoidea) in the second meadow, Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana), Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary (Collinsia uniflora), Large-flowered Blue-eyed Mary (Collinsia grandiflora), Pacific Lupine (Lupinus lepidus), Maiden Clover (Trifolium microcephalum), Branched Indian Clover (Trifolium dichotomum), Common Camas (Camassia quamash), California mistmaiden (Romanzoffia californica), American Vetch (Vicia americana), Western Columbine (Aquilegia formosa), and occasional Chocolate Lily (Fritillaria lanceolata). Also seen blooming on the ridge: Bare-Stem Desert Parsley (Lomatium nudicaule), Spreading Phlox (Phlox diffusa), Hotrock Penstemon (Penstemon deustus), Subalpine Mariposa Lily (Calochortus subalpinus), Rock Penstemon (Penstemon rupicola), and Stonecrop (Sedum sp.).
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Tire Mountain

07/02/2011

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It is a great time to visit the Tire Mountain trail! Blooming in forested areas: Vanilla Leaf (Achlys triphylla), Hooker's Fairybell (Disporum hookeri), Fairy Lanterns (Disporum smithii), Candyflower (Claytonia sibirica), Fairy Slipper (Calypso bulbosa), Star-Flowered Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum stellatum), False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum racemosum), Pacific Starflower (Trientalis latifolia), Evergreen Violet (Viola sempervirens), Woodland Strawberry (Fragaria vesca), Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis), Pacific Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa), Red-Flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum), Redwood Sorrel (Oxalis oregana), Sitka Valerian (Valeriana sitchensis), Yellow Leaf Iris (Iris chrysophylla), Pacific Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum tenuipes), Spotted Coralroot (Corallorhiza maculata), Western Meadowrue (Thalictrum occidentale), and Great Hound's Tongue (Cynoglossum grande) (under the oaks at the start of the big meadow).

Blooming in the meadows: Rosy Plectritis (Plectritis congesta), Annual Agoseris (Agoseris heterophylla), Cliff Larkspur (Delphinium menziesii), Cat's Ear Lily (Calochortus tolmiei), Bluehead Gilia (Gilia capitata), Harsh Paintbrush (Castilleja hispida), Yellow Monkeyflower (Mimulus guttatus), Scouler's Valerian (Valeriana scouleri), Manroot (Marah oregonus), Spring Gold (Lomatium utriculatum), Western Buttercup (Ranunculus occidentalis), Arrowleaf Groundsel (Senecio triangularis), Olympic Onion (Allium crenulatum), Deltoid Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza deltoidea) in the second meadow, Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana), Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary (Collinsia uniflora), Large-flowered Blue-eyed Mary (Collinsia grandiflora), Pacific Lupine (Lupinus lepidus), Maiden Clover (Trifolium microcephalum), Branched Indian Clover (Trifolium dichotomum), Common Camas (Camassia quamash), California mistmaiden (Romanzoffia californica), American Vetch (Vicia americana), Western Columbine (Aquilegia formosa), and occasional Chocolate Lily (Fritillaria lanceolata). Also seen blooming on the ridge: Bare-Stem Desert Parsley (Lomatium nudicaule), Spreading Phlox (Phlox diffusa), Hotrock Penstemon (Penstemon deustus), Subalpine Mariposa Lily (Calochortus subalpinus), Rock Penstemon (Penstemon rupicola), and Stonecrop (Sedum sp.).

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