The procession continues

Once the weather warmed up the wildflowers began to bloom with new species starting every day. It is hard to keep up with all of them.

Narrow-leaf Mountain-trumpet ~ Collomia linearis

Hound’s Tongue ~ Cynoglossum officinale

American Vetch ~ Vicia americana

Viper’s-bugloss ~ Echium vulgare

American twinflower ~ Linnaea borealis

Queen’s Cup ~ Clintonia uniflora

White Sweet-vetch ~ Hedysarum sulphurescens

American speedwell ~ Veronica americana

Yellow Clover ~ Trifolium aureum

Bird’s-foot Trefoil ~ Lotus corniculatus

Sulphur Penstemon ~ Penstemon attenuatus

Oxeye Daisy ~ Leucanthemum vulgare

Along a mile of trail

Yesterday after completing several things that have kept me from the trails lately (and pretty much away from the blog), I leisurely hiked the first mile of the Spring Creek trail (USFS trail #370), retreating from things that had been pressing and enjoying the deep shade of the canyon which was much cooler than the rather high temperatures in the valley. It was wonderful to see the wildflowers and gratifying to see so many species still in bloom.

Oxeye Daisy ~ Leucanthemum vulgare

Water Speedwell, Blue Speedwell ~ Veronica anagallis-aquatica

Pointedtip Mariposa Lily, Three-spot Mariposa Lily, Baker’s Mariposa ~ Calochortus apiculatus

Woodland Pinedrops ~ Pterospora andromedea

Alaska rein orchid, slender-spire orchid ~ Piperia unalascensis

Grand Collomia, Large-flower Mountain-trumpet, Large-flowered Collomia ~ Collomia grandiflora

Lanceleaved Stonecrop ~ Sedum lanceolatum

Sticky Currant berries ~ Ribes viscosissimum

Harebell, Bluebell-of-Scotland ~ Campanula rotundifolia

Pipsissewa, Common Prince’s-pine, ~ Chimaphila umbellata

American Twinflower ~ Linnaea borealis

High Mountain Cinquefoil ~ Potentilla flabellifolia

Wildflowers blooming today,

well, at least on the lower part of the Spring Creek trail.

American twinflower ~ Linnaea borealis

White spirea ~ Spiraea lucida

Three-spot Mariposa Lily ~ Calochortus apiculatus

Orange Honeysuckle ~ Lonicera ciliosa

Spotted Coralroot ~ Corallorhiza maculata (an orchid)

This morning’s wildflowers

With the temperature headed for one hundred today, early morning was the only time for a short hike and yesterday’s post on Jomegat’s Weblog reminded me that the Pipsissewa are starting to bloom, an event I would hate to miss. The wildflowers don’t mind the heat, especially along a wooded canyon trail. There were other flowers in bloom as well.

Bluebell bellflower, Bluebell-of-Scotland, Harebell, Campanula rotundifolia

Pipsissewa, Chimaphila umbellata

Oneleaf foamflower, Sugar scoop, Western foamflower, Tiarella trifoliata

Common selfheal, Prunella vulgaris

Twinflower, Linnaea borealis

Liverleaf wintergreen, Pink pyrola, Pyrola asarifolia

Nodding onion, Allium cernuum

Spotted coralroot, Corallorhiza maculata

Honeysuckle, Miterwort, Twinflower and a rose with a beard…

Orange Honeysuckle, Lonicera ciliosa

Smallflower Miterwort, Mitella stauropetala

Twinflower, Linnaea borealis

Woods Rose, Rosa woodsii

In search of the whuzzit…

Another trip to the home of the “whuzzit” last night yielded no new clues to its identity, but as with every wander in the forest there were other photo ops.

Twinflower, Linnaea borealis

One-leaved Foamflower, Tiarella unifoliata

Self-heal; just starting to bloom

Spotted Coralroot, Corallorhiza maculata

Green Wintergreen, Green-flowered Wintergreen, pyrola chlorantha

Silver-leaf Phacelia, White-leaf Phacelia , Phacelia hastata

and this guy: