Old Howard Prairie Road to the Green Springs Mountain Loop Trail

Darryl, Mary (welcome back!), Sabin and I did see lots of flowers on the PCT from the old Hyatt Prairie road to the Green Springs Mountain loop trail. But Clustered Lady’s Slipperthe big news of the day, as mentioned in an earlier email was the discovery of the Mountain’s lady slipper (Cypripedium montanum). OH. MY. GOODNESS.

Bless the unknown hiker who excitedly shared the news and a picture. We are so lucky to have such an astoundingly rich botanical area like the Cascade Siskiyou National Monument in our own backyard. Flowers with an asterisk are new blooms for the 2020 season. I will try to remember to do this in future.

Respectfully submitted,
Flower Floozy Liz

Blue dick
Bluefield gilia
Broadleaf arnica
Calypso orchid/Fairy slipper
Cleavers/Bedstraw
Columbia windflower*
Common vetch
Common yarrow
Elegant cat’s ear
Fawn lily
Fendler’s Meadow rue
Field rockcress
Forktooth Ookow
Fuzzy/Ashland cinquefoil
Hall’s lomatium
Hooker’s fairybell
Little minors lettuce
Manroot/Wild cucumber
Meadow delphinium
Mission bells/Checker lilly
Miners lettuce
Mountain’s lady slipper *
Nineleaf biscuitroot
Oregon geranium*

Pestle lomatium
Pioneer violet
Plumed Solomon seal
Prairie smoke
Royal Jacob’s ladder
Rosy plectrits/Sea blushUpland larkspur
Western groundsel
Western sorrel
Western trillium
White plectritis
White triteleia
Wooly headed clover*
Woodland rose
Woodland star*
Wood strawberry
Yellow salsify
Zigadene/Death camas

Flowering shubs:
Dwarf or dull Oregon grape
Tall shiny Oregon grape
Trailing Oregon grape
Western/Utah Serviceberry

Hike Leader: Liz

Photos By: Darryl, Liz, Nanci