Wildflowers of the North Fork Catherine Creek Trail #1905 to the south end of Catherine Creek Meadows Wallowa-Whitman National Forest from the trailhead to about one-haf mile south of Catherine Creek Meadows Union County, OR T6S R46E S5, S6, S8, S9 Data collected by Paul Slichter & Susan Saul with additions from USFS lists Updated March 9, 2019 Common Name Scientific Name Family Lichens, Ferns & Horsetails ____ Northwestern Lady Fern Athyrium filix-femina v. cyclosorum Athyriaceae ____ Fremont's Horsehair Lichen Bryoria fremontii Bryaceae ____ Fragile Fern Cystopteris fragilis Cystoperidaceae ____ Bracken Fern Pteridium aquilinum v. pubescens Dennstaedtiaceae ____ Common Horsetail Equisetum arvense Equisetaceae ____ Brown-eyed Wolf Lichen Letharia columbiana Parmeliaceae Sedges, Rushes and Grasses ____ Big-leaf Sedge Carex amplifolia Cyperaceae ____ Bolander's Sedge Carex bolanderi Cyperaceae ____ Elk Sedge Carex geyeri Cyperaceae ____ Slender-foot Sedge Carex leptopoda Cyperaceae ____ Beaked Sedge Carex utriculata Cyperaceae ____ Small-fruited Bulrush Scirpus microcarpus Cyperaceae ____ Daggerleaf Rush Juncus ensifolius Juncaceae ____ Meadow Foxtail Alopecurus pratensis Poaceae ____ Interrupted Windgrass Apera interrupta Poaceae ____ Rattlesnake Brome Bromus briziformis Poaceae ____ Mountain Brome Bromus carinatus v. marginatus Poaceae ____ Smooth Brome Bromus inermis Poaceae ____ Japanese Brome Bromus japonicus ? Poaceae ____ Columbia Brome Bromus vulgaris Poaceae ____ Pinegrass Calamagrostis rubescens Poaceae ____ Slender Woodreed Cinna latifolia Poaceae ____ Orchard Grass Dactylis glomerata Poaceae ____ Tufted Hairgrass Deschampsia cespitosa Poaceae ____ Blue Wildrye Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus Poaceae ____ Western Fescue Festuca occidentalis Poaceae ____ Purple Oniongrass Melica spectabilis Poaceae ____ Timothy Phleum pratense Poaceae ____ Bulbous Bluegrass Poa bulbosa Poaceae ____ Kentucky Bluegrass Poa pratensis Poaceae ____ Bluebunch Wheatgrass Pseudoroegneria spicata Poaceae Trees and Shrubs ____ Black Elderberry Sambucus racemosa v. melanocarpa Adoxaceae ____ Creeping Oregon Grape Berberis repens Berberidaceae ____ Mountain Alder Alnus incana v. tenuifolia Betulaceae ____ Slide Alder Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata Betulaceae ____ Oregon Boxwood Paxistima myrsinites Celastraceae ____ Creek Dogwood Cornus sericea Cornaceae ____ Thinleaf Huckleberry Vaccinium membranaceum Ericaceae ____ Grouseberry Vaccinium scoparium Ericaceae ____ Northern Black Currant Ribes hudsonianum v. petiolare Grossulariaceae ____ Prickly Currant Ribes lacustre Grossulariaceae ____ Sticky Currant Ribes viscosissimum Grossulariaceae ____ California White Fir Abies concolor x grandis Pinaceae ____ Grand Fir Abies grandis Pinaceae ____ Western Larch Larix occidentalis Pinaceae ____ Engelmann Spruce Picea engelmannii Pinaceae ____ Lodgepole Pine Pinus contorta v. latifolia Pinaceae ____ Ponderosa Pine Pinus ponderosa v. ponderosa Pinaceae ____ Douglas Fir Pseudotsuga menziesii (v. ?) Pinaceae ____ Mountain Hemlock Tsuga mertensiana Pinaceae ____ Saskatoon Serviceberry Amelanchier alnifolia v. alnifolia Rosaceae ____ Suksdorf's Hawthorn Crataegus gaylussacia Rosaceae ____ Oceanspray Holodiscus discolor Rosaceae ____ Mallowleaf Ninebark Physocarpus malvaceus Rosaceae ____ Chokecherry Prunus virginiana v. melanocarpa Rosaceae ____ Antelope Bitterbrush Purshia tridentata Rosaceae ____ Baldhip Rose Rosa gymnocarpa Rosaceae ____ Thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus Rosaceae ____ Rocky Mountain Mountain Ash Sorbus scopulina Rosaceae ____ Birchleaf Spiraea Spiraea betulifolia v. lucida Rosaceae ____ Quaking Aspen Populus tremuloides Salicaceae ____ Black Cottonwood Populus trichocarpa Salicaceae ____ Scouler's Willow Salix scouleriana Salicaceae ____ Douglas Maple Acer glabrum v. douglasii Sapindaceae Herbaceous Wildflowers - Monocots ____ Tapertip Onion Allium accuminatum Amaryllidaceae ____ False Solomon Seal Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule Asparagaceae ____ Star-flowered False Solomon Seal Maianthemum stellatum Asparagaceae ____ Bluedicks Triteleia grandiflora Asparagaceae ____ Queen's Cup Clintonia uniflora Liliaceae ____ Glacier Lily Erythronium grandiflorum v. grandiflorum Liliaceae ____ Mission Bells Fritillaria atropurpurea Liliaceae ____ Wartberry Prosartes trachycarpum Liliaceae ____ Clasping Twisted Stalk Streptopus amplexifolius Liliaceae ____ Round-leaved Trillium Trillium petiolatum Melanthiaceae ____ California False-hellebore Veratrum californicum v. californicum Melanthiaceae ____ Fairy Slipper Calypso bulbosa Orchidaceae ____ Spotted Coralroot Corallorhiza maculata Orchidaceae ____ Mountain Lady Slipper Cypripedium montanum Orchidaceae ____ Rattlesnake Plantain Goodyera oblongifolia Orchidaceae ____ Twayblade Neottia sp. Orchidaceae ____ White Bog Candle Platanthera dilatata v. leucostachys Orchidaceae ____ Rein Orchid Platanthera sp ? Orchidaceae Herbaceous Wildflowers - Dicots ____ Sharptooth Angelica Angelica arguta Apiaceae ____ Fennel Spring Parsley Cymopterus terebinthinus Apiaceae ____ Cow Parsnip Heracelum maximum Apiaceae ____ Gray's Lovage Ligusticum grayi Apiaceae ____ Swale Desert Parsley Lomatium ambiguum Apiaceae ____ Carrotleaf Desert Parsley Lomatium dissectum v. multifidum Apiaceae ____ Barestem Desert Parsley Lomatium nudicaule Apiaceae ____ Common Sweet-cicely Osmorhiza berteroi Apiaceae ____ Western Sweet-cicely Osmorhiza occidentalis Apiaceae ____ Gairdner's Yampah Perideridia gairdneri Apiaceae ____ Sierra Snakeroot Sanicula graveolens Apiaceae ____ Spreading Dogbane Apocynum androsaemifolium Apocynaceae ____ Yarrow Achillea millefolium Asteraceae ____ Pathfinder Adenocaulon bicolor Asteraceae ____ Pearly Everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea Asteraceae ____ Tall Pussytoes Antennaria anaphaloides Asteraceae ____ Woodrush Pussytoes Antennaria luzuloides Asteraceae ____ Rosy Pussytoes Antennaria microphylla Asteraceae ____ Racemose Pussytoes Antennaria racemosa Asteraceae ____ Heartleaf Arnica Arnica cordifolia Asteraceae ____ Arrowleaf Balsamroot Balsamorhiza sagittata Asteraceae ____ Canada Thistle Cirsium arvense Asteraceae ____ Gray-green Thistle Cirsium cymosum v. canovirens Asteraceae ____ Tapertip Hawksbeard Crepis acuminata Asteraceae ____ Coulter's Fleabane Erigeron coulteri Asteraceae ____ Showy Aster Eurybia conspicua Asteraceae ____ White-flowered Hawkweed Hieracium albiflorum Asteraceae ____ Scouler's Hawkweed Hieracium scouleri Asteraceae ____ Pineappleweed Matricaria discoidea Asteraceae ____ Nodding Microseris Microseris nutans Asteraceae ____ Western Coneflower Rudbeckia occidentalis Asteraceae ____ Western Groundsel Senecio integerrimus v. exaltatus Asteraceae ____ Common Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus v. laevigatus Asteraceae ____ Common Dandylion Taraxacum officinale Asteraceae ____ Salsify Tragopogon dubius Asteraceae ____ Common Houndstongue Cynoglossum officinale Boraginaceae ____ Blue Stickseed Hackelia micrantha ? Boraginaceae ____ Northern Bluebells Mertensia paniculata v. borealis Boraginaceae ____ Small-flowered Forget-me-not Myosotis laxa Boraginaceae ____ Holboel's Rockcress Boechera pinetorum Brassicaceae ____ Lyall's Bittercress Cardamine cordifolia Brassicaceae ____ Pennsylvania Bittercress Cardamine pennsylvanica Brassicaceae ____ Alpine Pennycress Noccaea fendleri Brassicaceae ____ Thyme-leaf Sandwort Arenaria serpyllifolia var. serpyllifolia Caryophyllaceae ____ Common Mouse-ear Chickweed Cerastium fontanum Caryophyllaceae ____ Bigleaf Sandwort Moehringia macrophylla Caryophyllaceae ____ Douglas' Catchfly Silene douglasii Caryophyllaceae ____ Wormleaf Stonecrop Sedum stenopetalum ssp. stenopetalum Crassulaceae ____ Little Pipsissewa Chimaphila menziesii Ericaceae ____ Pipsissewa Chimaphila umbellata Ericaceae ____ Sidebells Pyrola Orthilia secunda Ericaceae ____ Pink Wintergreen Pyrola asarifolia Ericaceae ____ Whitevein Wintergreen Pyrola picta Ericaceae ____ Morton's Canada Milkvetch Astragalus canadensis (v. mortonii ?) Fabaceae ____ Spurred Lupine Lupinus arbustus Fabaceae ____ Red Clover Trifolium pratense Fabaceae ____ White Clover Trifolium repens Fabaceae ____ Ballhead Waterleaf Hydrophyllum capitatum v. capitatum Hydrophyllaceae ____ Great Basin Nemophila Nemophila breviflora Hydrophyllaceae ____ Austin's Small-flowered Nemophila Nemophila parviflora v. austiniae Hydrophyllaceae ____ Meadow Nemophila Nemophila pedunculata Hydrophyllaceae ____ Silverleaf Phacelia Phacelia hastata v. hastata Hydrophyllaceae ____ Variedleaf Phacelia Phacelia heterophylla ssp. virgata Hydrophyllaceae ____ Tinker's Penny Hypericum anagalloides Hypericaceae ____ Nettleleaf Horsemint Agastache urticifolia v. urticifolia Lamiaceae ____ Self Heal Prunella vulgaris v. vulgaris Lamiaceae ____ Narrowleaf Skullcap Scutellaria angustifolia ssp. angustifolia Lamiaceae ____ False Mermaid Floerkea proserpinacoides Limnanthaceae ____ Twinflower Linnaea borealis Linnaeaceae ____ Strambank Globemallow Iliamna rivularis Malvaceae ____ Heartleaf Springbeauty Claytonia cordifolia Montiaceae ____ Glaucous Springbeauty Claytonia exigua ssp. glauca Montiaceae ____ Western Springbeauty Claytonia lanceolata Montiaceae ____ Miner's Lettuce Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata Montiaceae ____ Erubescent Spring Beauty Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra Montiaceae ____ Candy Flower Claytonia siberica Montiaceae ____ Fireweed Chamaenerion angustifolium v. canescens Onagraceae ____ Enchanter's Nightshade Circaea alpina Onagraceae ____ Common Willowherb Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum Onagraceae ____ Harsh Paintbrush Castilleja