Vascular Plant List for Ruby Mountain

Vascular Plant List for Thunder Creek and Ruby Mountain

James Duemmel

Started June 20, 1998

A date in the listing indicates a plant found in bloom.

Area 1: Trailhead to bald. Area 2: Trailhead to Fourth-of-July Pass (includes Area 1).

Area 3: The bald at about 2000 ft. Area 4: The bald to the pass. Area 5: The pass to the summit.

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FERNS AND FERN ALLIES

LYCOPODIACEAEClubmoss Family

Lycopodium clavatumRunning Clubmosspp

POLYPODIACEAECommon Fern Family

Adiantum pedatumNorthern Maidenhair Fernppp

Aspidotis densaIndian's-dream fernp

Athyrium filix-feminaLady Fernpp

Cheilanthes gracillimaLace Fernp

Cryptogramma crispaParsley Fernpp

Cystopteris fragilisFragile Fernp

Dryopteris expansaSpiny Wood Fernpp

Gymnocarpium dryopterisOak Fernppp

Polypodium glycyrrhizaLicorice Fernpp

Polystichum imbricansImbricate Sword Fernp

Polystichum munitumSword Fernppp

Pteridium aquilinumBracken Fernppp

GYMNOSPERMS

CUPRESSACEAECypress Family

Chamaecyparis nootkatensisAlaska Cedarp

Juniperus communisCommon Juniperppp

Thuja plicataWestern Red Cedarppp

PINACEAEPine Family

Abies amibilisSilver Firpp

Abies grandisGrand Firp

(Several along road in the campground.)

Abies lasiocarpaSubalpine Firp

Pinus albicaulisWhitebark Pinep

Pinus contortaLodgepole Pinep

Pinus monticolaWestern White Pineppp

Pseudotsuga menziesiiDouglas-firpppp

Tsuga heterophyllaWestern Hemlockpppp

TAXACEAEYew Family

Taxus brevifoliaWestern Yewppp

FLOWERING PLANTS

ACERACEAEMaple Family

Acer circinatumVine Maple5/7-6/6p5/24

Acer glabrumDouglas Mapleppp

Acer macrophylumBigleaf Maple5/23-6/6p4/17-5/24p

APOCYNACEAEDogbane Family

Apocynum androsaemifoliumSpreading Dogbanep

ARALIACEAEGinseng Family

Oplopanax horridumDevil's Clubppp

ARISTOLOCHIACEAEBirthwort Family

Asarum caudatumWild Ginger5/236/20

BERBERIDACEAEBarberry Family

Berberis aquifoliumTall Oregon-grape5/7-5/24p4/29-5/75/24

Berberis nervosaDull Oregon-grape5/23-6/6p5/24

BETULACEAEBirch Family

Alnus rubraRed Alder4/17-4/214/17-4/21p

Alnus sinuataSitka Alderppp

Corylus cornutaBeaked Hazelnutppp

BORAGINACEAEBorage Family

Myosotis laxaSmall-flowered Forget-me-not10/510/5

Myosotis sylvaticaWood Forget-me-not6/6

CAPRIFOLIACEAEHoneysuckle Family

Linnaea borealisWestern Twinflower7/8-7/206/20-7/207/10

Lonicera ciliosaWestern Trumpet Honeysuckle6/206/20p

Sambucus racemosaRed Elderberry5/23-6/6

Symphoricarpos albusCommon Snowberryp

Viburnum eduleHigh-bush Cranberry5/24-6/6p

CARYOPHYLLACEAEPink Family

Arenaria capillarisThread-leaved Sandwort6/20

Cerastium arvenseField Chickweed5/24-6/6

Moehringia macrophyllaBig-leaved Sandwort5/7-6/65/7-5/246/20

Silene acaulisMoss Campion6/20

CELASTRACEAEStaff-tree Family

Pachistima myrsinitesFalseboxpp5/7-5/24

COMPOSITAEAster Family

Achillea millefoliumYarrow6/20-7/20

Adenocaulon bicolorPathfinder7/8-7/206/20p

Anaphalis margaritaceaPearly Everlasting10/510/5

Antennaria neglectaField Pussytoes5/24p4/29-5/24p

Arnica amplexicaulisClasping Arnica6/20-7/10

Bellis perennisEnglish Daisy5-7-6/6

Erigeron aureusGolden Fleabane6/20

Eriophyllum lanatumOregon Sunshine6/20-7/20

Hieracium albiflorumWhite-flowered Hawkweed7/8-7/206/20-7/207/10

Hieracium gracileSlender Hawkweed7/20

Lactuca muralisWall Lettuce7/8-7/10p7/107/10

Leucanthemum vulgareOxeye Daisy7/20

Petasites frigidusColtsfoot4/29-5/7

(Just beyond bridge at side of the creek at base of a long fallen redcedar)

Senecio integerrimusWestern Groundsel6/20

Taraxacum officinaleCommon Dandelion5/7-6/6

CORNACEAEDogwood Family

Cornus nuttalliiWestern Flowering Dogwood5/23-7/8pp

Cornus stoloniferaRed-osier Dogwood7/8p

Cornus unalaschkensisBunchberry5/23-7/206/205/24

CRASSULACEAEStonecrop Family

Sedum lanceolatumLanceleaved Stonecropp

Sedum orgonumOregon Sedum7/20

CRUCIFERAEMustard Family

Cardamine oligospermaFew-seeded Bittercress6/6

Draba (sp)(? white) Draba6/20

CYPERACEAESedge Family

Scirpus microcarpusSmall-flowered Bulrushpp

ERICACEAEHeath Family

Allotropa virgataCandystick6/20-7/207/10

Arctostaphylos uva-ursiKinnikinnick5/24-6/6p4/20-5/245/7-5/24p

Cassiope mertensianaWhite Moss Heatherp

Chimaphila menziesiiMenzies' Pipsissewa7/8-7/106/207/10

Chimaphila umbellataPipsissewa7/8-7/206/207/10

Gaultheria ovatifoliaWestern Tea-berryppp

Gaultheria shallonSalal7/8-7/206/20-7/207/10

Hypopitys monotropaPinesap7/86/207/10

Menziesia ferrugineaFalse Azaleapp

Orthilia secundaOne-sided Wintergreen7/206/207/10

Phyllodoce empetriformisPink Mountain-Heather6/20p

Phyllodoce glandulifloraYellow Mountain-Heather6/20

Pterospora andromedeaPinedrops7/10-7/20p

Pyrola asarifoliaPink Wintergreen7/8-7/206/207/10

Pyrola chloranthaGreen Wintergreen7/20

Pyrola pictaWhite-veined Wintergreenp7/207/10

Pyrola (?)(?) Wintergreen6/20

Rhododendron albiflorumWhite Rhododendronp

Vaccinium deliciosumCascade Huckleberryp

Vaccinium membranaceumBlack Huckleberryp

Vaccinium ovalifoliumOval-leaved Huckleberry4/17

Vaccinium parvifoliumRed Huckleberrypppp

Vaccinium (sp)(?) Blueberrypp

FUMARIACEAEFumitory Family

Dicentra formosaPacific Bleeding Heart6/6-6/15

GERANIACEAEGeranium Family

Geranium robertianumHerb Robert6/15

GRAMINEAEGrass Family

Agrostris borealisNorthern Bentgrass7/8

Trisetum cernuumNodding trisetum7/8

GROSSULARIACEAECurrant Family

Ribes bracteosumStink Currant5/23p

Ribes lacustreBlack Gooseberry4/29-6/6pp

Ribes sanguineumRed-flowering Currant5/23-6/6p5/7

HYDRANGEACEAEHydrangea Family

Philadelphus lewisiiMockorange7/8-7/20

HYDROPHYLLACEAEWaterleaf Family

Phacelia sericiaSilky Phacelia6/20

HYPERICACEAESt. John's-wort Family

Hypericum anagalloidesBog St. John's-wortp

JUNCACEAERush Family

Juncus effususCommon Rushpp

Luzula multifloraMany-flowered Wood-rush4/20-5/74/20-5/74/17-5/7

LABIATAEMint Family

Mentha arvensisField Mint10/510/5

Prunella vulgarisSelf-heal7/8-7/206/207/10

LEGUMINOSAEPea Family

Lupinus (?)(?) Lupinep

LILIACEAELily Family

Brodiaea hyacinthineFool’s Onion7/8-7/20

Clintonia unifloraQueen's Cup6/15pp

Disporum hookeriHooker's Fairybells5/7-6/66/20

Erythronium grandiflorumYellow Glacier Lily4/17-5/74/20-5/234/17-4/295/76/20

Fritilaria lanceolataChecker Lily5/244/20-6/6p

Lilium columbianumTiger Lily6/20-7/20p

Smilacina racemosaSolomon's Plume5/24-6/6p5/24

Smilacina stellataStar-flowered Solomon's Plume5/23-6/6p

Streptopus amplexifoliusClasping Twistedstalk6/66/20

Streptopus roseusRosy Twistedstalk5/23-6/6p

Trillium ovatumWestern Trillium4/1-6/64/1-6/6p

Veratrum virideGreen False Helleborep

ONAGRACEAEEvening-primrose Family

Circaea alpinaEnchanter's Nightshade7/8-7/106/20

Epilobium minutumSmall-flowered Willowherb5/24

ORCHIDACEAEOrchid family

Calypso bulbosaCalypso Orchid4/29-6/65/7-5/24

Corallorhiza maculataSpotted Coralroot6/20

Corallorhiza mertensianaWestern Coralroot6/20-7/20

Goodyera oblongifoliaRattlesnake-plantainppp

Habenaria elegansElegant Rein-orchidpp

Habenaria strictaSlender Bog-orchid6/20

Habenaria (?)(?) Rein-orchidp

Listera caurinaNorthwestern Twaybladep

Listera cordataHeart-leaved Twayblade4/296/205/7-5/24

Piperia elongataElongate Rein-orchid7/10p(?)

PLANTAGINACEAEPlantain Family

Plantago majorCommon Plantainpp

POLEMONIACEAEPhlox Family

Collomia heterophyllaVaried-leaved Collomia5/245/24-7/20

Microsteris gracilisPink Microsteris4/17-7/8

(?? The flower was actually white?)

Phlox diffusaSpreading Phlox6/20

POLYGONACEAEBuckwheat Family

Polygonum lapathafolium (?)(?) Willow Weed9/219/21

Rumex occidentalisWestern Dockpp

PORTULACACEAEPurslane Family

Claytonia lanceolataWestern Spring-beauty6/20

Claytonia perfoliataMiner's Lettuce5/7-7/84/20-5/24

Claytonia sibiricaSiberian Miner's Lettuce5/24-7/20

Montia parvifoliaSmall-leaved Montia7/8-7/106/206/20-7/207/10

Montia spathulataPale Montia4/17

PRIMULACEAEPrimrose Family

Trientalis latifoliaBroad-leaved Starflower5/24-6/156/20-7/205/246/20

RANUNCULACEAEButtercup family

Anemone occidentalisWestern Anemone6/20

Anemone drummondiiDrummond's Anemone6/20

Anemone lyalliiLyall's Anemone4/29-5/23

(along trail several hundred yards past trailhead. At base of uphill one of a pair of large Douglas Firs straddling the trail with a Redcedar nearby)

Actaea rubraBaneberry5/24-6/6p

Aquilegia formosaRed Columbine7/87/10

Delphinium menziesiiMenzies' Delphinium5/235/24

Ranunculus repensCreeping Buttercup6/15-7/206/20

Ranunculus uncinatusLittle Buttercup4/29-7/20p

RHAMNACEAEBuckthorn Family

Ceanothus sanguineusRedstem Ceanothus6/6

ROSACEAERose Family

Amelanchier alnifoliaServiceberrypp5/23-6/65/24

Aruncus sylvesterGoatsbeard7/86/207/10

Fragaria vescaWoodland Strawberry6/15p

Fragaria virginianaWild Strawberry4/20-6/64/20-6/64/17-6/65/24

Geum macrophyllumLarge-leaved Avens6/6-7/206/20

Holodiscus discolorOcean Spray7/10-7/20p7/8-7/20p

Luetkea pectinataPartridgefootp

Potentilla glandulosa (?)(?) Sticky Cinquefoil6/205/24-6/20

Rosa gymnocarpaBaldhip Rose7/86/20pp

Rosa nutkanaNootka Rosep

Rubus lasiococcusDwarf Bramble6/15p

Rubus nivalisSnow Bramblep

(80 yds beyond the junction of the two possible starts of the trail, mixed in with a dense display of Rattlesnake Orchid on the uphill side of the trail.)

Rubus parviflorusThimbleberry6/6-7/106/207/10

Rubus pedatusFive-leaved Bramblep

Rubus spectabilisSalmonberry4/17-6/64/17-6/65/7

Rubus ursinusTrailing Blackberry7/86/206/20pp

Sibbaldia procumbensSibbaldia6/20

Sorbus scopulinaWestern Mountain-ashppp

Sorbus sitchensisSitka Mountain-ashp

Spirea betulifoliaBirch-leaved Spirea7/8-7/106/20-7/206/20-7/207/10

Spirea douglasiiHardhackpp

RUBIACEAEMadder Family

Galiun aparineCleavers6/6

Galium triflorumSweet-scented Bedstraw7/8-10/510/5p

SALICACEAEWillow Family

Salix lucida ssp. lasiandraPacific Willowpp

Salix scoulerianaScouler's Willowpppp

Salix sitchensisSitka Willowpp

SAXIFRAGACEAESaxifrage Family

Heuchera micranthaSmall-flowered Alumroot6/6-6/156/206/207/10

Lithophragma parvifloraSmall-flowered Prairiestar4/17-5/23

Mitella caulescensLeafy Mitrewort6/15

Parnassia fimbriataFringed Grass-of-Parnassusp

Saxifraga bronchialisSpotted Saxifrage6/20

Saxifraga ferrugineaRusty Saxifragep

Saxifraga occidentalisWestern Saxifrage4/17-5/24

Suksdorfia ranunculifoliaButtercup-leaved Suksdorfia4/29-6/6

Tellima grandiflora var unifoliataFringecup5/24-6/15

Tiarella trifoliataFoamflower5/24-7/206/207/10

Tolmiea menziesiiYouth-on-age5/23-7/206/20

SCROPHULARIACEAEFigwort Family

Castilleja miniataCommon Red Paintbrush6/206/20

Castilleja hispidusHarsh Paintbrush4/29-7/205/24

Collinsia parvifloraSmall-flowered Blue-eyed Mary5/7-5/244/17-7/205/245/24

Mimulus alsinoidesChickweed Monkey-flower4/17-6/6

Pedicularis bracteosaBracted Lousewortp

Pedicularis racemosaSickletop Lousewortp

Penstemon serrulatus Coast Penstemon7/86/20-7/207/10

Penstemon (?)Penstemon6/20

Veronica serpyllifoliaThyme-leaved Speedwell6/15

UMBELLIFERAEParsley Family

Heracleum lanatumCow Parsnip7/8

Lomatium gormanii (?)Gorman’s Lomatium4/204/204/17-4/20

Lomatium martindaleiMartindale's Lomatiump

Lomatium ambiguumSwale Desert-parsley4/20-5/24

Lomatium utriculatumSpring Goldp5/23-7/20p

Osmorhiza chilensis Mountain Sweet-cicely5/24-6/6p

URTICACEAENettle Family

Urtica dioicaStinging Nettle7/20p

VALERIANACEAEValerian Family

Valeriana sitchensisMountain Valerianp

VIOLACEAEViolet Family

Viola canadensisCanada Violet5/7

Viola glabellaStream Violet4/20-6/64/20-6/20

Viola orbiculataRound-leaved Yellow Violet5/7-5/245/7-5/24

Viola palustrisMarsh Violet4/29-5/23