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