Upper Table Rock Wildflower Walk 3-20-26

Photos by Eva, Liz and Sunny

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Eleven of eager AHG wildflower lovers converged on the flank of Upper Table Rock on warm spring morning.  I was a little worried about the what we would find, but Upper Table delivered!   THOUSANDS of Henderson's Fawn Lillies and our own Southern Oregon buttercups with their blushing red petal undersides carpeted the slopes.  As we slowly made our way up the volcanic plateau, we identified 40 species of flowering plants, shrubs and trees, including fan favorites like Scarlett fritillary/Red bells, Grass widows and Pussy ears. 

Thanks to Eva and Ron, who led us to their fast-disappearing lair, we also saw the rare (as in only found on our Table Rocks), Dwarf wooly meadow foam.  We then sought shade for a well-earned lunch before heading back down and home.

A special thanks to you WWs who helped make the Siskiyou Mountain Club wildflower walk the next day a success!

Complete list by common name in alphabetical order.  Bedstraw/cleavers, Bicolor lupine, Blue-eye Mary/Shirts & Skirts/(Slender leaf), Birchleaf mountain mahogany, Bitter cherry, Blue dicks/Nut grass, Buckbrush, California gold fields, Celeryleaf/California lomatium, California sandwort, Common vetch, Cowbag clover, Cranesbill/Split-leaf fillaree, Common lomatium, Dwarf meadow foam, Filddleneck, Fringepod/Lacepod (seedpods), Grass widow/Satin flower, Henderson's fawn lily, Henderson's shooting star, Hounds Tongue, Howell's saxifrage, Manroot/Bitter cucumber, Miner's Lettuce, both large and small-leaf, Oregon white oak, Oregon grape, Pussy ears, Q-tips, Scarlett Fritillary, Silverleaf phacelia, Slender pholx, Southern Oregon buttercup, Upland larkspur, Western bittercress, Whiteleaf manzanita, Woodland star.

Don't forget you can look up flower pictures on our very own AHG Wildflower Reference page under Friday Flowers.  

Respectfully submitted, Your Flower Floozy Liz