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General Subjects => Travel / Places to Visit => Topic started by: drtd on May 27, 2014, 10:54:39 PM

Title: Trillium Lake, Oregon
Post by: drtd on May 27, 2014, 10:54:39 PM

I spent my weekend exploring the beautiful Trillium Lake and surrounding wilderness. The lake is nestled on the south side of Mt. Hood, at about 1100m. It is aptly named for the prominence of Trillium ovatum (of which there are hundreds, if not thousands) surrounding the lake. I viewed many spectacular species, and have included pics of some of my favorite that happened to be blooming while I was there. I hope to return in a few weeks to see the start of the Cypripedium montanum flowering season, of which I saw many plants beginning to emerge from there winter rest. Enjoy!


    Anemone oreganum
    Viola palustris
    Trillium ovatum
    Dodecatheon jeffreyi

Title: Trillium Lake, Oregon, continued
Post by: drtd on May 27, 2014, 10:56:14 PM

Here are some pics of the area.

    Trillium Lake
    Marsh at Trillium Lake

Title: Re: Trillium Lake, Oregon
Post by: drtd on May 27, 2014, 10:58:18 PM

A couple more :)

    Caltha leptosepala
    Anemone oreganum (alba form)

Title: Re: Trillium Lake, Oregon
Post by: David Nicholson on May 28, 2014, 08:28:34 AM

Lovely set of pictures Danny

Title: Re: Trillium Lake, Oregon
Post by: Maggi Young on May 28, 2014, 09:56:21 AM

What a beautiful place, Danny  8)

(I've edited your posts to add the titles of the pictures in the text - this means the search engine can find the photos. )

Title: Re: Trillium Lake, Oregon
Post by: KK-Ann Arbor on May 28, 2014, 01:17:53 PM

Beautiful, Danny.
Anemone Oregonum is pretty!!

Koko

Title: Re: Trillium Lake, Oregon
Post by: drtd on May 29, 2014, 01:20:26 AM

It is a very special place. I can't wait for the snow to melt up on Mt. Hood so I can do some alpine/subalpine exploration as well. There are some stunning places up near the 3000m mark!