By mid-summer the earlier wildflowers are out of sight and taller varieties take over in open areas in the high country forest.

In some damp, sheltered spots self-heal was spotted.   Other varieties of the mint family also are spotted in flower in mid-summer.

 

In open drier spots, wild raspberry vines may be fruiting.   I harvested a few, leaving the rest for the bears.

 

In a disturbed spot I was surprised to find a patch of lamium in flower.

 

Right on the trails and backroads, eyebright was plentiful.

 

Only a couple of orange agoseris flowers were spotted.   With so many tall grasses and weeds to compete with, it seemed to only be flowering on rocky soils where grasses had not established.

 

In wet, shady locations baneberry shrubs were bearing red or white berries.

 

Tall stalks of yellow agoseris were common in disturbed (logged) areas.

 

Various types of willowherb are abundant in open areas and also in wet areas.   The small flowers are difficult to photograph.

 

Pink clover was in flower, especially on old double tracks.

 

Lots of other varieties were also still in flower – yarrow, paintbrush, asters, pearly everlasting, thistles, lupine, wintergreen, vetch, fireweed, pussytoes, asters, gumweed, columbine, cinquefoil, knapweed, solidago, and others, but some wildflowers have a short blooming period, so we focus on those ones first, but any flower that stands in the right light is a potential subject of a photograph.