[The Cucumber Family West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]
Coastal Manroot, Oregon Bigroot, Old Man in the Ground, Wild Cucumber
Marah oreganus
Synonym: Echinocystis oregana

Wild cucumber observed in bloom along the service road to the beach at Sitka Sedge State Natural Area, Oregon Coast......April 20, 2019.

The leaf and racemes of flowers of Oregon bigroot as seen along a roadside east of Gresham, OR........April 10, 2005.
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Maturing but still green fruits of Oregon bigroot as seen along the service road to the beach at Sitka Sedge State Natural Area, Oregon coast......July 28, 2022.
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Wild cucumber vines clambering over thimbleberryat left on the upper slopes of Saddle Mountain in the Coast Range of northwestern Oregon........June 14, 2009. The image at right shows the viny stems of wild cucumber climbing over the stems and leaves of black twinberry (Lonicera involucrata) along the Beltz Dike Trail at Sitka Sedge State Natural Area.....June 7, 2025.

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Close-ups of coastal manroot as seen at Cape Meares Lighthouse on the northern Oregon Coast.......June 19, 2010.
Fruit of the wild cucumber
Paul Slichter