[Bloom Reports for the Washington Cascades]


Wildflowers of Hellroaring Meadows and Hellroaring Creek

Mt. Adams: Yakama Nation Lands

August 13, 2004

Hell Roaring Meadows with Mt. Adams at center background and the Ridge of Wonders at right

Hell Roaring Meadows with Mt. Adams at center background and the Ridge of Wonders at right.

Trailhead: --- N 46 09.408' --- W 121 24.741' ---- Elevation: 5263' --- +/- 24'

Junction with Trail to Heart Lake & Hellroaring Falls: --- N 46 09.409' --- W 121 25.534' ---- Elevation: 5395' --- +/- 32'

North Shore of Heart Lake: --- N 46 09.583' --- W 121 35.482' ---- Elevation: 5370' --- +/- 44'


* Indicates the wildflower is in bloom.

1. Coral Fungus

2. Boletus species?

3. Marsh Horsetail: Equisetum palustre ?

4. Lace Lip Fern: Cheilanthes gracillima

5. Engelmann Spruce: Picea engelmannii

6. Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta

7. Merten's Rush: Juncus mertensianus

8. Narrow-leaved Cotton Grass: Eriophorum angustifolium ssp. scabriusculum

9. Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

10. Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

11. Cat's Ear Mariposa Lily: Calochortus subalpinus

12. Queen's Cup/ Bead Lily: Clintonia uniflora

* 13. Tofieldia: Tofieldia glutinosa var. brevistyla

14. White Trillium: Trillium ovatum

15. Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride - Not in bloom, but seen previous years in this area.

16. Bear Grass: Xerophyllum tenax

* 17. Rattlesnake Plantain Orchid: Goodyera oblongifolia

18. Heart-leaf Twayblade: Listera cordata

* 19. Slender Bog Orchid: Platanthera stricta

* 20. Hooded Ladies' Tresses: Spiranthes romanzoffiana

21. Sitka Alder: Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata

22. Bog Willow: Salix pedicellaris

* 23. Pussypaws: Cistanthe umbellata

24. Little-leaf Montia: Montia parvifolia

* 25. Crimson Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

26. Marsh Marigold: Caltha leptosepala

27. Slender Mt. Sandwort: Arenaria capillaris ssp. americana

* 28. Cascade Rockcress: Arabis furcata var. furcata

* 29. Cascade Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum

* 30. Spreading Stonecrop: Sedum divergens

* 31. Brewer's Mitrewort: Mitella breweri

* 32. Five-stamen Mitrewrt: Mitella pentandra

33. Brook Saxifrage: Saxifraga odontoloma

34. Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ?)

* 35. Partridge Foot: Luetkea pectinata

36. Drummond's Cinquefoil: Potentilla drummondii

37. Fan-leaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia

38. Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus

39. Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus

40. Cascade Mt. Ash: Sorbus scopulina var. cascadense

41. Sitka Mt. Ash: Sorbus sitchensis var. grayi

* 42. Subalpine Spirea: Spiraea splendens var. splendens (S. densiflora)

* 43. Broadleaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

* 44. Silky Lupine: Lupinus sericeus var. fikeranus

45. Water-starwort: Callichtriche species

46. Violet: Viola species (V. palustris ?)

47. Bog St. John's Wort: Hypericum anagalloides

* 48. Western St. John's Wort: Hypericum formosum

* 49. White Willowherb: Epilobium lactiflorum

* 50. Hybrid Willowherb: Epilobium X pulchrum

* 51. Sharp-tooth Angelica: Angelica arguta

* 52. Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii

* 53. Pinesap: Monotropa hypopithys

54. Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza species

55. Kinnickinick: Arctostaphylos nevadensis

56. Red Mountain-heather: Phyllodoce empetriformis

57. Side-bells Wintergreen: Orthilia secunda

58. Western Azalea: Rhododendron albiflorum

59. Thinleaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium membrancaceum

60. Grouseberry: Vaccinium scoparium ?

61. Bog Blueberry: Vaccinium uliginosum

62. Jeffrey's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon jeffreyi

* 63. Explorer's Gentian: Gentiana calycosa

64. Diffuse Phlox: Phlox diffusa

65. Western Polemonium: Polemonium occidentale

66. Low Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. pulcherrimum

* 67. Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata

* 68. Magenta Paintbrush: Castilleja parviflora var. oreoplola

* 69. Suksdorf's Paintbrush: Castilleja suksdorfii

* 70. Lewis' Monkey Flower: Erythranthe lewisii

* 71. Primrose Monkey Flower: Erythranthe primuloides

* 72. Mountain Monkey Flower: Erythranthe caespitosa

* 73. Turtle Heads: Nothochelone nemorosa

74. Bracted Lousewort: Pedicularis bracteosa var.

75. Elephant's Head Lousewort: Pedicularis groenlandica

* 76. Racemose Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa var. racemosa

77. Glaucous Penstemon: Penstemon euglaucous

78. Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus var. fruticosus - On rocky slopes above Hellroaring Falls.

79. American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii

* 80. Sitka Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis

* 81. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

*82. Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

83. Woolly Pussytoes: Antennaria lanata

84. Heart-leaved Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

* 85. Broad-leaf Arnica: Arnica latifolia

* 86. Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis

* 87. Alpine Aster: Oreostemma alpigenum var. alpiginum

* 88. Leafy Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. parryi

* 89. Cascade Aster: Eucephalus ledophyllus

* 90. Rabbitbrush Goldenweed: Ericameria bloomeri

* 91. Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron peregrinus ssp. callianthemus

* 91. White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

* 92. Slender Hawkweed: Hieracium gracile

* 93. Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri var. scouleri

* 94. Arrowleaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis

* 95. Canada Goldenrod: Solidago canadensis var. salebrosa


Paul Slichter