[Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mountains of Washington: 2005] [Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. Prior to 2005]

Wildflower Bloom in Mount Adams Country

Mt. Adams : Bridge on Road K6000 Where it Crosses Hellroaring Ditch

May 7, 2005

Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra

Rd K6000 runs west and sharply uphill from the Mt. Adams Highway to the Hellroaring Ditch and then further upwards to above 4000' in elevation near the boundaries of both the Gifford Pinchot NF and Yakama Nation.

K6000 & Hellroaring Ditch: N46¾ 06.416' - W121¾ 19.556' - Elevation: 3031' - +/- 54'

* Indicates the Wildflower is Currently in Bloom.

* 1. Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra -

* 2. Large-leaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla -

3. Sand Spurry: Spergularia rubra -

4. Cascade Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium -

* 5. Broad-petaled Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana var. platypetala -

* 6. White Clover: Trifolium repens -

7. Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus -

* 8. Stream Violet: Viola glabella -

* 9. Marsh Violet: Viola palustris -

* 10. Pacific Dogwood: Cornus nuttallii -

11. Hedge-nettle: Stachys sp. (probably S. chamissonis var. cooleyae) -

* 12. Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora -

13. Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus - Not in bloom yet.

* 14. Lamb's Lettuce: Valerianella locusta -

15. Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale -

Additional Plants found along K6000 above Hellroaring Ditch:

* 1. Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum -

* 2. Lance-leaf Spring Beauty: Claytonia lanceolata var. lanceolata -

3. Spreading Stonecrop: Sedum divergens -

4. Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum -

5. Penstemon: Penstemon sp. -

* 6. Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus -

Spring beauties and glacier lilies were blooming at the top of K6000 at N46 07.900' --- W121 21.883' --- Elevation: 4399' --- +/- 83'

A few small patches of snow could be found in the forest at this height, and the soil was still quite moist!

Paul Slichter E-mail