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

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Mt. Adams: Roads #K6000 & #K6900

October 22, 2005

A view overlooking the Cougar Creek drainage and of the eastern face of Mt. Adams........October 22, 2005.

A view overlooking the Cougar Creek drainage and of the eastern face of Mt. Adams........October 22, 2005.
* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

K6000 at small creek moist area at about 2740'

1. Western Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina ssp. cyclosorum -

* 2. Self Heal: Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata -

* 3. Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus -

* 4. Creeping snowberry: Symphoricarpos hesperius (S. mollis) - White berries are ripe.

* 5. Wall-lettuce: Mycelis muralis -

K6000 at rocky meadow on north side of road (about 2780')

1. Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba occidentalis -

2. Willow-herb: Epilobium sp. - branched high on stem.

3. Harkness' Linanthus: Linanthus harknessii -

4. Small Tarweed: Madia minima - A few plants just ending bloom.

Animals Seen at this Site:

Chipmunk

Douglas' Squirrel

Robin

Intersection of K6000 and K6900:

* 1. Groundsmoke: Gayophytum sp.

* 2. Narrow-sepaled Phacelia: Phacelia leptosepala -

* 3. Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus -

* 4. Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare -

* 5. Horseweed: Conyza canadensis var. glabrata -

Animals Seen at this Site:

Spotted Towhee

Red-breasted Nuthatches

Grasshoppers

Yellowjackets

Road K6900 at small dry creek (Dairy Cr?)

* 1. Groundsmoke: Gayophytum sp. - (plants to 10'' high, petals several mm long)

* 2. Varileaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla -

* 3. Scots Bluebells: Campanula rotundifolia -

* 4. Western Yarrow: Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis -

* 5. Horseweed: Conyza canadensis var. glabrata -

* 6. False Dandelion, Hairy Catsear: Hypocheris radicata -

* 7. Cudweed: Pseudognaphalium canescens ssp. microcephalum -

Rock Quarry & Ridgetop Dividing the Dairy Creek and Cougar Creek Drainages (at the end of Rd K6900, elevation 4000'-4100'): Much of this site saw the conifers thinned from late July into August.

1. Western Larch: Larix occidentalis - Attractive, yellow, deciduous foliage.

2. Brome: Bromus sp. - New seed heads.

3. Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana - Numerous large plants on north side of ridge.

4. Field Peppergrass, Field Cress: Lepidium heterophyllum

* 5. Virginia Strawberry, Broad-petal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala - This species has been reblooming at a number of sites around the mountain the past few weeks.

6. Mountain Hollyhock: Iliamna rivularis - Several dozen young, heavily browsed plants were found at a landing growing only where slash had been burned a year or so ago.

* 7. Groundsmoke: Gayophytum sp. - (plants to 10'' high, petals several mm long)

8. Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus -

* 9. Western Yarrow: Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis -

* 10. Diffuse Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa -

11. Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare -

* 12. Horseweed: Conyza canadensis var. glabrata -

* 13. Small Tarweed: Madia minima - A few plants still in full bloom.

* 14. Wall-lettuce: Mycelis muralis -

15. Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius -

Animals Seen at this Site:

Robins

Dark-eyed Juncos

White-headed Woodpecker

Gray Jays / Canada Jay / Camp Robbers

Raven

Paul Slichter