Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Mt. Adams: Small Creek on Gravel Road between the Glenwood-Glendale Highway and Mt. Adams Highway

Roughly Following the Yakima-Klickitat County Line

Much of this area has now been included in the Klickitat Canyon NRCA

N46 02.419' --- W121 15.020' --- +/-24' --- Elevation 1824'

May 29, 2006

1. Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum -

* 2. Sedge: Carex sp. -

3. Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta -

4. Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa -

* 5. Common Camas: Camassia quamash var. -

6. Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum - A few in bloom.

* 7. Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis - A few in bloom.

8. Grass Widow: Olsynium douglasii - Past bloom.

* 9. American Bistort: Polygonum bistortoides -

* 10. Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella -

* 11. Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis -

12. Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum -

* 13. Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum -

* 14. Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis - A few remaining in bloom.

15. Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - In seed.

* 16. Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflora - Only a few left in bloom.

* 17. Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. -

* 18. Woodland Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteosa -

* 19. Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana var. platypetala -

* 20. Prairie Smoke, Old Man's Whiskers: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum -

* 21. Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - Fading out of bloom.

22. Rose: Rosa sp. -

23. Hardhack: Spiraea douglasii -

* 24. Nevada Pea, Thick-leaved Peavine: Lathyrus lanszwertii var. aridus - Beginning to bloom.

* 25. Bog Deer-vetch: Lotus pinnatus - Begining to bloom in the riparian area.

* 26. Largeleaf Lupine: Lupinus burkei ssp. burkei -

* 27. Broadleaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius ssp. latifolius -

* 28. Least Hop Clover: Trifolium dubium -

* 29. American Vetch: Vicia americana ssp. americana - Beginning to bloom.

* 30. Hookedspur Violet: Viola adunca -

31. Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana -

32. Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus - In bud.

33. Kinnikinnick: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi ? -

* 34. Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule -

* 35. Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum - Numerous basal leaves.

36. Tall Mt. Shooting Star: Dodecatheon jeffreyi - Several still in bloom at this site.

* 37. Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum - Fading out of bloom.

38. Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium - In bud.

39. Whitestem Frasera: Swertia albicaulis var. columbiana (formerly Frasera albicaulis) - In bud.

40. Showy Milkweed: Asclepias speciosa - In bud.

* 41. Midget Phlox: Phlox gracilis (formerly Microsteris gracilis) -

* 42. Yellow and Blue Forget-me-not: Myosotis discolor -

* 43. Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri (var. scouleri?) - Plants erect.

44. Self Heal: Prunella vulgaris var. -

* 45. Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata -

* 46. Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Fairly common.

* 47. American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii -

48. Spear-leaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa - ?? - Too early to identify species clearly.

* 49. Howell's Pussytoes: Antennaria howellii - Many fading out of bloom.

* 50. Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides - Beginning to bloom.

* 51. Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri - Now out of bloom.

52. Gumweed: Grindelia sp ? - Flower heads forming, but too early to identify the species.

53. Hawkweed: Hieracium sp. - A few with flower heads forming.

*54. Small-flowred Tarweed: Madia minima - A few minute plants are in bloom.

55. False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides (formerly Agoseris troximoides) - Now out of bloom.

* 56. Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale -