[Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mountains of Washington: 2006]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Mt. Adams: Small Creek Along DNR Road K1000 between the Glenwood-Glendale Highway and Mt. Adams Highway

Roughly Following the Yakima-Klickitat County Line

This site is now included as part of the Klickitat Canyon NRCA

July 2, 2006

This photo shows a view of the eastern face of Mt. Adams as viewed from the Klickitat River Gorge where the Fish Hatchery Road begins its descent into the canyon.........July 2, 2006.

This photo shows a view of the eastern face of Mt. Adams as viewed from the Klickitat River Gorge where the Fish Hatchery Road begins its descent into the canyon.........July 2, 2006.

* Indicates the Wildflower is in Bloom.

1. Few-flowered Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata -

2. Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides (ssp. ?) (formerly Sitanion hystrix) -

3. Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoense -

4. Red Fescue: Festuca rubra - ???

5. Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria micrantha (formerly K. cristata) -

6. Voodoo Grass, North Africa Grass: Ventenata dubia -

7. Black Cottonwood: Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa -

* 8. Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina -

* 9. Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella -

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

* 11. Longstalk Starwort: Stellaria longipes -

* 12. Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii -

13. Pinewoods Horkelia: Horkelia fusca ssp. fusca - In bud.

* 14. Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata -

* 15. Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana -

* 16. Hardhack: Spiraea douglasii -

* 17. Nevada Pea, Thick-leaved Peavine: Lathyrus lanszwertii var. aridus -

* 18. Nevada Deer-vetch: Lotus nevadensis -

* 19. American Bird's-foot Trefoil: Lotus unifoliatus var. unifoliatus (formerly L. purshiana) -

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

* 21.Pacific Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lepidus -

* 22. Least Hop Clover: Trifolium dubium -

* 23. American Vetch: Vicia americana ssp. americana -

* 24. Common St. Johnswort: Hypericum perforatum -

25. Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium -

* 26. Common Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea -

* 27. Dense Spike-primrose: Epilobium densiflorum -

* 28. Milkflower Willowherb: Epilobium lactiflorum -

* 29. Showy Milkweed: Asclepias speciosa -

* 30. Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium -

* 31. Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora -

* 32. Needle-leaf Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta (var. propinqua?) -

* 33. Narrow-sepaled Phacelia: Phacelia leptosepala ? - A number of stems, curved from the base with some of the basal leaves with a pair of small lobes.

* 34. Small-flowered Forget-me-not: Myosotis laxa -

35. Field Mint: Mentha arvensis -

* 36. Selfheal: Prunella vulgaris -

* 37. Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata -

* 38. Hairy Paintbrush: Castilleja tenuis (formerly Orthocarpus hispidus) -

* 39. Tapertip Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus var. attenuatus -

* 40. Small-flowered Penstemon: Penstemon procerus var. procerus -

* 41. Purslane Speedwell: Veronica peregrina var. xalapensis -

* 42. Marsh Speedwell: Veronica scutellata -

* 43. Northern Bedstraw: Galium boreale -

* 44. Milk Kelloggia: Kelloggia galioides -

* 45. Scots Bluebells: Campanula rotundifolia -

* 46. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis -

47. Large-flowered Agoseris: Agoseris grandiflora - Past bloom.

* 48. Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea -

* 49. Woolly Sunflower, Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum -

* 50. Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri var. scouleri -

51. Tarweed: Madia sp -

52. Cut-leaved Microseris: Microseris laciniata - In bud.

* 53. Columbia Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma carthamoides (formerly Haplopappus carthamoides) -

* 54. Western Mountain Aster: Symphotrichium spathulatum var. spathulatum -

55. Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius -

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