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

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

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

May 6, 2006

1. Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis -

2. Grass Widow: Olsynium douglasii - Past bloom.

* 3. Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis -

4. Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum -

* 5. Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis -

* 6. Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna -

7. Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflora -

* 8. Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. -

9. Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - Numerous plants seen.

10. Hardhack: Spiraea douglasii -

11. Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus -

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

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

* 14. Tall Mt. Shooting Star: Dodecatheon jeffreyi - A few still in bloom at this site.

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

16. Blue and Yellow Forget-me-not: Myosotis discolor -

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

* 18. Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri -