[Wildflower bloom in the Southern Washington Cascades: 2006]


Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

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

This area has now been included as part of the Klickitat Canyon NRCA

Roughly Following the Yakima-Klickitat County Line

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

May 19, 2006

Hooker's balsamroot (Balsamorhiza hookeri) as seen at this site........May 6, 2006.

Hooker's balsamroot (Balsamorhiza hookeri) as seen at this site.........May 6, 2006.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

1. Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum -

* 2. Sedge: Carex sp. -

3. Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta -

4. Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa -

* 5. Common Camas: Camassia quamash var. -

6. Meadow Death Camas: Zigadenus venenosus - In bud.

* 7. Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis -

* 8. Grass Widow: Olsynium douglasii - Past bloom.

9. Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella -

* 10. Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis -

* 11. Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum -

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

13. Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna -

* 14. Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflora -

* 15. Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. -

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

* 17. Prairie Smoke / Old Man's Whiskers: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum -

* 18. Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - Numerous plants seen.

19. Rose: Rosa sp. -

20. Hardhack: Spiraea douglasii -

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

22. Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana -

23. Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus - In bud.

24. Kinnikinnick: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi ? -

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

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

27. Tall Mt. Shooting Star: Dodecatheon jeffreyi - Now finished blooming at this site.

28. Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium - In bud.

29. Showy Milkweed: Asclepias speciosa - In bud.

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

* 31. Blue Scorpionweed: Myosotis discolor -

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

33. Self Heal: Prunella vulgaris var. -

* 34. Paintbrush: Castilleja sp. -

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

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

37. Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides - In bud.

* 38. Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri - Several still in bloom.

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

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

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

* 42. False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides (formerly Agoseris troximoides) - Almost out of bloom.

* 43. Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale -


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