[Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mountains of Washington: 2007]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

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

Roughly Following the Yakima-Klickitat County Line (now part of the Klickitat Canyon NRCA)

This creek is about 100 meters west of the creek intensively covered in 2006.

June17, 2007

Meadow Arnica, Leafy Arnica: Arnica chamissonis

Meadow Arnica, Leafy Arnica: Arnica chamissonis
* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

1. Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta -

2. Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum -

3. Nebraska Sedge: Carex nebrascensis -

* 4. Sedge: Carex sp. -

* 5. Sedge: Carex sp. -

* 6. Sedge: Carex sp. -

* 7. Daggerleaf Rush: Juncus ensifolius var. ensifolius -

* 8. Rush: Juncus sp. -

* 9. Rush: Juncus sp. -

* 10. Woodrush: Luzula sp. -

* 11. Cheat Grass: Bromus tectorum -

* 12. Timber Oatgrass: Danthonia intermedia ? -

13. Arum-leaf Arrowhead, Wapato: Sagittaria cuneata -

* 14. Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina -

* 15. Meadow Death-camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum -

* 16. American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides - A few plants still in bloom.

* 17. Closeflowered Knotweed ?: Polygonum confertiflorum -

* 18. Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella -

* 19. Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis -

* 20. Longstalk Starwort: Stellaria longipes -

* 21. Creeping Buttercup, Lesser Spearwort: Ranunculus flammula -

* 22. Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis - Still in bloom!

* 23. Western Yellow Cress: Rorippa curvisiliqua -

* 24. Wood's Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata - Some plants with ripe fruits. Yummy!

* 25. Pinewoods Horkelia: Horkelia fusca ssp. fusca -

* 26. Sticky Cinquefoil, Gland Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa ssp. glabrata -

* 27. Nootka Rose: Rosa nutkana var. hispida -

* 28. Clustered Wild Rose, Peafruit Rose: Rosa pisocarpa - The margins of the leaflets are fairly coarsely toothed, but the sepals are generously covered with gland-tipped hairs or bristles.

* 29. Hardhack: Spiraea douglasii -

* 30. Nevada Deer-vetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis -

* 31. Bog Deer-vetch: Hosackia pinnata -

* 32. Longstalk Clover: Trifolium longipes ssp. longipes -

* 33. Common Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea -

* 34. Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule - Fading out of bloom.

35. Pinedrops: Pteraspora andromedea - Stems arising from the ground.

* 36. Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium -

* 37. Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis -

* 38. Least Navaretia: Navarretia leucocephala -

* 39. Navarretia: Navarretia sp. -

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

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

* 42. Self Heal: Prunella vulgaris var. -

* 43. Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata -

* 44. Hairy Paint Brush, Hairy Owl-clover: Castilleja tenuis -

* 45. Bractless Hedge-hyssop: Gratiola ebracteata -

* 46. Common Monkey Flower: Erythranthe guttata -

* 47. Primrose Monkeyflower: Erythranthe primuloides -

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

49. Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus -

* 50. Northern Bedstraw: Galium boreale -

* 51. Marsh Speedwell: Veronica scutellata -

* 52. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis -

* 53. Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla -

* 54. Meadow Arnica, Leafy Arnica: Arnica chamissonis -

55. Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri -

56. Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare -

* 57. White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum -

* 58. Meadow Hawkweed: Hieracium caespitosum -

59. Cut-leaved Microseris: Microseris laciniata -

* 60. Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans - Starting to fade out of bloom.

61. Tall Woolly-heads: Psilocarphus elatior - ?

* 62. Western Mountain Aster: Symphotrichium spathulatum var. spathulatum - A few plants beginning to bloom.

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