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.
August 17, 2007
* 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. Spikerush: Eleocharis sp. -
6. Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa -
7. Cheat Grass: Bromus tectorum -
8. Arum-leaf Arrowhead, Wapato: Sagittaria cuneata -
9. Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina - Going to seed.
* 10. Hooded Ladies' Tresses: Spiranthes romanzoffiana -
11. Closeflowered Knotweed: Polygonum confertiflorum -
12. Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum - Past bloom.
* 13. Creeping Buttercup, Lesser Spearwort: Ranunculus flammula - Surprisingly, a few are still in bloom at the bottom of the deepest ponds, which have recently dried completely up.
14. Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba occidentalis - Along road edges.
15. Hardhack: Spiraea douglasii -
16. Scots Broom: Cytisus scoparius -
* 17. American Bird's-foot Trefoil: Acmispon americanus var. americanus - A few plants remain with some flowers.
18. Golden Clover, Yellow Clover, Greater Hop Clover: Trifolium aureum -
19. Longstalk Clover: Trifolium longipes ssp. longipes -
* 20. Common St. John's Wort: Hypericum perforatum - A few still in bloom in disturbed soils.
* 21. Scouler's St. John's Wort: Hypericum scouleri var. scouleri - A few still in bloom in moist areas.
* 22. Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium -
* 23. Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum -
* 24. Denseflower Willowherb: Epilobium densiflorum -
* 25. Common Yampah: Perideridia gairdneri ssp. borealis -
26. Harkness' Linanthus: Linanthus harknessii -
27. Least Navaretia: Navarretia leucocephala var. minima -
28. Needleleaf Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta var. intertexta -
* 29. Small-flowered Forget-me-not: Myosotis laxa -
30. Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri (var. scouleri?) -
* 31. Self Heal: Prunella vulgaris var. vulgaris - A few still in bloom.
32. Hairy Paint Brush, Hairy Owl-clover: Castilleja tenuis -
* 33. Primrose Monkey Flower: Erythranthes primuloides -
34. Small Bedstraw: Galium trifidum ssp. columbianum -
* 35. Marsh Speedwell: Veronica scutellata -
* 36. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis -
37. Meadow Arnica, Leafy Arnica: Arnica chamissonis - Going to seed.
* 38. Meadow Knapweed: Centaurea pratensis - A few plants along K1000.
* 39. Smooth Hawksbeard: Crepis capillaris -
* 40. Rabbitbrush Goldenweed: Ericameria bloomeri - Beginning to bloom.
* 41. White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum -
* 42. Prickly Lettuce: Lactuca serriola -
* 42. Mountain Tarweed: Madia glomerata -
* 43. Cut-leaved Microseris: Microseris laciniata - A few still in bloom in moist, riparian areas.
* 44. Tall Woolly-heads: Psilocarphus elatior - A few still in bloom.
* 45. Western Mountain Aster: Symphyotrichum spathulatum var. spathulatum -
Turkey Vultures
Western Wood Peewees
Vaux's Swifts - Seen several hundred yards away at the western rim to the Klickitat Canyon.
Belted Kingfisher - Heard several hundred yards away at the western rim to the Klickitat Canyon (call was from along the Klickitat River).
Chipping Sparrows
Dark-eyed Juncos
Pygmy Nuthatch - Seen several hundred yards away at the western rim to the Klickitat Canyon.
White-breasted Nuthatch - Seen several hundred yards away at the western rim to the Klickitat Canyon.
Red-breasted Nuthatch - Seen several hundred yards away at the western rim to the Klickitat Canyon.
Western Skink - Seen several hundred yards away at the western rim to the Klickitat Canyon.
Melissa's Blues
Fritillaries
Mormon Metalmark - Seen along the western Klickitat Canyon rim on Tall Buckwheat (Eriogonum elatum).
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