[Wildflower bloom in the Southern Washington Cascades: 2007]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Mt. Adams: Kreps Lane (Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge)

May 5, 2007

A Native Plant Society of Oregon Fieldtrip

Common Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. breviflora (April 13, 2007)

Common Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. breviflora (April 13, 2007)

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

1. Dagger-leaf Rush: Juncus ensifolius -

* 2. Foxtail: Alopecurus sp. -

* 3. Common Camas: Camassia quamash var. breviflora - Beginning to bloom.

* 4. Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum - Several plants still in bloom under the conifer trees.

* 5. Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella -

* 6. Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis -

* 7. Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum -

* 8. Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis -

* 9. Plantain-leaf Buttercup: Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismifolius -

10. Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii -

* 11. Nuttall's Toothwort, Oak's Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii -

* 12. Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna -

* 13. Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum (formerly Lithophragma bulbifera) -

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

* 15. Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. integrifolia -

* 16. Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia -

* 17. Broad-petal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala -

18. Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba occidentalis - Some with flower buds forming.

* 19. Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus var. silvicola - Several plants beginning to bloom.

* 20. Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus - Beginning to bloom.

21. Large-leaf Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus ssp. polyphyllus - Basal leaves are numerous, with a few plants with racemes beginning to form.

* 22. Spur Violet: Viola adunca -

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

* 24. Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. ? -

* 25. Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis var. humilior -

* 26. Littlebells Polemonium: Polemonium micranthum - Under a ponderosa pine tree along Laurel Road. Fading out of bloom.

* 27. Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - Fairly numerous

* 28. Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale -

* 29. Forget-me-nots: Myosotis sp. (M. laxa or M. micrantha) - Very tiny plants beginning to bloom.

* 30. Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus -

* 31. Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora -

32. Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides - In bud.

33. Meadow Butterweed: Senecio pseudaureus -

* 34. Western Butterweed: Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus - Beginning to bloom.

* 35. Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale -


Animals Seen Along This Route:

2 large herds of elk (one of 28 animals and the other with around 40, the latter with fawns)

Wood Duck

Cinnamon Teal

Mallards

American Wigeons

Common Robins

Western Meadowlarks

Red-winged Blackbirds

Starlings

Dark-eyed Juncos

Yellow-rumped Warblers


Paul Slichter E-mail