[Wildflower bloom in the Southern Washington Cascades: 2008]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Mount Adams: Kreps Lane (Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge)

May 10, 2008

Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

* 1. Foxtail: Alopecurus sp. -

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

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

4. Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella -

* 5. Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis -

* 6. Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum -

* 7. Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis -

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

9. Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii -

* 10. Nuttall's Toothwort, Oak's Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii - Fading out of bloom.

* 11. Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna -

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

* 13. Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum -

* 14. Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia -

15. Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ) -

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

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

18. Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus var. silvicola -

19. Large-leaf Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus ssp. polyphyllus - Basal leaves are numerous.

* 20. Spur Violet: Viola adunca -

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* 28. Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale -


Animals Seen Along This Route:

numerous cow elk (They look like they will be giving birth soon.)

Wood Duck

Cinnamon Teal

Mallards

Common Robins

Western Meadowlarks

Red-winged Blackbirds

Starlings

Dark-eyed Juncos

Yellow-rumped Warblers


Paul Slichter E-mail